The urban sombrero!

Seinfeldt! Vilket genialt program. Jag har sett samtliga avsnitt många gånger om. I några episoder jobbar karaktären Elaine Benes åt J. Peterman med att sätta ihop en postorderkatalog. Där saluförs bland annat reproduktioner av antika plagg med hjälp av kolorerade teckningar och exotiska berättelser om hur författaren kommit över plagget. Inte visste jag att företaget verkligen finns på riktigt. Startades tydligen upp igen efter en konkurs med hjälp av John O'Hurley (som spelar Peterman i serien). Jag beställde hem den och se här vad man kan hitta...

1945, Anywhere USA.

He was finally back.

They didn’t know each other before he left.

Not really.

A whirlwind courtship.

A passionate honeymoon, and then the tearful goodbyes.

When he came back, she was all decked out in red and rhinestones to greet him.

It wound up draped over the bed post.

(In the middle of the night it somehow found a padded hanger.)

They were getting to know each other again.

True, there would be time to see if they liked the same books, the same movies, the same people, but that could wait.

40s Celebration Blouse (No. 2858). Exquisite lines of the original 100% silk crepe de chine. Comes fully armed with crystal rhinestone buttons, adjustable cuffs and long point collar. Gathers along front and back yolk, wrist and peplum.

“Do you get up at five-thirty every morning?” Imported.

Women’s sizes: 2 through 18.

Colors: Steel Gray, Red.

1947 Dress.

The most flattering dress of the 20th century.

Full, sweeping skirt and shaped bodice, for artful emphasis on legs, hips, waist, and bust.

Rita Hayworth wore it. Coeds and secretaries wore it. Your mother wore it. Women looked wonderful in it.
Still do. And always will.

Unless the female form undergoes some kind of radical transformation.

Long-Sleeve 1947 Dress (No. 1732) for warm weather, deliverance from the boxy, skimpy cut of WWII utility fashions. Pure cotton, with the same swinging sweep and sash ties as the short-sleeved version. Same V-neck bodice, darts at bust, and waist. Same notched collar to stand up pertly, if you wish. Three-quarter sleeves.

This one definitely belongs in your closet.

Women's sizes: 2 through 20.