~ Sausalito News, January 11, 1913
via California Digital Newspaper Collection
~ The Mentor: A Little Book for the Guidance of Such Men and Boys as would Appear to Advantage in the Society of Persons of the Better Sort, by Alfred Ayres, 1884
via Hathi Trust Digital Library
~ The American Gentleman’s Guide to Politeness and Fashion, Henry Lunettes, 1863
~ Woolrich Woolen Mills, Playboy, September 1962
via Flickr
“When you’re wearing a WOOLRICH Casual - you’re nine feet tall and handsome.”
~ Bullene, Moores, Emery & Co’s Illustrated Catalogue and Shopping Guide, Fall and Winter, 1886-1887
~ Manners, Culture and Dress of the Best American Society, Including Social, Commercial and Legal Forms, Letter Writing, Invitations, &c., also valuable suggestions on Self Culture and Home Training., by Richard A. Wells, 1891
via Internet Archive
“However ugly you may be, rest assured that there is some style of habiliment which will make you passable.”
~ Mansfield Advertiser, February 27, 1929
via State Library of Pennsylvania
“So Life is a funny proposition after all.”
~ Sausalito News, February 1, 1913
via California Digital Newspaper Collection
“A cap of the same material tied with a taffeta ribbon completes this stunning bathing costume.”
~ American Institute of Men’s and Boy’s Wear, 1957
via Flickr
“The good old summer is time for all kinds of vacation and week-end fun… including the fun of Dressing Right for whatever under the sun (or moon!) you’re doing.”
~ A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding, by Daisy Eyebright, 1852
shoddy: Dishonest or reprehensible. Conspicuously and cheaply imitative.
