Friday, December 18, 2009
6 Guinea Ensembles - Inexpensive Gown Dept. -1932
Lots of good details here, each of these have cool sleeve action going on!
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At that time, there were 21 shillings to the British pound, which was worth about $6.00 US. That means that this dress was being sold for $37.80, which was almost twice what a female office worker was making in the US at the time. This was definitely luxury goods.
ReplyDeleteWow, That bit about Inexpensive Gown Dept. is from the ad. I wonder what the Expensive Gown Dept. sold?
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