Fly Swatter Vogue

There is a big run on fly swatters in local stores—but not for swatting flies. This time they are for swatting ladies, who, in the cloistered privacy of their boudoirs, apply the little Nemesis of the fly to their fatted parts to obtain a perfect figure.

Boston Globe - Mar 24, 1927

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Posted By: Alex - Tue Jul 12, 2022
Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues | 1920s | Dieting and Weight Loss

Comments

Better use the fly swatters on annoying men like in this Thai ad where a man distributes fly swatters to attractive women in a bar before his first drink.

Posted by Yudith on 07/12/22 at 05:42 AM

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