If I had to hazard a guess d-b would be double breasted. And even more of a guess, weren't all the old tennis sweaters v neck?
Just my unedumacated guesses there. :0) Sheridan P > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 22:32:59 -0500 > Subject: [h-cost] Trade Journals > > I have been reading industry trade journal "Clothes" from 1968. There are a > couple of terms that I haven't come across during this time frame. > > What is a tennis neckline for women? Can someone please point me to an image > of one. > > Menswear: What is a d-b blazer? What does the d-b stand for? > > I have been looking to purchase more of these journals for years without > luck. I can not find what was the run time of this publication. My issue are > Vol. 3, so I assume this was the third year of publication. The publisher is > PRADS and the magazine was produced twice a month on the 1st and 15th monthly. > > I really like the trade journals for the history of fashion industry. I have > some 1890s Dry Goods Economist journals. Also, I have two Edwardian era books > published by the National Wholesale Dry Goods Association...these were their > annual symposium meetings and reports. I have a few National Association of > Retail Clothiers trade journal from the WW1 era. Are there other trade > journals that I should be looking for pre-1970? > > Penny Ladnier > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > 14 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
