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THE WAY WE USED TO SHOP AT CHRISTMAS

Vintage advertising just gets us in the mood for Christmas. Back in 1951 you could get a snazzy shirt for $6.00. Do they still make Van Heusen shirts?

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

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  1. Denise

    Patrick, does Santa just ask if you’ve been naughty or naughtier?

  2. Patrick

    REta!! You can swallow ALL of that cranberry sauce in ONE gulp?!
    Listen, I wanna give ya my phone number.K

  3. forrest gump

    psssst: MARTY McFly HASN’T ARRIVED YET.

  4. Patrick

    Canada is much more expensive than the States. Piss me off.

  5. Strom

    Not really, the shirts are mostly made by slant eye’s today with some made in the tropics and many marked “Made in Italy” but none in actuality.

  6. Patrick

    Oh REta. Nice tailored shirts are always at least that.

  7. Reta

    The ad is a cutie! I was at a partie two nights ago and somehow a man there I didn’t know wound up telling me his shirts are $160! I almost swallowed my cranberry sauce in a gulp of shock!

  8. enchantedbunny

    cheer up Strom those shirts might still be made by BLACK people somewhere for pennies per unit in some sweat shop. yah yah i know “it’s not about the posters”. i’m just sayin you missed a jab there old boy.

  9. Kitty

    I like to see the old ads.

  10. Muffie!!

    So that’s the way the OLD fogie’s used to shop? Interesting

  11. Strom

    Not made in USA any more

  12. chris

    That brought back memories of my dad.
    Are they still made in the USA?

  13. Pit BuLL LOVER

    that is the year i popped onto this flying rock

    o m g…….

  14. Edith's Designer Head

    hooker and a bottle Stoli? Sounds like you are forwarding your Christmas list to Charlie Sheen. lol

  15. Edith's Designer Head

    Van Heusen dress shirts are still sold at JC Penney everyday. Nice shirts. $25.00-30.00usd

  16. Gogogoverness

    If you look in local shops (ie: not Wal Mart) you may still find deals like this. We have a local store that has sold quality clothes and linens for generations…no one goes there anymore but if they DID they’d find Italian shirts (like above) on sale for $10 down from $80 AND that includes a matching tie! I bought 5 for Christmas and I’m done now ;-p

  17. Strom

    The brand is still around…then they were made in America

  18. Patrick

    Six bucks for a shirt?!!
    How much was a hooker and a bottle Stoli?