Figure 1.--La Redoute in 1980 offered a light blue "V" neck sleveless sweater with long shorts pants which look to be a wool blend. They were worn with white kneesocks.
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Figure 1.--La Redoute in 1980 offered a light blue "V" neck sleveless sweater with long shorts pants which look to be a wool blend. They were worn with white kneesocks. |
La Redoute in 1980 offered a light blue "V" neck sleveless sweater with long shorts pants which look to be a wool blend. They were worn with white kneesocks. The boy pictured suggests tht the outfit is for a younger boy, perhaps 3 or 4 years old.
(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 shirt and sweater are fairly standard. The short pants are knee length, showing the longer style had become popular in France by 1980.
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