Few publications illustrate so comprehensively what American men; women; and children wore in the 1940s than the Sears catalogs of those years; when the companys fashions typified the tastes of the American mainstream. This book is a compilation of 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected and reproduced from rare copies of Sears catalogs of the World War II era.Over 120 large-format pages have been carefully reprinted on high-quality glossy stock. They reveal in sharp detail the broad range of clothing fashions available during a period when wartime gasoline rationing made mail-order shopping reach new heights of popularity.Hundreds of accurately detailed drawings depict articles of clothing and personal accessories; including hats; overcoats; shoes; dresses; sportswear; undergarments; neckties; and more. Styles for children range from play clothes to "Sunday best." Mens clothing reflects the conservativism in male fashions during the period. Womens wear ranges from slacks; newly popular with women in the workforce; to dresses with plenty of "Oomph."Here is a richly revealing document that historians of costume and readers interested in fashion; social history; and Americana will find endlessly fascinating. JoAnne Olian; curator of the Costume Collection at the Museum of the City of New York; has written an introduction that appraises the fashions of the 1940s and the many ways in which they reflected the times.
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