[lbo-talk] My Last Contact With Red Squares

[jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net]

> John Adams wrote:
> 
> >"What is a 'Robert Hall sweater', anyway?"
> 
> Robert Hall was a clothing chain during the Golden Age. I was too 
> young to comprehend the subtleties of the retail hierarchy, but I 
> think the stuff was pretty cheap.
> 
> Doug

I am too young to be really knowledgeable on this but I was under the 
impression that Robert Hall was like Sears used to be. Not cheap but middle 
of the road pricing that appealed to middle class consumers. Like Nordstroms 
or Dillards.
When I was a kid one of my grandmothers used to lament how kids clothing 
was of noticeably inferior quality then (the early 60's) and that the stuff she 
used to buy at Robert Hall was much better quality. She wasn't one to buy at 
places known primarily for low prices but she did stretch a dollar as far as she 
could within the perceived confines of her social strata. 

John Thornton