Posts from the ‘Heritage’ category

Where Are The Foods Of Yesteryear?

By , June 12, 2013

A Rueful Retrospective (Karl Vollmer was a writer and curmudgeon in residence at Lands’ End for many years. A legend in advertising, he had been Gary…

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Tough As The Game!

By , June 6, 2013

We admit it without shame: the first Rugby Shirts we sold at Lands’ End decades ago were not very good. The all cotton, heavy jersey fabric…

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49 Years Of Shopping Lands’ End

By , May 31, 2013

Lands’ End has been doing business for 50 years. Malcolm Scollay Low has been shopping with us for 49. That makes him the longest-serving Lands’ End…

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Guaranteed. Period? Das Ist Verboten!

By , May 10, 2013

As you might imagine, lots of interesting things began to happen when Lands’ End went international, starting in the United Kingdom in 1991 and then expanding…

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Gary Goes For A Swim

By , May 3, 2013

“I’d like you to think about a little place out back where we could all work out,” said our founder Gary Comer one day to Milt…

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The Bag You Got “Attache-d” To

By , April 26, 2013

It wasn’t the kind of sleek, stylish briefcase the big money boys carried. It didn’t convey wealth, status or an Ivy League pedigree. If Gordon Gekko…

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Standing Desk Jump

By , April 18, 2013

An average office desk is 28 inches tall. Not very imposing, but try doing a standing jump and landing on top of one with both feet.…

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Sailing The Mac

By , April 12, 2013

If you’re like most people, the American Midwest is not the first place that pops to mind when you think of sailing. But from the skyscraper…

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“Who’s Gonna Read All This?” The Original Lands’ End Ad Campaign

By , March 7, 2013

The early 1980’s were exciting times for Lands’ End. We’d moved out of sailboat hardware, into clothing and soft luggage, and customers all across America were…

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Almost the World’s Largest Pillow Fight

By , February 22, 2013

Lands’ End first began offering items for the home in 1984, and quickly established a reputation for some of the thirstiest towels and toastiest flannel sheets…

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