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Silverwoods, originally promoted as F. B. Silverwood, after its founder, was a men's clothing store chain founded in Los Angeles in 1894 by Francis Bernard (F.B. "Daddy") Silverwood, a Canadian-American originally from near Lindsay, Ontario. He was a colorful character covered in the newspapers, a "songster" composer of popular songs, Shriner ...
Zoot suits not only played a historical role in the subculture in the United States in the 1940s, but also shaped a new generation of men in Trinidad. These Trinidadian men who adopted this American fashion became referred to as the "saga boys"; they wore these suits and embraced the glamorous lifestyle that they represented.
Blum's , originally M. Blum & Co., established 1907; [21] store appears to have closed shortly after death of owner and founder in 1940 [22] The Bon Marché (Los Angeles) (Le Sage Brothers Co.), 430–434 Broadway, Los Angeles, opened in 1907, closed within a year [23] Boston Stores (California), HQ in Inglewood and later Carson; liquidated 1989
Beginning in 1938 and lasting two years, Kalloch wrote occasional fashion columns for the Los Angeles Times. [100] By 1940, Kalloch was considered one of the nation's top fashion designers [101] and he was a member of the Los Angeles Fashion Group, a nonprofit organization of (largely female) fashion designers. [102]
Pachucos are associated with zoot suit fashion, jump blues, jazz and swing music, a distinct dialect known as caló, and self-empowerment in rejecting assimilation into Anglo-American society. [1] The pachuco counterculture flourished among Chicano boys and men in the 1940s as a symbol of rebellion, especially in Los Angeles.
This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
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Mid-block, Victor Clothing in its location from 1926–1964 in the Crocker Bldg. (#212–6). Pig 'n Whistle in the Copp Bldg. (#218–224). 1888 City Hall at far right. Victor Clothing was a retail clothing store located in the Crocker Building at 212–6 S. Broadway , Downtown Los Angeles from 1926 to 1964 and in the Victor Clothing Company ...