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Italian mail order catalogs and newspaper advertisements offer a very useful time line on changing fashion trends. I am not sure precisely when mail order catalogs first appeared in Italy. Nor do we know to what extent catalogs from neighboring countries could be used. Fashions magazines were also of some importance. HBC has begun collect mail order pages. Advertisements appeared in the newspapers before the first mail order catalogs appeared.
An Italian botique offered these outfits in 2002 for the holiday season. The children wear coordinated outfits with green plaid material. Plaid is a popular pattern for holiday clothing. Notice the older boy's short hair cut.
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