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    The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972

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    Image of Ipomoea Ipomoea
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    I love, love, LOVE the old catalog spreads. For whatever reason, there's a treasure trove of old catalogs in my library, and when I'm bored I go gawk at the Sears catalogs from the 80s and sigh with relief that my mom was firm about what she would and wouldn't buy.


    For instance, she would not have bought those daytripper pants up there, as it would have meant her little girl would have given her flashbacks.

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    Image of Maulleigh Maulleigh
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    God, kids can get so ripped. I had a perfect six pack at the age of six or seven. I was beautiful!
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    Image of Liz11685 Liz11685
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    Now I know where my older brother's clothes came from! They had many pairs of those striped, high waisted "rugged" pants (I've only seen pictures because they are much older than I) and did indeed go hiking and camping while wearing them!


    There is one page up there that my best friend's grandmother owned every piece of clothing from, I swear. She wore them until the '00s. (The solid poly pieces in rainbow colors)


    And when I have children I am tracking down a toddler's trench-coat and hat set. I should probably start now.

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    Image of TildeMarks TildeMarks
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    In 1972 I was 7, and I may or may not have worn any number of these items and enjoyed them a great deal. Full-diaper bikinis - oh hell no! It was a full piece for this girlie...no slutting about like that.


    Poly-high waisted pants, tho...oh yeah. That's the good stuff right there. And that bare-midriff (no such word as 'crop') top with the long sleeves? Saweet.

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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    It is painful to admit, but I'm sure I coveted most of those outfits. I was going into the 6th grade that year and really wanted 'catalogue clothes' instead of the stuff my mom would buy me when we went out of town to shop in THE CITY... where there were wonders like K-MART. I used to drool over catalogues for hours and dream of having clothes from Sears or J.C. Penney.


    All except those horrid polyester shorts with the elastic waist with the seaming down the front of your legs. I hated those like a thousand plagues.

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    Image of cactuswren cactuswren
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    I'm sorry, can we please talk about "Winnie the Pooh is someone special..he doesn't like long, difficult words..He likes short words like "What about lunch" and "Help yourself, Pooh"


    ...WHAT?

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    Image of Dodai Dodai
    05/05/09

    @cactuswren: you know, "special."
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    Image of midwestmarge midwestmarge
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    I don't think I saw this particular catalog.


    [www.snopes.com]

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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    05/05/09

    @midwestmarge: Ah, but I DID. I remember that year very, very well. All the talk my freshman year was about "the guy on page 602 - you can see his PENIS!".
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    Image of HuckleberryFriend HuckleberryFriend
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    Well, at least the clothes are colorful. I get momentarily depressed every time I walk by and all-beige Gap.
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    Image of brendastarlet is on it brendastarlet is on it
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    that red/white ribbed top in the "Stretchwear" panel was called a poor boy. I have no idea why since it has nothing to do with the New Orleans sandwich.
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    Image of Pocahaunted Pocahaunted
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    I could make a KILLING with these clothes at Beacon's Closet.
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    Image of DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    Tough-Skins & Garanimals, where the fuck are they?
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    Image of hortense hortense
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    My parents got married in '72. And judging by the bridesmaids gowns I've seen in her pictures, I can safely say that 72 was, indeed, the year of hideous dresses.
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    Image of TheGintheCity TheGintheCity
    05/05/09

    @hortense: Mine too! And my mom even made my aunt's hippie bridesmaid's dress herself. Let's just say navy blue and burnt orange were involved.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    05/05/09

    @TheGintheCity: Mine too! My mother's bridesmaids had to wear floor length superpale blue ruffled disasters.
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    Image of Shamrockette Shamrockette
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    I absolutely LOVE this!


    Will you end up doing more catalogs in like, 1992 and from JCPenny, as well?


    Because if you do, I might end up namedropping one of the kids who just so happens to be my ex boyfriend. And that wouldn't be good...

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    Image of The HZA. The HZA.
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    Is it weird I want that boy's purple jacket?
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    Image of Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon. Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.
    05/05/09

    @The HZA. [member of the zombie nation]: No, I kind of want it too. That's the most stylin' kid in the catalog.
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    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    05/05/09

    In reply to The Best Sears Kids' Fashions For Spring… Of 1972
    My mother's goal was to make sure I was spit on as much as possible, so she bought me several pairs of those pants.


    Blondie sister got the ruffle bikini and the strawberry shorts.


    Not that I'm bitter. OH NO...

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