Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Abandoned Republic

Abandoned Republic is an easily browsable archive of vintage Banana Republic catalogs for collectors and resellers, as well as to celebrate and document the history of Banana Republic of the 1980s.




The company has undergone a complete transformation over the years. For those of you who are not familiar with the brand and its history:
The original Banana Republic was founded by Mel and Patricia Ziegler in 1978. It was a two-store safari and travel themed clothing company. The majority of sales came from its eccentric, hand-illustrated catalog, which presented high-end and unique items with chatty, usually fictional backstories from exotic locations. - Wikipedia

Via TMN

2 comments:

  1. That Hank1:04 am

    And after they stopped that sort of thing, J. Peterman took up the slack.

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  2. The Nag8:46 am

    With help from Elaine ;)

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