Friday, 28 June 2013

Harper’s Junior Bazaar May 1951 Page 146/147


Dressmaker Denims
Photos by PAUL RADKAI
· A far cry from the old denim sun dress, the denims of 1951-very cool and up-to-the-minute in cut and lovely in detail.
Opposite left: Cone's Roman, striped denim, yoked and shirred like a nightshirt By Lotte of Drewyn. About $13.00. Bonwit Teller; I. Magnin. Sally Greene belt 





Harper's Junior Bazzar for May or Next
· Opposite, right: Denim tailored for town, a gray and white striped sleeveless sheath topped with a stiff little gray bolero. By Joanne, Jr. The simulated pearl bracelet, by La Tausca.
· Below Right: Erwin's soft, cool, gray denim in a halter dress with yards and yards of skirt By J .L.F. Originals. With a matching coat (not shown), about $50.00. DePinna; Julius Garfinckel; I. Magnin. Calderon belt. Criterion bag. Coro bracelet

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The average price of a new home then was $9000 about 2.56 times the yearly average wage of $3510.  Which was about 2.34 times the price of a new car $1500.  Today?

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