Cultural elistist bunk.
How old IS this guy? I'm almost 50 and I NEVER remember dressing up to go shopping. I remember the fancy department stores all right, all of them above my parents' budget. Funny, but last time I was at Sears and Macys I don't remember anyone with any resemblence to Roseanne Barr.
Just curious, how many guys enjoy shopping for clothes with their mothers??
It depends on how old the "guys" are. My grandson loves nothing better than to shop with his mother, my daughter. He just turned 13. Three more years and he might not think it's so cool.
Furthermore, I think that this author is waxing nostalgic as much as he is seriously analyzing the impact of the Federated Dept. Stores' buy-out of May Co. He regrets the "changing of the guard" in retailing. The "thrill is gone" and it no longer seems like "old times."
There used to be a great store on Fifth Ave, called "PECK AND PECK." It was my favorite store to go to with my mother, when my father would treat us to a trip to NYC from Baltimore. PECK & PECK isn't there any longer. I haven't a clue when it closed, or moved.........or whatever happened to it, but I miss it and it's a great memory, just as Greg Crosby misses the fondly remembered shopping trips with his mother.
Char :)
I've seen women resembling Roseanne at Sears.
Oh, we ladies dressed up with hats and gloves! It was a big deal.