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#26 2008-11-11 19:47:50
- shuman
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Re: L.L. Bean style
Seeing the original post...I was born in the wrong generation....Maybe I had a past life?
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#27 2008-11-13 18:02:21
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Re: L.L. Bean style
Just wondering, could someone put together a wardrobe entirely of Bean stuff? What would be lacking? Given societies casual dress today, perhaps a uber-dressy occasion could not be accomodated. That may be the only part lacking...
#29 2009-01-04 16:12:23
- Tony Ventresca
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Re: L.L. Bean style
^ The wool booties are neat, I guess what they used before Thinsulate lined boots were creeated.
#30 2009-01-04 22:31:39
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Re: L.L. Bean style
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#31 2011-09-17 08:11:26
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Re: L.L. Bean style
Can somebody please remind me, did they try opening stores in England in the late 80s?
#32 2011-09-17 15:48:57
- katon
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Re: L.L. Bean style
I'd be a bit surprised if they had, although I'd be interested in knowing for sure. The main focus of their business during the 80s was still catalog sales, I think. Their first international expansion was to Japan... Mostly because the Japanese spent enough at L.L. Bean that by 1995 they were responsible for 20% of Bean's total business, and they prefer shopping retail.
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#33 2011-09-18 00:56:47
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Re: L.L. Bean style
Sorry to be vague about this, Katon. My father was visiting New York/Hartford/Boston once every two to three years during the eighties, and he kind of stumbled over Bean in the process. That's how I saw the catalogues. He really rated it and bought plenty of it, and it has been slowly coming my way.
#34 2011-09-18 01:16:08
- Hard Bop Hank
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Re: L.L. Bean style
what an amazing thread that was!
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#36 2011-09-19 13:45:48
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Re: L.L. Bean style
Wonderful.
Looks like blucher mocs have changed a bit since 1959 (not for the better).
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some sort of banal legitimacy
#37 2021-11-19 01:32:27
- A Fine Sadness
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Re: L.L. Bean style
I remain a fan. Sweet early memories of those catalogues; wearing Timberland boat shoes and L.L.Bean. Americana without it being glaringly obvious.