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What do YOU remember about Bobby Brooks? (Original Post) LakeArenal Mar 2018 OP
Wasn't Bobby a former business associate of taterguy in the past? GreydeeThos Mar 2018 #1
The clothing maker? I had a ton of business suits. sinkingfeeling Mar 2018 #2
If we're talking about the clothing manufacturers, Lindsay Mar 2018 #3
Oh we would have loved that. !😍! LakeArenal Mar 2018 #4
Not only taking those trips as young teens Heartstrings Mar 2018 #6
Yep. I lived in central Ohio and Bobbie Brooks was the thing in high school. Laurian Mar 2018 #5
You Mean The Clothing Line?.... becca da bakkah Mar 2018 #7
I had a lot of non bourgeois fun in those Bobbies LakeArenal Mar 2018 #8

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
3. If we're talking about the clothing manufacturers,
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 06:36 PM
Mar 2018

it was Bobbie Brooks. (Looking at internet sites for the lyrics, they seem uniformly to spell it "Bobby," though.)

I lived in Cleveland until about 15 years ago, and they were a Cleveland company. Very popular when I was in high school. Back in the 70s we used to look forward to their annual warehouse sales. Clothing so well made that you got sick of them before they wore out.

LakeArenal

(28,729 posts)
4. Oh we would have loved that. !😍!
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 06:44 PM
Mar 2018

We used to take the train (imagine parents letting cute little teenage girls ride the train !!) to the next city just to shop there. I was a very fortunate girl with a very generous father (RIP Lou) who made many a trip there once I could drive until it closed.

Loved it.

Heartstrings

(7,349 posts)
6. Not only taking those trips as young teens
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 06:50 PM
Mar 2018

but unlimited money to spend as I remember....👗 (RIP Royal)

Only question I have is: how do you "dribble those Bobby Brooks pants off"? 👖. 🤔

Laurian

(2,593 posts)
5. Yep. I lived in central Ohio and Bobbie Brooks was the thing in high school.
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 06:47 PM
Mar 2018

Very classic, not trendy. I wish for such a thing now. It's hard to find appropriate women's clothing these days. The styles are not my taste and the quality says, "through me away after one season, something else will be trending".

becca da bakkah

(426 posts)
7. You Mean The Clothing Line?....
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 06:54 PM
Mar 2018

...I used to see it all the time in Seventeen Magazine, back in the 1960's. Usually worn by some popular model, like the iconic Colleen Corby. One or two pieces I might like, at the time, but the style just wasn't my thing. It all struck me as being too bourgeois....carefully matched and as inoffensive as possible. Too "nice", and conservative.

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