REMEMBERING APPEALING APPAREL as we check out a clothes closet filled with records and recollections of coats and hats, blue jeans and blue gowns, suits and trousers, even diamonds and minks. Helping us sort through the wardrobe are folks like Fred Astaire, Peggy Lee, Don Cherry, Dinah Shore and Tony Martin.

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CAB CALLOWAY and his orchestra perform “Zoot Suit” in a film clip from “Stormy Weather.” (3 minutes)

FRED ASTAIRE performs “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails” in a film clip from the film “Top Hat.” (4 minutes)

MARILYN MONROE sings “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” from the film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.: (6 minutes)

VIVIAN BLAINE sings “Take Back Your Mink” from the film version of “Guys and Dolls.”  (4 minutes)

ELVIS PRESLEY sings “Blue Suede Shoes” in a 1956 screen test for the film “G.I.Blues” (2 minutes)

DANNY KAYE performs “Anatole of Paris” in a clip from his film, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.” (4 minutes)

A “‘BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS” salute to the U.S. Navy in a patriotic video mix. (3 minutes)