Category Archives: Fashion

Here’s a blue straw hat from Haggarty’s, an upscale women’s shop that once operated in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Beverly Hills and other Southern California locations before going out of business in 1970. Bidding starts at $9.99. 

Here’s a Dobbs Fifth Avenue hat from Bullocks Wilshire, listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99, but there is a reserve.            

Here’s a 16-page brochure on men’s fashions for 1925 from Silverwood’s, Broadway and 6th Street. Bidding starts at $14.99.

Here’s a vintage number from Haggarty’s, an upscale store in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. Now listed on EBay with bidding starting at $24.            

Now here’s a vintage cashmere jacket from Silverwood’s, a longtime men’s store in Los Angeles that folded in the early 1990s, that might come in handy if you’re playing Nathan Detroit. On EBay with bids starting at $14.99.      … Continue reading →

Here’s another period piece on EBay, this one from I. Magnin. Bidding starts at $24.99. I suppose it would take the right kind of person to wear something like this. Just a hunch.            

Speaking of Bullock’s Wilshire, here’s a jacket from the Wynshire department on EBay. Bidding starts at $6.99.

Here’s another little vintage number on EBay from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s, this time the San Fernando Valley shop. Bidding starts at $145.            

From Librarian on the Run: I’ve been getting a lot of hits recently by people searching for "how to dress like a librarian." Will there be a lot of librarians trick-or-treating this year? My guess is that most people dressing … Continue reading →

I did promise that I wouldn’t go off the deep end on vintage fashions, but here’s a real period piece: A young woman’s hat from the Collegienne department at Bullock’s Pasadena. Bidding starts at $9.98.           … Continue reading →

What could be more stylish? I don’t plan to go off the deep end on vintage clothing but these are certainly of a period. Men’s size 8 1/2 C from Oviatt’s. They’re on EBay for $325 (or $22 in 1940s … Continue reading →