1923 CLOTHES CATALOG / MAGAZINE CHRISTMAS EDITION - WILLIAM FILENE'S SONS CO.

Description

We are offering the RARE 1923 Christmas Number of "
Clothes"
Catalog/Magazine.  Vol. 2, No 1.  Published by William Filene's Sons Company, Boston.  9 1/4" x 12 1/4".  19 pages.
This publication is not strictly a "catalog" as it has other features not normally found in catalogs.  However, it is not strictly a magazine, either, because it does list the prices of the items they sell.
This magazine/catalog is in incredibly beautiful condition for a publication of this type that's nearly 100 years old!
The contents are: Fashions for the Midwinter 67 degrees of Palm Beach; Bringing the Plays that Boston Misses; The 26 inch Umbrella; A Christmas Toy Page for Grown-ups; The Baby Shops Smile the Gift Problem Away; The New Store for Men; A Golfer's Christmas; Trifles that Make Perfection; Questions and Answers; Christmas Dishes from the Restaurant (recipes of dishes served at the store's restaurant); Confessions of a Well-Dressed Woman, and more.
Featured are:
Do's and Don'ts of How to Dress; 5 different hairstyles of the 1920's; accessories including jewelry, purses, a jeweled cigarette case, etc.  Also shows home decorating items including pottery, lamps, a mahogany smoking table, glass cigarette snuffer, ornate bronze bookends and novelties like a bridge score keeper.
William Filene's Sons Co., founded in 1881, was a Boston department store well known for it high-quality fashion merchandise.
CONDITION: Excellent +