Women’s Clothes
The Bushman’s Raincoat
Introduced in the Fall 1985 “Notes from the Outback” catalog, the Bushman’s Raincoat is one of the more distinctive items BR produced. It’s about as dramatic and interesting as a raincoat gets and will make you look like you stepped right out of the 1982 Aussie film “Man From Snowy River” (my own mother’s favorite … Continue reading
Bush Vest
The Hooded Bush Vest is one of the few items that was present pretty much all the way through the Banana Republic catalog run. It is featured in my earliest catalog, Holiday 1982, and probably dates back even earlier. It was in the final fall 1988 catalog and every catalog in between. The size of … Continue reading
No Mistake
I was delighted when the WordPress robots told me about Cynthia Closkey’s recent post about the Banana Republic “Weekend Dress” that was inspired by my upload of the Soviet Safari Catalog. It’s humorously accurate…. “Banana Republic is nothing like this now, as we know. Now, it’s more like eternal casual Friday at a law firm.”) … Continue reading
Women’s Belts
Below are all of the catalog pages in the archive that feature Women’s Belts. See also the Save-The-Tiger Belt
Women’s Jackets
This page contains scans of every catalog page in this archive page featuring jackets for Women. Select any page and scroll through.










