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Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1950s (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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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, suburbia. I give this book for stars for its' use of primary resource, clear division of clothing types, reproduction of true fifties color, and actual cost of garments today and yesterday

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 criticize are Ms. Shih's personal asides within the text which, of course, are her opinions and not mine. It's a minor thing, really.

I have one of these books on 80s style and as usual, this is a great book, showing all the styles from this time period. Anyone into fashion or the 50s will really enjoy this book, with lots of photos.