The Not So Good Ole Days, Today

A catalog that shall remain nameless arrived at our house today. As I was waiting for water to boil I flipped it open and was transported back to 1978 and not in a good way. Literally everything on the page was a exactly as I might have found it in this very same catalog 50 years ago.

Now this catalogue does pride itself on offering products which were discontinued years ago. It does make me wonder where it gets them. Lemon up shampoo was popular in 1972. So did this company buy up all the remaining stock and just keep selling it until it runs out, or are they having it made privately. If it is the later I am not sure I would trust the knock off.

Now a good shampoo is timeless. That is not the time warp I am concerned about. No, it’s the clothes. Everything in this book looks like it is the latest offering in the Family Store in Utah where Warren Jeff’s offspring get their clothes.

The denim dresses are exactly as they were in the late seventies except maybe longer. The top one being described at “flirty” must be the equivalent of an AMC Pacer being described as sexy. The term sack like comes to mind. Even Roseanne Barr at her ugliest wouldn’t wear these. I love that descriptions describe them as “imported.”

I wonder if they just keep reprinting the same catalog and upping the prices. The photography and the models all look original.

I am not mentioning the name because I see no reason to hurt their business, but I would love to know if they are wearing all these clothes or just laughing at the people who are?