We all grow attached to our beloved L.L.Bean Boots. Luckily, some of our customers have figured out a way to never let them go by turning them into planters. We thought this was a great idea for a Mother’s Day gift and got to work. Check back tomorrow for instructions on putting together your very own Bean Boot bouquet.
Another rainy morning in Maine, or as we like to call it, Bean Boot weather. (Taken with instagram)
Rock Hudson dons a bright red Chamois Shirt in 1955. L.L. intended the Chamois Cloth Shirt be used on hunting and fishing trips and introduced it in bright red to “repel black flies” and to be “safe for dragging in deer without a coat.” Here’s our version of the iconic shirt.
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L.L.Bean opened its first showroom for women in 1954, which was overseen by Hazel Bean (pictured here fishing with a friend) and L.L.’s wife Claire. The two convinced him that women needed something to do while their husbands shopped for fishing gear and hunting outerwear.
Photo courtesy of Guaranteed to Last
Right down the road in Brunswick, Maine, we’re creating our Canvas O-Ring Belt, handcrafted using handles from our famous L.L.Bean Boat and Tote. Check out more photos from our shoot on facebook.
Then & Now
Spring weather calls for ice cream. We got to sample L.L.Bean’s 100th Anniversary ice cream at lunch today- Gifford’s Muddy Bean Boots! (Taken with instagram)
In the 1960s and 1970s, L.L.Bean became so popular that the volume of mail orders the Freeport post office received was too much for them to handle. To help streamline the mail sorting operations, the U.S. Postal Service granted L.L.Bean its own zip code, 04033, on March 2, 1976 - 36 years ago today.
