A friend of mine sent me some vintage images with fun, snarky captions. These don't need any further explanations. Bring out your inner bitch and enjoy:
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Showing posts with label vintage ads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage ads. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!
A friend of mine sent me some vintage images with fun, snarky captions. These don't need any further explanations. Bring out your inner bitch and enjoy:
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Skinny is a Bad Word
Throughout history the female figure has had a hard time. Keeping up with fashions we have been squished into corsets, told to lose weight, told to gain weight, sit with your legs crossed, wear high heels to show off your gambs, cinch the waist, push up the girls, separate the girls, make the girls flat, wear a bra, don't wear a bra.......
whew...it's exhausting keeping up!
I'm particularly fascinated by the idea of weight. What is deemed flattering in one generation is not in the next. Rotund women in the renaissance were beautiful, today they are fat. Flapper girls were thin and flat chested, 1950s women were curvy, 60s women emulated twiggy and all had bad posture, and waif like nymphs were the 1990s. Now we have toned yoga bodies with muscle abs - think Victoria Secret models.
Retronaut found some great ads for how to 'gain' weight in the mid century. Yes, you heard right - gaining weight was in, skinny was out. However, note that the ads do not really discuss healthy weight. It's all how to catch a man, be popular and get noticed.
Still the wrong message and unfortunately, I'm not convinced it has changed much. Yes, the design of the most wanted body type is lean, muscular and supposedly healthy incorporating dietary changes and an active lifestyle. I'm all for that. However, watching the pre Victoria Secret annual runway show, some of the models described how they get ready for the show. Similar to a body builder competition, at this point they are most unhealthy. The immense weight and nutrition loss before a competition or runway show is unhealthy. The models subsist on water and celery, the body builders fast. This see-saw action contradicts what their bodies are trying to show us.
But I digress, as I often do!
Have a look at some of these vintage ads and judge for yourself. As I maintain, being a vintage gal in today's era lets us choose the best of the past. And I'll choose to keep my figure at a healthy weight, stay active, eat foods I enjoy and if that 1950s dress doesn't fit me - so be it. I will find something else.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?!
Recently I posted a blog about a company that sells reproduction mid century ads. Here are some more pertaining to home products. I must admit that some of the images seem more current than I thought they would be. Back in the 1950's and 1960's, the name of the game seemed to be "more is more" as opposed to our current lifestyle that is obsessively clean-lined and simple.
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| 1954 ad for vinyl flooring Some of the furnishings are very much in vogue right now and becoming quite expensive. The greenery on the mantle seems to be taking over! Vinyl flooring in the living room seems pretty scary! Sometime between then and now, that wall panelling was demoted to basement decor! Definitely too much of a good thing is going on in this vignette. |
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| Hi-fi storage unit, 1956 Looks like a retro ad for IKEA. This screams of "Wiggles" or another children's tv show set! Hmm....less is is more here... |
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| Armstrong cork tile flooring, 1956 Is the unnatural pink hue the artist's interpretation of looking through rose coloured glasses? The lighting and wall unit both look current and cork flooring is really coming back into fashion. |
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| Frigidaire kitchen of the future, 1957 Wow, I could see that kitchen in today's home - well, except for that weird rotisserie at the end of the peninsula! It's a bit like the Jetsons meet Jamie Oliver! |
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| 1954 ad for Armstrong cork flooring Here is another jungle type room setting with green cork flooring to make that natural feeling complete! As with most of these ads, the rooms seem so cluttered and the furnishings are so large. Back in the 1950's, people didn't have to worry so much about downsizing or living in pigeon hole sized dwellings. Too much of a good thing happening in this scene as well. |
Thursday, October 13, 2011
m-AD-ness!
Thanks to a friend of mine, I wanted to share with you a really cool company that sells reproduction mid century modern posters. Some of these are really great. They'll make you laugh, gasp, shake your head, but they're all so entertaining! All images courtesy of plan59.com
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| What did it smell like before this coffee smelled like coffee?! |
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| Which whiskey does he prefer? Those glazed eyes tell me it doesn't matter! |
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| I don't have anything funny to say about this ad, as it's funny just the way it is! |
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| Hmmm...that margarine is suspiciously the same vibrant yellow as her hair |
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| The original caption for this ad reads "How To Stay Cool When The Heat's On". Judging by the frantic look from the wife, I'm thinking that she's worried about his loud polyester shirt going up in flames! |
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| Really Junior? |
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| And I'm sure Community loves her too! ************************************************************************** |
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Antique Ads
This was the first private ad, taken out in the Canadian Gazette, ca. 1799.
"Evean Eveans, Taylor and Habit maker from London, having taken a room in a small building belonging to Mr. Willocks for the purpose of prosecuting the duties of his trade, begs leave to inform the ladies and gentlemen of York, that he has commenced the above business, and to those who may honor him with their commands, he flatters himself from his experience, to afford satisfaction."If it's not too clear, this gentleman is a tailor. Never mind trying to get all that into an ad in today's paper with the 3 line limit we generally have. Not only would that ad be hugely expensive, no one would understand it.
It's a guy that makes duds.
Yea verily, chums of the SLV blog, we invite you thusly, or to whom it may appease, to read on and rejoice in all that is familial, antiquated and merry.
Enough awready. Enjoy some stunning antique items from some of my favorite shops.
Satin Damask Bustle Gown, c, 1876 from Vintage Textile
Water Silk Faille Shoes, mid 1700s from Antique Dress
Stunning two toned coat, c. Edwardian Era, from The Frock
Edwardian 2 piece dress from Davenport & Co.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
PHOTOSHOP THE OLD FASHIONED WAY!
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| debutantclothing.com |
Back in the days of film cameras, people in the advertising world couldn't have dreamed up some of the technology that is available to us today. So in order to "perfect" their models, they had to reinterpret via painted copies of the real deal. Have a look at the below photos and their enhanced doppelgangers.
All images courtesy of fashionism.ca
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| The real life model looks sweet with a hint of sexiness. Whereas her painted image has a more impressive cleavage and her skirt seems hiked up a bit more. It screams sex appeal, whereas the woman on the left merely whispers it. I guess it's true what they about blonds having more fun! |
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| This real model is looking very fetching with a fun look on her face. Her painted version has lost her bra, revealing a bit of her tantalizing breasts. She has also lost some weight to most of her body as well. Talk about your crash diets! |
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| This fun and flirtatious pose has this woman's skirt in an uproar. She must be praising more than the notion of 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away'. Her painted version has gone blond, the skirt is up higher and her legs seem more slender and shapely. Her pert breasts are also noticeable improvements. It's like Marilyn with the forbidden fruit! |
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| I'm thinking Ursula with the blow-up doll's mouth. This model's healthy figure has been "slenderized" in her final ad version. The bikini barely hides a much more alluring figure. Her shape is toned and slender. Now what is going on with the bird and her 'rock & roll' hand gesture?! |
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| Any man would die of pride to see his Valentine perched in this manner. But his sweetheart's painted image is even sexier and it looks like she is modestly hiding her birthday suit behind that heart. Come and get it! |
You can be a part of this sexy girly party just as you are...
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