• Original art from a Gatsby-era ad for Hickey Freeman

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    Original art from a Gatsby-era ad for Hickey Freeman.

  • Art for a Hart Schaffner Marx ad that ran in 1950

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    Art for a Hart Schaffner Marx ad that ran in 1950.

  • Hart Schaffner & Marxs early ads featured dashing young men at play and their admirers as in this ad from 1914

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    Hart Schaffner & Marx’s early ads featured dashing young men at play and their admirers, as in this ad from 1914.

  • Dogs day suits and riding attire HS&Ms ads presaged the blue blooded branding of Ralph Lauren

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    Dogs, day suits and riding attire: HS&M’s ads presaged the blue
    blooded branding of Ralph Lauren.

  • Hickey Freemans line sheet from 1917 included this cover depicting Gatsby-era elegance

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    Hickey Freeman’s line sheet from 1917 included this cover depicting
    Gatsby-era elegance.

  • Men are depicted in the white collar uniform read topcoats and hats in this train station scene Notice the HS&M trumpeter logo framed on the back wall

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    Men are depicted in the white collar uniform (read: topcoats and hats) in this train station scene. Notice the HS&M trumpeter logo framed on the back wall.

  • WWII patriotism inflects this holiday Hart Schaffner & Marx ad that ran in The Saturday Evening Post

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    WWII patriotism inflects this holiday Hart Schaffner & Marx ad that ran in The Saturday Evening Post.

  • Suits were worn to attract the opposite sex in the flirty post-War period Even the woman in the poster nabs a glance

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    Suits were worn to attract the opposite sex in the flirty post-War period. Even the woman in the poster nabs a glance.

  • Hickey Freeman in 1970 polyester and a regrettable portrayal of a secretary

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    Hickey Freeman in 1970: polyester and a regrettable portrayal of a secretary.

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