Posted in: Misc Mondays Misc. Monday: Reminisces of an Ayres Christmas

Guest Author: Mary Jane Teeters-Eichacher For seventy years, from 1922 to 1992, the place to celebrate holiday traditions in Indianapolis was L. S. Ayres & Co. Animated window displays drew crowds of fascinated onlookers to...

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Posted in: Misc Mondays Misc Monday: Twin Oaks Home & Garden Tour

At 555 Kessler Boulevard, West Drive, Lyman S. Ayres II and his wife, Isabel, built a Colonial Revival style home named “Twin Oaks” in 1941. The Ayres family moved into the house in January 1942,...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: Glamour For an Indy Woman, Born 1913

Does the sight of a baby ever prompt you to wonder what the world will look like for that child when he or she is decades older? Or maybe when they are your age? Think...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: That Ayres Look, 1948

It was the Fall of 1948 and you and your new husband had just settled into his family’s home on North Meridian Street in the 5000’s. He’d fallen in love with you as much for...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: That Ayres Look, 1955 Hattie Carnegie

These days it’s often called a “Maxi” Dress, back then it was just called incredibly stylish and full length. I, for one, am a fan of full length and think we should bring it back...

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Posted in: Ladies Lounge Ladies Lounge: That Ayres Look

From collection of Thomas Brown, one of our longtime faithful readers, comes this L.S. Ayres advertisement. This is the very first “That Ayres Look” advertisement that ran in Vogue, March 15, 1936. The featured suit,...

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