SLV-Some Like it Vintage.com: sex and fashion

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You know that expression "the more things change the more they stay the same". I think that phrase can be applied to the idea of SEX. No other 3-letter word can create the same buzz. It can conjure up thousands of images. We have the general idea that the idea of SEX or promiscuity was less in decades past. I think that people are people and the only thing that has really changed is how we as a society is dealing with it. I think that a randy teenager from the 1900's was the same as one from the 1950's is the same as ones among us today. Men have and will always look at pretty girls, regardless of her state of dress (or undress!) The battle of the sexes will rage on forever regardless of sexual orientation or race or marital status or age....etc.

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What I find irritating is that some societies seem to preach the "do as I say not as I do" line of thinking. North Americans are easily outraged by what we call "inappropriate sexual content", but we're selling SEX all the time, everywhere and anywhere. We seem to look at European societies as being very promiscuous and too open about SEX. I think that they are no more open about than we are; they just don't get falsely prudish about it. (I'll save the Asian angle for another blog!)

In the past 6 months or so, we have been watching more HBO productions. This is an American company with many branches throughout Europe. I didn't think that it was North American in origin as the mini-series we have seen were based in Europe with primarily U.K. casting. In its series "Rome", I was quite startled to see frontal male nudity as much as female nudity. I'm not overly conservative but what shocked me was that HBO actually did that. Until recently, the idea of partial or full nude scenes involved women with men properly dressed in underwear. This never seemed very fair to me. It's as if HBO is hiding its American ownership by seeming to be exotically European. It's also a pay television station, so that seems allow for more freedom of adult content.

Show it or don't show it. Do a SEX scene or don't do a SEX scene. I'm okay either way. But lets face it, SEX sells. It's hard to deny that fact when you look around. Here are some sexy vintage movie posters. They give you a good idea of what was sexy in those days:

"A Very Private Affair"

"The Girl In Black Stockings"

Joan Collins looking steaming hot!

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SEXY BOHO ABSTRACT Vintage TiKi SUN SUMMER V NECK DRESS

NWT SEXY BLACK RUFFLE RETRO FLORAL CLUB MINI DRESS S

Sexy Black Vintage Marilyn Party Halter Dress 5X 30 32

The Erotic History of Advertising

In keeping with the last blog post about men's fashions, a client sent me these photos the other day. I just about fell off my chair when I saw them!

We are often bombarded with sexual advertising these days and frequently think it is a new idea. Not so! Sex was everywhere in advertising as this will attest to.

Hardly subtle. Using words such as climax, hot nights to come and it's called the Big Zip. I won't even mention that it talks about her tongue...you have to read it!