There was also a Roses in a nearby town that we would go to on occasion.

past.

clothing, We always got an outfit for the first day of school and a new pair of shoes that lasted the whole school year.

and Kenney's for shoes.

Two new shirts and two new pairs of pants. One new pair of shoes from Kenney's. There were three school age boys to buy for.

shoes were either passed down or bought at the thrirt shop.

My father was in the Navy so we bought at the Navy Exchange. In my early teens, he was the Navy liaison with Sikorsky Aircraft in Connecticut in the early 60s. No nearby bases so we bought our clothes at Sears.

May Company, Robinsons-May. I miss them!

Macy's bought the chain out and ruined them...the Bullocks in Pasadena was so nice

May Co, Robinson's, Broadway...seems so long ago!

over to Penneys.

IIRC, the owner's name was Fry. We got our new clothes from there. One year, I got a baby-blue turtle-neck sweater there that I wore for my school photo. I have the photo around somewhere. (The turtle-neck is obviously long gone...)

In the "husky" section.

it wasn't very big.

sometimes Capwell's downtown if the had a good basement bargain going... They had a nice little soda fountain dwnstairs and if I was good, I'd get a sundae!

trying my shoes on before I buy, Not a lot of places to that anymore,

Mom made my sister's clothes.

And we got our essential name brand loafers. Weejuns

Big flagship store in Newark, NJ.

We shopped where ever....
Dad was in the AF. We got some stuff on base and at discount stores. We got some stuff at department stores, which were local to where he was stationed.

...clothes. I'd spend hours poring over their catalog, picking out my ensembles. I still remember what some of the looked like. My dad worked for Allstate, which was part of the Sears family (or vice versa, I've forgotten which) so we got a 10% employee discount on everything. My depression-era born mother was very upset when Sears discontinued that discount many years later when the company's decline began.

Also, some purchases from local department stores in the greater Rochester (NY) area - E. W. Edwards, Sibleys, McCurdy's and Forman's. All really nice stores, on a par with Marshall Field, and all long gone.

Don't remember much about shoes, other than having trouble finding ones that fit well because of high arches.

I used to get hand-me-downs from my 2 older cousins, which was a treat as their mom had good taste. The older of the two topped out at 5'0'', and her sister at 5'4", so that came to a halt when I passed up both of them at 5'8".

Sears, and a local outfit called Hills. My mom sewed some of my clothes, and when I was in HS I made a lot of mine too.

see David Bowie, they all had satin pant suits--all store bought. I made mine and like my velvet bridesmaid gown, would never sew those materials again.

in downtown DC. They had the best lunch room with wonderful malted milkshakes and tuna fish sandwiches.

Grant's was a local store in my hometown (Pennsville, NJ). Not sure if they had stores in other locations.

I haven't seen Hanlon in the Boston area since the 1970s.

For clothing, my family shopped a local non-chain stores, including a place called The Bargain Center in Quincy, MA.

Going to the "Big City" was always an occasion, lol.

Wall Street, Norwalk, CT

Long-gone department store. Loved their clothes, Mom and Dad loved their prices.

My grandma worked there. It was in Hartford CT. My grandma worked there. It was something like 8 or 9 stories of retail. Each floor being it's own department, maybe two. The elevators and escalators were a blast to play on. Me and my brothers were always super polite and thoughtful and would even push the buttons for whatever floor the customers would want. I miss those times and those kinds of stores. I'd have to look it up but, I think a family owned it, maybe two, but not traded on exchange.

were made of wood at the time. I loved going to the Bridal Floor and looking the all the gowns,

and take the bus into Hartford and play on the elevators, too. We weren't that polite though... kids.

It was originally owned by the Fox family, and eventually daughter Beatrice Fox Auerbach took over. Mrs. A had a full apartment on the top floor I got to see once.

and Sanger Harris for clothes. Kenneys for shoes too. Although before my mother went to work, she made most of my clothes. I was the only girl of four. Great memories of going to the Hancocks Fabric store to pick out patterns and material. In no time she would have it made. Her mother retired as a seamstress from the first Neiman Marcus store in Dallas. Sadly, I did not inherit that talent.

You may not have their talent for sewing , but you have the love you both gave each other.

with the store decorations and the fancy clothing.

But mom had a bookkeeping job at G.Fox & Co., a large department store in Hartford, CT, and when employees got special extra discount on top of the normal discount, combined with a back-to-school sale, we made out pretty good,

That store was eventually taken over by Filene's and now Macy's.

really good buys.

These were Chicago area stores. We got our shoes at a store on
North Ave. on the cusp of the Logan Square Humboldt park neighborhoods.
They sold the Red Goose brand of shoes. When you got a pair, they had this big
red goose on the counter and when you pulled its neck down, it would "lay" a
a golden egg which had a bag of M&Ms inside. This was far enough back that
the store had one of those Xray machines in the back, unplugged of course.

feet, I remember it was crowded as everyone wanted to use it.

Mid to late 50s and early 60s. Utica New York.

There were six of us kids, no money, and looking back I'm amazed and impressed that Mom took care of all of us.

And a fine fashion store a called Baskin's. Got a new suit or sportcoat, and they were the store for our school uniform stuff. (Black pants, white shirt, red tie, black or red sweater.)
Baskin's had a second floor for women, but no girls' stuff. The girls went to Fehrenbacher's. They had the market cornered on girls' uniforms for all the catholic schools, including the high schools.
My wife got new outfits there every year. Plus, her best friend's mom was a seamstress. Made wonderful clothes for both girls.