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... those were the days, banana republic catalogs. beautiful imagery printed on matte paper stock. thanks to rachel at black eiffel, i dug this one up from my archives when i saw her post on old banana ads. definitely miss receiving them in the mail...

SCAN BY BLUEPOOLROAD / PHOTOGRAPHY BY KOTO BOLOFO FOR BANANA REPUBLIC CATALOG (C.1990)

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  1. The photographer is Koto Bolofo, one of my favorites.

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  2. mike - thank you so much! couldn't find the photo credit anywhere, will update the post!

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  3. these are really astonishing, so much atmosphere!

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  4. these are the times i'm glad i'm a hoarder, lol- all those catalogs are like GOLD. never letting those go! so so good.

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  5. jon - i know what you mean. i find myself being more inspired by those designs than the current ones... sad? or just reality. or i'm just getting old. LOL!

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  6. These are beautiful. There's something so quiet about them. Sometimes that's all you need.

    http://two-and-twenty.blogspot.com/

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  7. Miss them too. Just picked up J. Crew's new catalog. Theme - Hollywood.

    It's wonderful.

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  8. Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! I remember this ad campaign (fall 2002). These are just as beautiful as I remember them. They had a stack of these catalogs(or lookbooks) on their checkout counters and I remember grabbing one(lost it after all these years). Is it just me or do these ads perfectly convey the essence of Banana Republic?

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    1. Yes, I agree! Ten years later and still relevant. I only wish their current campaign is as good... somehow along the years I believe the brand has lost sight of its identity.

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