Schiffer Book for Collectors & Designers This book brings the early 1980s back in vivid color. Hundreds of pictures portray the early days of the Preppie era. Revisit the dress-for-success argyles, puffy sleeved sweaters, jacket dresses, and corduroy suits that helped build our modern corporate culture. After hours, explore the suggestive lingerie, slinky sleeveless dresses, and tight jeans we once wore on the town, while our men showed up for the disco dance looking ready for a safari, or a rodeo. The push was on for the perfect body, and aerobics were making the scene, along with colorful leotards and leggings. Men and women alike were donning sweatsuits to run and play tennis, and inadvertently ushering in a new uniform of comfort. Here they are, the everyday clothes of the everyday American consumer, as seen in the early 1980s Sears catalogs. This book is an indispensable resource for the costumer and fashion historian, and an excellent guide for the pioneering collector who wants to get a head start on collecting the...