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Lido Shorts

January 29, 2021 By In Women's Clothes, Women's Pants No Comments

Running from Spring 1987 to Spring 1988, the Lido shorts came in a wide variety of colors.

From the catalogue: “How do you make a great pair of shorts even better? By lengthening and widening the leg ever so subtly, by making the pockets vanish into side seams, by streamlining the back pocket and eliminating crease-prone cuffs. Eccola–the ever-popular Riviera Shorts of yore, stylishly transfigured by an escapade on the Italian side of the border.”

Manila

Ivory

Faded Indigo

Coral

Banana Republic Catalog #33 Fall 1987 Yucatan Shirt, Memsahib Shorts, Document Bag, Lido Shorts Banana Republic Catalog #34 Holiday 1987 Yucatan Shirt, Memsahib Shorts, Document Bag, Lido Shorts Banana Republic Spring 1987 Yucatan Shirt, Lido Shorts, Flightsuit, Essential Bag Banana Republic #36 Summer 1988 Banana Republic Summer 1987 No. 32 Flightsuit, Turkana Belt, Lido Shorts, Traveling Shoes Banana Republic Catalog #35 Lido Shorts, Moccasins, Lamu Dress
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Robyn Adams
Robyn’s fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying their clothing and giving her their catalogs. She loved the clothes, and as an artist, she was drawn to the illustrations. Robyn went on to study illustration at an art college in Banana Republic’s hometown of San Francisco, CA, and she worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA and works as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.