Originally Posted by
elsew
IN THE 70'S A TRIP TO NEW YORK CITY MEANT FABRIC SHOPPING AT MACY'S AND GIMBEL'S IN HERALD SQUARE. RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER WAS WOOLWORTH'S WITH FABRIC AS LOW AS 50 CENTS A YARD. I MADE MY SISTER'S PROM DRESS FROM A VOGUE PATTERN AND LESS THEN $5.00 WORTH OF FABRIC.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NYC, but didn't have to go into "the City" (Manhattan) because we had A & S Dept. store in downtown Brooklyn that carried fabric. We also had two neighborhood 5 & 10 stores, Woolworths and Kresges (later became K Mart), that carried fabric as well. Back in those days girls had Sewing in 7th and 8th grades and those were the shops where we bought our 'materials' as we called fabric in those days. In 7th grade we made ourselves a pair of pjs and in 8th grade we made our graduation dresses.