Ventilated Tropical Dress

The Ventilated Shirt was a staple of the catalog from Spring 1983 until 1988. The Ventilated Tropical Dress debuted at the same time but was discontinued in 1985. From the catalog: “A civilized way to survive in a scorching desert, a steamy jungle, even a humid metropolis. We can attest to this because our short-sleeved tropical dress is made of the same 100% cotton ventilated-weave fabric, a very classic dress. Comes with a D-ring belt.”

A second dress, simply called the “Ventilated Dress” was featured in the Summer 1987 catalog on a double page spread singing the praises of ventilated cotton fabric. A Ventilated skirt was also offered. Pictures from an August 2020 sale.