I did a quick search on the internet and you can still get men's cloth coats on Amazon.com for about the same price. They even look kind of the same as these coats - only shorter and not as elegant. I think this is a picture of a store window at Rosenthals taken in the late '40s or early '50s - which, in my opinion, was the peak period for cool clothes for both men and women.
Modern cloth coat for $24.99 (See, it just isn't as cool.)
Speaking of great clothes and low prices. Here's another picture from the same period.
See the woman in the background. Actually, I hate the skirt with the tiny pompoms around the knees, but I wish I had her waistline.
7-Up for 95 cents a case. She should stock up.
I like her purposeful stride..pompoms & all
ReplyDeleteI like her purposeful stride..pompoms & all
ReplyDeleteThe coat made me think of Ronald Reagan. He bought an expensive coat right after WWII and wore it for the rest of his life. I wonder if it is now in the Smithsonian.
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