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Flossie’s Lingerie and Dress Shop is not an active business in Fort Myers. It originally operated as the historic M. Flossie Hill Co., a famous women’s apparel and dry goods store established in 1905 by pioneer businesswoman Flossie Hill. The store closed in the 1960s, though its legacy remains in local history.1979: Prices were fairly low, almost 50 years ago!1975: A company ad describing the advantages of LOVLAST with suggested prices.1975: LOVLAST ad from a store named TREVORS. I can find no reference to a store with this name in Columbus, Ohio.1970: Figure Fair Shop in the Colonial Plaza Mall sold LOVLAST. The store doesn’t seem to exist anymore.1969: Bradley’s Figure Fair. The location is gone, replaced by a big Manatee County public building.1969: Another ad from Bradley’s Figure Fair. It could make me blush! Jean Yancey and Hester Thomas are at Bradley’s Figure Fair.1969: More from Bradley’s Figure Fair in Bradenton, Florida.1968: An extensive article in the Tampa Bay Times about LOVLAST.1968: Lawson’s was a popular department store located on Main Street in Shelbyville, Kentucky for decades, Lawson’s of Shelbyville went out of business years ago.1968: Another LOVLAST ad from Bradley’s Figure Fair in Bradenton, Florida.1966: Notions, a store in Asheville, North Carolina, posts an ad in the Asheville Citizen Times with an eye-catching price for LOVLAST. But is this the store name or just where the item is located downstairs?1966: Lingerie department of a store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, advertises a demonstration to be held in the lingerie department…but what store?No location LOVLAST ad…probably a company ad inserted in a newspaper somewhere.
