Figure 1.--La Redoute in 1980 offered camp shorts. This was a very popular style in America. We are not sure how popular they were in FRance.
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Figure 1.--La Redoute in 1980 offered camp shorts. This was a very popular style in America. We are not sure how popular they were in FRance. |
La Redoute in 1980 offered what look like camp shorts. This was a popular style of shorts in the United States. American camp shorts were not as long as these French shorts.
(La) Redoute was an important French Department store. One French reader has mentioned the "La Redoute" catalog was well known through out 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. The camp shorts here are khaki, this was also a popular color in the United States. These shorts look to be fully belted. American camp shorts often had elasticized backs.
Camp shorts were a very popular American style as least as early as the 1950s. The American shorts were not cut as long as the French shorts.
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