/\  guy looks just like Murph the Surf, who turned up a few times in the Tropical Ivy thread of our past, glorious summer!

agree the duffel coat is killer and also: fecking hat!  that guy's no Bear Bryant, he can't do what the Bear could do.

17.50????!!! 

Allow me to stock up.

Yes, love that shot, perfection!   ^

Last edited by steve mcqueen fan (2014-10-17 14:42:53)

Yes

I don't know if this has been discussed here before, but I always find it interesting all these ads reference the price range of their clothing (eg "Prices... as comfortable as the clothes themselves.") Whereas today, that's not really the case, but of course the world of clothing is vastly different in a billion other ways as well.

J Press and Brooks Brothers don't really advertise like that (I'm not counting things like Brooks' 3 shirts for $200 or whatever deal), obviously because they're selling $600 jackets when most Americans spend less than a tenth of that on an entire outfit (the jeans + tee shirt crowd). Back in the day, did shops like "Varsity-Town Clothiers" emphasis affordable prices as a means of competing with the more-expensive BB stuff?

There's also the angle of advertising to college kids with no income, although I don't really see that 'round here. College stuff is expensive.

I think the concept of advertising has changed. In those days adverts had to tell you everything you needed to know but now they're designed to tempt you to have a look at their website.

I have this gray Gant sack suit that's great quality stuff but indeed it has a tag saying something along the lines of "Made Expressly For Macy's Men's Store." Too bad it's too small for me. I wish Macy's still stocked stuff like that!

(I have since posted the jacket in the Sale or Swap thread.)