You may already know this, but in case you don’t, you can look through pretty much all Sears catalogs from way back up ‘til 1993 at Ancestry.com. After looking through tons of them I’ve come to the conclusion that apart from my special love of the 80s (they’re in a category of their own) the very best years of fashion were 1960 to 1964. What a dream it would be to be able to order from these catalogs. Keep reading to see a few of my favourite pages, and see the rest at Ancestry.com!

I really, really want a chunky gold charm bracelet sort of like this, but everything either has nickel (I’m allergic) or is real gold and therefore too expensive. Nickel allergy is really annoying when you’re into vintage costume jewellery.