Comments on: Life Archive | Eagle Clothes

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:15:39 +0000

It’s funny the things one notices: all the flags – U.S., and another one that may be the Italian flag (those would be my people); the room full of ladies hand-sewing buttonholes; the little religious picture pasted to one lady’s thread box.

One wonders if these folks made enough money for decent apartments, nice school clothes for their kids each autumn, and maybe every other year or so, a summer vacation to the Poconos, the Catskills, or the White Mountains.

We get very attached to our old signs – the White Stag sign in Portland is a good example.

By: Monica

Monica — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:11:58 +0000

This is a fabulous piece of history.

By: Michael Williams

Michael Williams — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:59:06 +0000

Good catch!

By: Charles G.

Charles G. — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:56:17 +0000

did you notice that in the pictures of rocco’s factory, in the first picture of rocco himself there’s a bin in the background that say’s “EAGLE CLOTHING & TRIMMING”?

By: Llywarch

Llywarch — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:39:27 +0000

Fascinating! Another great insight into past.

By: Michael Williams

Michael Williams — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:14:39 +0000

He does not make Thom Browne any longer.

ACL

By: Chaise Alexander

Chaise Alexander — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:13:32 +0000

Rocco makes alot of the suits for Thom Browne and Duckie Brown. Incredible place he has there in Queens. When you walk in it’s like going back in time 60 years.

By: INVISIBLE AGENT

INVISIBLE AGENT — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:43:47 +0000

I have some great 1950’s sack suits from Eagle. They are pretty amazing.

I.A.

By: casper bangs

casper bangs — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:42:01 +0000

Lovely black and white old timey pics. Dig the one with gentleman in the bow tie and hat.

By: plaidout

plaidout — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:21:42 +0000

It’s too bad about the camera. All these photos are so incredibly telling. I love what the tailors are wearing. I love the equipment, the massive scissors. This is an incredible find. But, it speaks to the American consumerist mentality at a deafening level that this place is now set aside for storage.