Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1950s (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (949 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764303392 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Pictured is clothing for men, women, and children taken from actual Sears Catalogs from the late 1950s, along with descriptions and original prices. Meet the book that defined fashion for generations of Americans in the twentieth century-the Sears Catalog. Current values for some items are included.
"Schiffer's Late 50's Review" according to Joel Berlin. Joy Shih and Schiffer Publications have done it again. Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1950's is an excellent Primary resource for Costume and Fashion Designers. I find that the layout and the organization of this book much better than Schiffer's "early 1950's". Unfortunately it only focuses on Sears Catolgues' perspective of this era, which is only middle America, blue collar,. What lovely fashions! Phyllis Herring I was born in early 1953 so the late 50's are when I started to become aware of things feminine. I seem to be drawn to this book probably more often than I do with the other books in this series. No, I'm not getting any younger (or slimmer) but a girl can dream. Anyway, this is the typical Schiffer treatment with lots of well chosen designs well reproduced in color. The only thing I could critici. "fabulous and IN COLOR" according to kbear. I ordered several books while researching the attire of the late 50's for a play I am currently costume designing. This book was the best visual source. Not only is is thick considering the more limited time period it covers, but it also included men's wear (which some of the other books I have ordered leave out) in addition to children's, teen girls, and women's attire for multiple occasions fro