CASUAL CORNER ANNEX PETITES LADIES BLACK/SILVER VINTAGE BUTTON DOWN BLOUSE/SHIRT

AMAZING CREATION) The rare Casual Corner button dress shirt/blouse is in great condition! Features On April 1, 1950, partners Charles E. Carples and Stanley W. Vogel opened the first Casual Corner on 14 LaSalle Road, West Hartford, Connecticut. The partners borrowed $5,000 each and furnished the store with poles, beams, and nets from old tobacco barns. Their 750-square-foot store had a sales staff of two—the founders' wives. After three months the store lost its entire staff due to pregnancies. Casual Corner's founding arose from the strong relationship between Carples and Vogel. Their friendship went back to their youth—they grew up together on the same street in Hartford, Connecticut, and attended the same public schools. After World War II both men returned to the area. Carples entered the women's clothing industry working for Sage-Allen; Vogel entered the same industry working for Brown-Thomson. Although the friends enjoyed the work they felt there had to be a better way of being in business. They wanted to start a company that would be friendly and fun—one that would make employees look forward to coming to work. Principal Competitors: AnnTaylor Stores Corporation; Christopher & Banks Corporation; Federated Department Stores Inc.; The May Department Stores Company; The Talbots, Inc.