Everyday Fashions of the Forties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs (1992, Paperback)

Over the years, I've managed to collect a few vintage catalogs as reference books for selling collectibles on eBay . . . they are often hard to find and can be rather costly. This book, however, looks as if they have taken all my favorite pages from various Sears catologs and combined them into an easy-to-browse, lightweight reference guide. You can't help but find the pages interesting--the styles are so diffent from today and some of the ensembles are almost cartoonish by modern standards! The pages are simply duplicates of catalog pages and so they include detailed descriptions along with their 1940's prices. Obviously, you'd expect this book to show dresses and suits, but it goes quite a bit further including lots of jewelry, shoes, belts, purses, snow suits, neckties, lingerie, swim suits, hats, evening wear, outerwear, and, of course, head kerchiefs. It is a great reference book for 1940's fashions and, beyond that, just plain amusing!