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Peck & Peck was a New York-based retailer of private label women's wear prominent on Fifth Avenue.^[1] Founded by Edgar Wallace Peck and his brother George H. Peck,^[2] it began in New York in 1888^[3] as a hosiery store, with early location near Madison Square.^[4] At Edgar Peck's death, Time magazine reported that the brothers once had to pay rent every 24 hours to a distrusting landlord,^[5] but now had 19 stores.^[6] It grew to 78 stores across the United States.

Peck & Peck was purchased in the 1970s by the Minneapolis-based retailing company Salkin & Linoff and, through a combination of poor management and widely decentralized locations, the chain was basically shut down and sold off in pieces.^[7] Some specific store locations of the chain were sold by Salkin & Linoff in the mid/late 1980s to H. C. Prange Co. of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Peck & Peck was known for its classic clothes. Like Bonwit Teller and B. Altman and Company's post–World War II fashions, Peck & Peck personified and flourished in the pre-hippie era in New York^[8] when WASP fashion ruled stores and fashion magazines.^[9]

To writers like Joan Didion, Peck & Peck was descriptor and shorthand for a certain fashion look.^[10] A store classic was the simple A-line dress.

Other fashion retailers that grew in the wake of the closure of Peck & Peck were Ann Taylor and Talbots. Since 2008 the Peck & Peck trademark is owned by Stein Mart for its line of woman's clothing.

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[1] TIME article detailing retail stores that have failed on Fifth Avenue

[2] NYT Wedding Notice of Dorothy Peck, granddaughter of founder

[3] Search on Peck & Peck Trademark Registration

[4] Essay titled Fifth Avenue - The Best Address by Jerry E. Patterson

[5] "Milestones", Time, November 5, 1928

[6] Milestones Time magazine column noting Edgar Peck's 1928 death

[7] St. Louis Park Historical Society - Salkin and Linoff

[8] Book review on In The Place To Be by Guy Trebay. ISBN 1-56639-208-X

[9] Gadfly Online article detailing Peck & Peck's devotion to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

[10] Essay titled On Keeping a Notebook by Joan Didion Archived 2008-08-07 at the Wayback Machine

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 Peck & Peck was known for its classic clothes. Like [[Bonwit Teller]] and [[B. Altman and Company]]'s post–World War II fashions, Peck & Peck personified and flourished in the pre-[[hippie]] era in New York<ref>[http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1114_reg.html Book review on ''In The Place To Be'' by Guy Trebay]. ISBN 1-56639-208-X</ref> when [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestant|WASP]] fashion ruled stores and fashion magazines.<ref>[http://www.gadflyonline.com/archive/August98/archive-lindamccartney.html Gadfly Online article detailing Peck & Peck's devotion to White Anglo-Saxon Protestants]</ref>
-To writers like [[Joan Didion]], Peck & Peck was descriptor and shorthand for a certain fashion look.<ref>[http://www.ranablog.com/pdfs/didion.pdf Essay titled ''On Keeping a Notebook'' by Joan Didion] {{Dead link|date=April 2017}}</ref> A store classic was the simple [[A-line dress]].
+To writers like [[Joan Didion]], Peck & Peck was descriptor and shorthand for a certain fashion look.<ref>[http://www.ranablog.com/pdfs/didion.pdf Essay titled ''On Keeping a Notebook'' by Joan Didion]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807130110/http://www.ranablog.com/pdfs/didion.pdf |date=2008-08-07 }}</ref> A store classic was the simple [[A-line dress]].
 Other fashion retailers that grew in the wake of the closure of Peck & Peck were [[Ann Inc.|Ann Taylor]] and [[Talbots]]. Since 2008 the Peck & Peck trademark is owned by [[Stein Mart]] for its line of woman's clothing.