“Sports suits” and “suspender skirts” might not be the focus of New York Fashion Week but we’re enjoying the vintage charm found in a Smithsonian Trade Literature Collection from the early 20th ...

The world’s choicest foods are as close as your telephone or your mailbox when you catalog-shop for holiday hospitality treats and festive feasts for food lovers. Smoked salmon on your gift list?

While mail-order companies may seem like a relic of the past, they served an important role in retail history and continue to operate to this day. Mail-order catalogs are physical books or booklets ...