Thirty-five years ago, print media was having a renaissance. And the uncontested leader of the medium, with more cultural relevance than most magazines or books, was a clothing catalog, delivered free ...

Smith & Hawken, the upscale gardener’s catalog, is branching into clothing with a new catalog of ready-to-wear items and is returning to its roots by adding a new garden tools-only specialty catalog.

It has been 62 years since Appleseed’s was founded in Beverly, and about 12 years since the women’s clothing retailer closed 17 retail stores – including a successful one in Cohasset – and became ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Spring is barely under way and the Spa City is providing the backdrop for a fall and winter apparel advertising campaign. No-Name Productions, a still photo and video firm with ...

As it continues to expand its nonfood offerings, Monroe, WI-based Swiss Colony has launched a home furnishings catalog and has an apparel book waiting in the wings. The multititle mailer introduced ...

On May 18, 1995, Seinfeld introduced a larger-than-life character into the pop culture consciousness. In “The Understudy,” Elaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) has a chance encounter with J. (Jacopo) Peterman ...

Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has pulled its controversial in-store catalogs after outraged parents, conservative Christian groups and child advocates threatened a boycott over material they ...

Finding work as a model is tough. If you learn anything from America’s Top Model, you know that competition is fierce, nobody is there to make friends, and there’s a lot of crying. But now, models are ...

Spark Notes is a recurring series about the lightbulb moments in sexual development. For homosexuals of my generation, certain phrases held very specific but not exactly standard meanings. Every ’80s ...