The stork didn’t exactly deliver Garanimals in 1972; one look at these uber-matchy maternity togs and it seems the retail world was pregnant with the idea of easy-to-match clothing in 1965.
“Cotton Chino Adds a Tang of Yellow to Black and White,” Montgomery Ward, Spring/Summer 1965.
By borrowing a light from some guy, I guess. And thank heavens they found away to take care of my lips while I smoke! Excellent priorities, Mom.
A lovely vintage cigarette ad (1938) for Benson & Hedges Corn Tipped Virginia Rounds; via Lileks “Link” Tumblr. (Yes, I do have a Tumblr account I use now and then.)
From the 1983 Fall/Winter Sears catalog, cereal shirts (Trix, Cocoa Puffs, and Super Sugar Crisp) for boys — easily hidden beneath some bibs. Which just goes to show ya, boys never out-grow their baby bibs.
Flesh-like, Cute, Washable, Harmless, Indestructible and Appealing.
In that order, we believe.
United Air Lines “Mainliner Dolls” ad via LJ.
This vintage mechanical Valentine…
Reminds me of those old Enjoli commercials.
Vintage Valentine via sienna42.
It may not be what you think — even if the classified ad was found in that retro romance magazine. …I wonder if the irony of Ms & Mr Lonelyhearts assisting in “animal romance” was lost on anyone? Or if the suicide rate was higher among those singles who bred animals simply to have them tortured for testing, then die… Oh, by the way, Happy Valentine’s Day!
And they guarantee you’ll lose weight too!
Another scan from that 1954 issue of People Today, this time an ad (one of the few advertisements in the magazine) for Kelpidine Candy. There was a gum too.
“Kelpidine” doesn’t sound tasty, but it’s not as unfortunate a name as Ayds weight loss candy.
Anyway, People Today is rather a mini-men’s mag, so I feel rather weirded-out that the ad depicts a “fat chick.” If this was a February issue of the publication, I’d be convinced guys were supposed to give their fat wives a box of Kelpidine for Valentine’s Day.
But I guess the guys were just supposed to buy her weight-loss candy “just because.”
When I saw this retro Royal Pudding football player ad…
I was reminded of this vintage My-T-Fine pudding pudding pantyhose promo…
And naturally I thought of Joe Namath and his infamous 1974 Beautymist pantyhose commercial.
I too made some money wagering off the video game. If you’re a retro gaming nerd, check out The Arcade Flyer Archive and Retro Programming.
Retro ad for “America’s Foremost Psychic Analyst & Advisor” Madam Day inside Rance Romances & Adventures.
