My Life In The Ragtrade

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Moshpit Publishing
Publisher Place: Hazelbrook
Publisher Year: 2014
Edition: First Edition

Description: 196 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: My Life in the Ragtrade is the story of the famous Australian brand names, many developed from humble beginnings yet made in clothing factories employing thousands of people, and the grand retail stores and clothing shops that stocked those brands.In My Life in the Ragtrade, author Fred Wilkinson takes us on a trip back in time to the days of Sidney Myers beginnings in Bendigo, to Flinders Lane, Melbourne (The Lane), travelling salesmen and hawkers, and names and slogans which weve all but forgotten: Anthony Squires, Sutex, Keith Courtenay, Pelaco, Crestknit, Chesty Bond, Love Me in my Glo-Weave, Hard Yakka, Hes so good he thinks hes King G, and more. Then there were the retailers - Winns, Farmers, Anthony Hordern, Mark Foy and more.Shopping back then was an adventure, it was a pleasure to be served and customers were treated like royalty.Come, join Fred on a walk down memory lane through Australias rich textile, fashion and retail history.

ISBN: 9781925219302