It's the time of year for lots of Christmas shopping... which may also mean lots of Christmas shoplifting! In today's post we have a series done by Life magazine in 1967, demonstrating all the ways this can be done. So, retail workers... watch out!
The main floor of Alexander's Department store at Christmastime, a sitting target. NYC, 1967 (same date and location for all the following). Source
The technique of slipping an item into a box. Source
Shoving stuff into your belt, under an open coat. Source
The technique of slipping items under your dress (classy). Source
Stuffing items under the dress. Source
Slipping jewellery into a coat with cutout pockets. Source
Slipping items into a cut-out book. Source
Slipping jewellery into cutout pockets. Source
Items under the dress [apparently this is the only way women do it]. Source
Slipping an item into a newspaper [I'm clearly of my generation, because I can't tell what those are, if not DVDs!]. Source
And, even if you manage to catch all this... there's still the post-shopper cleanup! Macy's, NYC, 1948. Source
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