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These are Esquire's July 1946 illustrations.
No matter how many times we see it, it is still a bit shocking that college kids dressed so well at one time. And these two have done it particularly well.
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One of my favorite actors and man who knows how to wear a suit.
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Sure, sure the clothes are nice, but look at those windows.
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I have a jacket like this one and I have a running joke with my friends where we keep an eye out for this style in old tv shows, etc. It’s nice to see it in Esquire during the Golden Age - most of the time it turns up in, like, old episodes of Murder, She Wrote.
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Agreed, on all counts!
Regarding the dress of undergrads; I believe in the positive value of exceptional paradigms.
Look around.
Will there be a renaissance? There was in the '80's from the low point of the 70's, but the prospects are not promising.
“As evening clothes once again return to the social scene...”
Trying to figure out why the 1946 articles/ads for the new "Bold Look" mention repeatedly "1948".
Was this supposed to be a preview for the fashion that comes two years later?
I haven't read most of the copy. If you'll point out the ads, I'll double check that I have them in the right place based upon their original publication.