Fashion
The Pretzel Bikini
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 28, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Food, Pop Art, 1960s
Clothes For Free Spirits
Down in Lutz, Florida, Renee Christian and Tom Thielges operate Under The Sun, which is a clothing store for nudists. Of course, any clothing store could sell to nudists, but Under The Sun might be the only clothing store that caters specifically to that target audience.From a 2006 Tampa Bay Tribune article about the store:
Check out the store's website and Facebook page (both SFW).
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 08, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion
The Bathing Girl of 1923
Modesty combined with protection from wind and driving rain in the beach fashions of the 1920s.
Detroit Free Press - Apr 29, 1923
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 15, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, 1920s
Airline Shirt
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Yes, all my clothes are styled by airline companies.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 08, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Air Travel and Airlines, 1960s
Swinging Britain
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 06, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Avant Garde, Teenagers, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Psychedelic, 1960s
Corn Swimsuit
June 1955: The U.S. Agricultural Research Service put on a fashion show for members of President Eisenhower's Agricultural Advisory Commission in which they showed off the "newest refinement" developed by their scientists — a swimsuit made out of corn. They boasted that the suit was mildew resistant, moth-proof, and "won't dissolve in water." They recruited Betty Richter, a "corn-fed girl from Maryland," to model the swimsuit for the members of the Advisory Commission.The Research Service scientists had, in addition, created an "apron made of hog lard," which Richter also modeled, but I can't find any pictures of the hog-lard apron.
Santa Cruz Sentinel - June 30, 1955
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 01, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, 1950s
Moldy Fashion
May 1999: Belgian fashion designer Maison Martin Margiela had a fashion/art exhibition at the Brooklyn Anchorage gallery in New York City in which he displayed his latest creation — mold-covered clothes. Reported Time: "The clothes were dipped in agar and treated with mold, bacteria and yeast; they were then left to develop new colors and textures (the smell is a bonus)."In fairness to Martin Margiela, this was more art than fashion show. According to art historian Ingrid Loschek, the display "compared the natural cycle of creation and decay to the consumer cycle of buying and discarding."
The moldy clothes were burned at the end of the exhibition, since they were in such an advanced stage of decomposition that they were unfit for anyone to wear.
via pinterest
via Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 27, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Fashion, 1990s
The Bandleader Shirt
All your contemporary T-shirts with images of rappers put together will never be as cool as this.
Original ad here.
Larger image here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 24, 2016 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, 1940s
Follies of the Madmen #271
Female sexuality illustrated.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 11, 2016 -
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Category: Body, Fashion, Sexuality, Advertising, 1950s, Women
Amish Marathon Runner
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 23, 2015 -
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Category: Fashion, Religion, Sports
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