From Spring 1987: “No matter how far we wander, we still find rich sources of inspiration close to home. The designs on these scarves echo the patterns of Southwestern Indian blankets and pottery. We’ve interpreted them on featherweight cotton, light enough for a blistering Arizona noon, in a desert palette of azure, adobe, tan, sandstone, and earthy browns.”
Azure version from my collection
Adobe Tan version courtesy Wendy Joffe
Sandstone version courtesy Wendy Joffe
Robyn's fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying the clothing and giving her the catalogs. She loved the clothes and as an artist she was drawn to the illustrations. She went on to study illustration at art college in BR's hometown of San Francisco and worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA as a graphic designer and illustrator with Secret Fan Base . She's been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011. 
Newly Updated! 1985-1988 Available.
Hi Robyn,
I love your blog!
I worked at Banana Republic in 1986-87 at the Georgetown DC store.
Of course I had a lot of the clothes from these catalogs, including the scarf at the top
which I wore all the time . I now wish I had kept it all!!
I still have an animal print bandana, which is the only thing I kept.
I’m always scouting the internet for those travelers shoes with the open toe…
I wore those out!