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Category Archives: Retailing
Buy From Jews!
I have known Vancouver collector Claus Jahnke for 35 years now – from right around the time he first started collecting German and Austrian clothing. I can proudly say I have had a leading role in finding many of his best pieces and … Continue reading
1956 mall footage
Fascinating footage from 1956 of Southdale Minnesota’s Richfield Edina Shopping Mall. They claim to be the first enclosed mall in the world.
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Canadian Fashion Connection – Dry Goods and Style c. 1888-2008
One of the best resources for Canadian fashion business history is the publication Style – not the online millennial fashion site, or the British fash mag, but the fashion trade publication that was in production for over a century. It’s origins … Continue reading
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Store Windows – Musée Grévin, c. 1921
Not really a store window but rather a tableau from the Parisian waxworks Musée Grévin of fashions, decorations, and furniture from an undated spring… I am guessing it’s probably 1921. The museum thought the clothes were by Poiret, and one of them … Continue reading
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Canadian Fashion Connection – D. Gardner & Co., c. 1870 – 1890
In preparation for our exhibition next year in honour of Canada’s Sesquicentennial, I am researching some of the more obscure Canadian labels in the collection and am starting with what may be the oldest. From the waistband of a black satin afternoon … Continue reading
Manic Panic “The first punk boutique in America”
In 1973/74 Tish and Snooky Bellomo were aspiring singers from the Bronx hanging out in the glam rock/drag scene at places like Max’s Kansas City where David Bowie, Lou Reed and Debbie Harry of Blondie were regulars. Everybody loved the … Continue reading
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Shop Windows – 100 years of men’s fashion in 1922
Interesting picture of a store window showing a hundred years of men’s fashion 1822 – 1842 – 1862 – 1882 – 1902 – and 1922. I am guessing this image is probably from Macy’s in New York as its founder, Roland … Continue reading
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Shop Windows – Knocking off Schiaparelli in 1939
I ran across this undated window of Arnold Constable & Co. and I suspect these are knock-offs of Schiaparelli’s summer 1939 collection that was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Eiffel tower”
HBC interior – 1931
Interior shots of the Vancouver Hudson Bay Company store, images taken October 8, 1931:
The Paradise bores me and Mr. Selfridge annoys me…
Why doesn’t somebody do a series set in department store that would be REALLY fascinating… like Biba? There are plenty of posts in the blogosphere about Biba, so I won’t go into detail: It started in 1964 with a mail-order offer in … Continue reading