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5 wrz 2012 · Two of retail fashion’s industry giants had their beginnings in Columbus, Ohio–Federated Department Stores in 1851 as S. Lazarus, and Limited Brands Inc. in 1963 as The Limited store in the Kingsdale shopping center. Both began modestly and eventually gained nation-wide recognition.
29 paź 2003 · Between 1851 and 1965, the F&R Lazarus Company retail store dominated the trade and physical landscape of Columbus. Capital Fashion 1851-1965, the new exhibition at the College of Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, explores the fashion industry in Ohio’s capital city during the middle 100 years of Ohio’s bicentennial.
Clothing throughout most of the 19th century was predominantly custom made—not bought already made and available in multiple sizes on racks in a clothing store. male tailors made men’s and boy’s apparel, which was purchased from a “merchant” tailor, a “gents’ furnishings” shop, or a “clothier.”
11 paź 2019 · Late afternoon and evening dresses (Fig. 8) featured shorter sleeves, ranging from elbow length to mere shoulder straps, lower necklines, and frequently long, sumptuous trains (Fukai 225-235). The types and extravagance of outerwear expanded in the 1880s, a development that began in the 1870s.
In 1929 Montaldo’s, a high-end ladies’ specialty shop started by two sisters in Independence, Kansas, a decade earlier, opened a branch in Columbus on Broad Street. Given the numbers of extant garments with this store’s labels in HCTC, many well-to-do women in and around Columbus patronized the shop, along with the neighboring Mrs. Eugene ...
By mid-century, Columbus boasted 133 department stores and specialty clothing shops for both men and women. By the 1950s Columbus achieved an all-time high of 159 apparel stores listed in its city directory.
Allen Gundersheimer and Albert H. Reiser opened The Fashion on the northwest corner of State and High Streets in 1911, as a store that specialized exclusively in ladies’ apparel. The Gundersheimer family was one of the earliest in Columbus and its retail industry, preceding Simon Lazarus’ arrival.
