Everyday Fashions of the Thirties as Pictured in Sears Catalogs Contributor(s): Blum, Stella (Editor) |
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ISBN: 048625108X ISBN-13: 9780486251080 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1986 Annotation: For this historically accurate sampling of authentic 1930's fashion, Stella Blum, former Curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, selected for reproduction 133 representative pages from rare Sears catalogs of the period (1933-1939). Hundreds of illustrations record what men, women, and children were actually wearing in the '30s when, as a copy line from the fall 1930 catalog proclaimed, "Thrift is the spirit of the day. Reckless spending is a thing of the past". |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Beauty & Grooming - General - Antiques & Collectibles | Textiles & Costume - Antiques & Collectibles | Magazines & Newspapers |
Dewey: 391.009 |
LCCN: 86001072 |
Series: Dover Books on Costume & Textiles |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 8.97" W x 11.96" (1.21 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For thousands of women across America, hard hit when the frivolity of the twenties ended so resoundingly with the Crash of '29, the pages of the Sears catalog became an essential resource in maintaining a wardrobe. An ambitious marketing operation, it could not afford to take chances on haute couture; its fashions were geared as closely as possible to the prevailing tastes of the American people. |