Named the French Room specifically for showing evening wear, one can presume the best Paris fashions could be found here. The luxurious and leisurely environment of Marston's made shopping a destination where women could socialize, enjoy restful and beautiful spaces with artfully displayed goods, read the latest fashion and home decor magazine and pattern books, and, of course, shop. By 1928, this was referred to as the ready-to-wear department.

Courtesy Marston Family Collection