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Saturday, February 20, 2016

Fashion and Tools by Sears and Roebuck


Vintage Sear's Catalog
Everything I know about Fashion I learned from Sears

My two favorite catalogues  were the "Fall and Winter" and the "Christmas Wish Book". The "Fall and Winter" was as thick as the phone book.   I would study the fashions and the woman's section in detail and read all the descriptions.  My pretend was to pick one item per page as I would look.  The woman's section was in the front, followed by shoes and then lingerie.   I had to be careful to not get caught looking to intently, so kept a finger in the auto and tools section to be able to quickly go there if needed.  

The Christmas "Wish Book" was special - a double treat.   Not only great fashions, "The Holiday look",  but toys too.   

So, I guess you could say that my first lessons and dreams of dressing in a stylish manner were formed studying the Sears and Roebuck catalogue.  

Was I the only one that enjoyed the arrival of the Sear's Catalog?  

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I will give you a contrast: What made me think of the Sear’s catalog and all those beautiful fashions?  Yesterday I was at my local mall and Sears store purchasing a Craftsman Micro-Clicker Torque Wrench. 



5 comments:

  1. I also loved the Sears catalog for the very same reason. I could sit for hours leafing through the woman's page and dreaming of what I would look like dressed up like the pictures. This bring back some very fond memories. Thanks Rhonda.

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  2. Too bad back then we had no way of knowing so many of us were browsing the Sears catalog for the same reason. Wanted a slip so bad.

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  3. I loved the Sears catalog as well as the Penny's catalog. Their woman's clothes were wonderful. We had a major Sears store near where I grew up and I would imagine what fut I could have if I were to find myself locked up in the store overnight. I was enthralled by their wigs as well.

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  4. The Sears and JC Penny catalogs. I loves those as a kid. I would of course look through the toy section but in secret would also look through the ladies fashion section. My youth was in the 80's so I was enthralled with the ladies skirt suits and satin blouses. Ladies slips were wonderful. I would imagine how they would look and feel on me. What a time!

    -Christina Cross

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