I double-dog dare you to wear this to your kid’s school. Hand Tailored by Shannon? As in Molly Shannon, maybe? Via Fovever Lovely Vintage.
Month: August 2011
Fo Jetzel My Pretzel, Keebler Elves Can’t Keep All The Fun To Themselves
I spotted the Pretzel Jetzel, the “Jet-Age Pretzel Making Toy,” at Antiques On Second in Milwaukee.
This food making toy from Transogram combines the appeal of the Easy Bake Oven with some of the mold-making fun of Creepy Crawlers.
Additional images: Transogram ad from a comic book, via kenyatabks. Box and toy, via Time Warp Toys.
“Give Me Surf Not Turf”
Why Go-Go Boots Were White
If you didn’t have white Go-Go boots — and a matching white vinyl skirt, for that matter — what else would you wear with this mod orange vinyl space-age, biker or scooter jacket?
Dancing Bear About To Dance Bare
Another photo from that Helmut Newton fur shoot in Paris Vogue, Dec 1969 – Jan 1970.
He Began As A Circus Clown, Making Animals Out Of Balloons
And graduated to hair and fashion in Harper’s Bazaar, September 1961.
Something To Wear In Your Turquoise Ford Thunderbird
Dames & Dogs #43
Helmut Newton, Les Belles et Les Bettes, Paris Vogue, Dec 1969 – Jan 1970.
Topless Beauty
Striking photo of a Dodge Charger taken at a car show in the 1960s.
Long Live Radio
As A Tad Too Much Tan For Taupe reports, Gilt Group has a sale on 3ryan Radios: Antique Tube Radios retrofitted into One-of-a-Kind Antique Docking Stations for iPods®. What’s most shocking to me is the number of these pieces which have sold out already.
