Laura-Beth Showroom
Laura Beth Barrett found this fashion company in the year 270 when she was only 16 years old. Laura-Beth Showroom specializes in womens clothing.
After attempting to sale mens cloths and having very poor sales, Laura Beth eventually rolled out a second company named L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen that few knew was actually associated with Laura Beth. With the association with womens fashion gone, L.B. Barrett soon became a top seller in Tri-City and in high demand abroad.
During the late 270s and early 280s Laura's two brands were the biggest names in fashion. However, in the late 280s during the chaotic times leading up to the 290 - HR Riots Laura-Beth disapeared and hasn't been heard from since.
Laura's top apprentice, Hilda Bean took over the business and ended up selling the rights to for International Investments Incorporated to open stores selling cheaps version of the products under the names LB Barrett and Laurabeth.
How much Laura-Beth clothing sells for in the Thrifting market depends a lot on the era of the clothing and whether or not it was produced by Inc3.
LB Barrett, the key being the LB not L.B. is the cheaper knockoff and not worth much at all. The quality is lower and you can't expect it to last as long.
Laurabeth without the - in between Laura and Beth, and the lower case b is the cheaper knockoff for womens clothing.
L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen and Laura-Beth Showroom from 290 - present are worth considerably more than the Inc3 knockoff brands. These were designed by Hilda Bean or other apprentices of Laura, and they still strive to keep up the quality standards.
The produces from the 274-290 are worth more on the collector's market. The disapearance of Laura made the value shoot up considerably.
The most valueable collector's items however come from 270-274, back when most items were made by hand by Laura. Mens clothing with the Laura-Beth tag have a particularly high value on the collector's market because of the rarity of such a find.
After attempting to sale mens cloths and having very poor sales, Laura Beth eventually rolled out a second company named L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen that few knew was actually associated with Laura Beth. With the association with womens fashion gone, L.B. Barrett soon became a top seller in Tri-City and in high demand abroad.
During the late 270s and early 280s Laura's two brands were the biggest names in fashion. However, in the late 280s during the chaotic times leading up to the 290 - HR Riots Laura-Beth disapeared and hasn't been heard from since.
Laura's top apprentice, Hilda Bean took over the business and ended up selling the rights to for International Investments Incorporated to open stores selling cheaps version of the products under the names LB Barrett and Laurabeth.
Value by Era
How much Laura-Beth clothing sells for in the Thrifting market depends a lot on the era of the clothing and whether or not it was produced by Inc3.
LB Barrett, the key being the LB not L.B. is the cheaper knockoff and not worth much at all. The quality is lower and you can't expect it to last as long.
Laurabeth without the - in between Laura and Beth, and the lower case b is the cheaper knockoff for womens clothing.
L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen and Laura-Beth Showroom from 290 - present are worth considerably more than the Inc3 knockoff brands. These were designed by Hilda Bean or other apprentices of Laura, and they still strive to keep up the quality standards.
The produces from the 274-290 are worth more on the collector's market. The disapearance of Laura made the value shoot up considerably.
The most valueable collector's items however come from 270-274, back when most items were made by hand by Laura. Mens clothing with the Laura-Beth tag have a particularly high value on the collector's market because of the rarity of such a find.
History
Laura-Beth Norine was born in the year 254. Her father was a famous sportsball player and her mother owned the Paladin Pizza Plaza.
Laura-Beth got the last name Norine at birth as it was assumed she would inherit the plaza building. Her sister Raya was given the last name Barrett after her famous father.
Back in the 260s there was no highschool in Tri-City. When Laura-Beth completed school at the age of 12 she began apprenticing with several of the tailors in Tri-City, including the famous Richard Oscar Shae, a business partner of her gradma. When Laura-Beth started her own company at the age of 16 it became obvious she wasn't going to be the one to inherit the Paladin Pizza Plaza job from her mother. As a result she swapped last names with her sister. Now Raya Norine runs the Plaza.
During the late 260s and early 270s Laura-Beth worked hard to create a style that would represent the spirit of Tri-City and not just be a copy of what was imported from outside nations. While still leaning on the principals she learned from Richard Oscar Shae, she wanted to create something new for both men and women. (Shae only tailored mens clothing)
By the time Tri-City High School was established in 274, Laura-Beth was already a big name in womens fashion. In a move that some critics claim to be nepotism, her grandma, Mayor of Tri-City Fae Norine, commissioned Laura-Beth to design all the uniform options for TCHS in her new unique 'born in Tri-City' style. This was the birth of the Scholarly fashion style.
Laura-Beth clothing from the pre-TCHS times catch the highest prices from collectors, as most of it was sew by hand by Laura-Beth herself. The mens clothing she made with the Laura-Beth lable are exceptionally rare and worth a lot of money to collectors.
During this early era, Laura-Beth tried and failed many times to sell mens fashion, but only her styles for women were selling. Women loved that Laura-Beth brought the elements she learned from Shae to womens fashion, but many men did not want to buy clothes designed by a woman. Her designs for the male TCHS uniforms were called 'a cheap imitation of Shae's Bespoke Fedoras style, despite the fact that Shae himself praised the designs publicly.
Once the new TCHS style hit the streets business for Laura-Beth boomed to unprescidented heights. Throughout most of the 270s and 280s she was the most famous fashion designer for women in the world.
In 278 she decided to try her hand at men's fashion again. But this time she would use the lable L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen. This move was made to intentionally connect the brand with her famous father Lloyd Bradford Barrett, commonly reffered to as simply LBB. Though the name could just as easy stand for Laura-Beth Barrett.
With most people not knowing that L.B. Bennett was designed by a woman, the brand became just as popular as her womens store Laura-Beth Showroom. The two brands remain seperate to this day.
Laura-Beth got the last name Norine at birth as it was assumed she would inherit the plaza building. Her sister Raya was given the last name Barrett after her famous father.
Back in the 260s there was no highschool in Tri-City. When Laura-Beth completed school at the age of 12 she began apprenticing with several of the tailors in Tri-City, including the famous Richard Oscar Shae, a business partner of her gradma. When Laura-Beth started her own company at the age of 16 it became obvious she wasn't going to be the one to inherit the Paladin Pizza Plaza job from her mother. As a result she swapped last names with her sister. Now Raya Norine runs the Plaza.
During the late 260s and early 270s Laura-Beth worked hard to create a style that would represent the spirit of Tri-City and not just be a copy of what was imported from outside nations. While still leaning on the principals she learned from Richard Oscar Shae, she wanted to create something new for both men and women. (Shae only tailored mens clothing)
Tri-City High School Uniforms
By the time Tri-City High School was established in 274, Laura-Beth was already a big name in womens fashion. In a move that some critics claim to be nepotism, her grandma, Mayor of Tri-City Fae Norine, commissioned Laura-Beth to design all the uniform options for TCHS in her new unique 'born in Tri-City' style. This was the birth of the Scholarly fashion style.
Laura-Beth clothing from the pre-TCHS times catch the highest prices from collectors, as most of it was sew by hand by Laura-Beth herself. The mens clothing she made with the Laura-Beth lable are exceptionally rare and worth a lot of money to collectors.
During this early era, Laura-Beth tried and failed many times to sell mens fashion, but only her styles for women were selling. Women loved that Laura-Beth brought the elements she learned from Shae to womens fashion, but many men did not want to buy clothes designed by a woman. Her designs for the male TCHS uniforms were called 'a cheap imitation of Shae's Bespoke Fedoras style, despite the fact that Shae himself praised the designs publicly.
The golden age
Once the new TCHS style hit the streets business for Laura-Beth boomed to unprescidented heights. Throughout most of the 270s and 280s she was the most famous fashion designer for women in the world.
In 278 she decided to try her hand at men's fashion again. But this time she would use the lable L.B. Barrett Fine Sporting Goods for Gentlemen. This move was made to intentionally connect the brand with her famous father Lloyd Bradford Barrett, commonly reffered to as simply LBB. Though the name could just as easy stand for Laura-Beth Barrett.
With most people not knowing that L.B. Bennett was designed by a woman, the brand became just as popular as her womens store Laura-Beth Showroom. The two brands remain seperate to this day.
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268
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