OT: looking for cotton underwear catalog

16 years ago

My mother wants me to track down the company that made the catalog of all-cotton undergarments that I gave her pre-Internet, 15 years ago.

I've looked online and I'm not faring too well in my search. Maybe they're out of business? I figured you ladies would know. Here's what I remember about the catalog:

* the models were the company employees

* the models were all ages, shapes, and sizes

* the company was located somewhere on the east coast

* the products were all cotton and included some hard-to-find items like slips

* the catalog had a distinctly feminist vibe

Mom says that she's looking for comfortable old-fashioned underwear. If you have any other ideas, she would be interested. Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Jane

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livingthedream
16 years ago
While this one doesn't sound exactly like the one you are looking for -- they carry other products in addition to the all-cotton ones -- they do have a lot of old-fashioned all-cotton hard-to-find stuff (and good customer service):

www.ShopNational.com
wantoretire_did
16 years ago
The Vermont Country Store has cotton underwear. Take a trip back in time :-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Vermont Country Store
bud_wi
16 years ago
I don't know about the 'feminist vibe' you mention or if the models are company employees, but this one linked below, is based on the East Coast, offers cotton slips, uses non-professional models (who appear to have aged over the years in their pages so they may be employees), and has that 'hippie' feel to the cataloge.

There are a lot of all cotton underwear places on the internet that offer better looking items though, and for a lot less money.

Here is a link that might be useful: Organic Cotton and Hemp Clothing
parrot_phan
16 years ago
Then there's Gaiam -- all organic cotton.

Here is a link that might be useful: Gaiam undies
amoretti
16 years ago
I remember that catalog! I think it came out of North Carolina. They were part of Coop America, definitely a left-wing sensibility. I think they must be out of business because I stopped getting it...it was great.

On the plus side, it is no longer difficult to find cotton underwear.
trilobite
16 years ago
You're thinking about Travis Place! I still have one of their old catalogs because it's such a hoot. They are now a bit more corporate looking and called "Back to Basics",

Here is a link that might be useful: Back to Basics
jannie
16 years ago
May not be what you want, but I got a catalog from a company called Winter Silks that has beautiful silk longjohns,PJ's, etc.
Jane_the_Renovator
Original Author
16 years ago
Hi everybody,

Thanks for all the links! trilobite, you got it! The company was Travis Place! I checked out the Back to Basics online catalog and they're nowhere near as fun as Travis Place was.

Mom got excited about the underwear on ShopNational's site, so thank you for that link, livingthedream. I have passed the others on to her, too. Jannie, you hit the nail on the head with the WinterSilks, too--I think they own the whole line already.

Thanks for all the great ideas, everybody!

Jane
edselpdx
16 years ago
Is it this one?

Here is a link that might be useful: Decent Exposures
Jane_the_Renovator
Original Author
16 years ago
Mom got her underwear from ShopNational and she LOVES them. They carried exactly what she was looking for. She says thank you very much to all of you.

Jane