Figure 1.--Le Redoute in 1980 offered a bluzer blazer and khaki trousers, a rather American preppy look.
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Figure 1.--Le Redoute in 1980 offered a bluzer blazer and khaki trousers, a rather American preppy look. |
La Redoute in 1980s offered a blue blazer with a make-belice school shield. It is worn with a school tie, button-down shirt and khaki trousers, giving the outfit a rather American look. We do not, however, have dtails on the material, sizes, or other availabl colors.
(La) Redoute was an important French Department store. One French reader has mentioned the "La Redoute" catalog was well known throughhout France. The clothing offered is a good indicator of styles that were widely worn in France and by French people in overseas locations. The some styles were also widely worn in Belgium. The store published a Spring-Summer and Fall-Winter catalog. I'm not sure when they began publishing these catalogs. We have pages from these catalogs from 1980, but believe that these catalgs began well before the 1980s. The catalog is thus an important source of information about French fashion trends.
We do not have the ad copy with details on the material, sizes, and other available colors.
At first glance the blazer here looks English. Crtainly the school blazer is a very English garment. The blazer in England, however, is primarily a school garment. The badge or creast on the blazer is an English touch--not commonly seen in America. This was less the case in America where boys very commonly wear blazers, especially a blue blazer, when dressing up. Two elemnts here give this boy's outfit a very American preppu look. First he wears a button-down shirt which was not common in England. Second he wears khaki trousers which were also not common.
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