Aldens was founded by Benjamin J. Rosenthal in 1889 in
Chicago under the name
Chicago Mail Order and Millinery Company and was incorporated on December 15, 1902. The company primarily sold fashion apparel and accessories for women and men via its catalog. The catalog operation was liquidated in 1985 as part of bankruptcy proceedings for
Wickes Companies, which had purchased Gamble-Skogmo in 1980. ==References==