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Corset had a formidable foe when Mom went into battle

on August 25, 2011

My mother was short and stout—very stout. In those days before Spandex, she wore a ...

1950s THE WEDDING is a memory but the dress lingers on in a spareroom closet from Richard and Mary Ellen Poffenroth's 1956 ceremony.

For better or worse, wedding gown hangs on

on July 20, 2011

Each year during spring cleaning, I tackle all the closets that have become crammed with ...

1960s Mod Churchgoers Crop

Fashionable 1960s teens went mod for visit with God

on May 5, 2011

Think teenagers today wear some crazy outfits? The three girls in the middle of this ...

1940s Models,The Fair Department Store,Chicago,1945

Impulse modeling at the Fairteen Club

on April 14, 2011

On a Saturday morning in 1945, a girlfriend and I took the “El” train to ...

1930s

Men’s corduroy pants style stood alone

on March 1, 2011

By Tom Margaretic, Merced, California To be in style in the early ’30s, boys had ...

1930s

Knickers trend was rebellious

on March 1, 2011

By Mildred Shreve, Buffalo, New York This is my mother-in-law, Maxine Shreve, in 1930, when ...

1950s

Hula hooping in the 1950s

on March 1, 2011

By Maxine Champlin, Battle Creek, Michigan Lots of readers must recall when the hula hoop ...

1960s

Mother and son wore matching outfit

on March 1, 2011

By Mary Louise Hinton, Kansas City, Missouri In the spring of 1960, I went to ...

1940s

Dressed up on the Atlantic City Boardwalk

on March 1, 2011

By David Wagner, Peshastin, Washington The 1940s fashions in this photo, and just the fact ...

1940s

Ad promised a better perm

on March 1, 2011

Toni promised a faster, less expensive way to get a permanent in this 1948 ad, ...

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