1960s
Hair Clothing
From 1969, a product that mysteriously failed to catch on: Jerome Alexander's line of human-hair clothing.He actually created a human-hair pants suit, skirt, and vest. (The pants suits, which is the only thing I could find a picture of, seems to have been only trimmed with human hair). But on the drawing board were a human-hair coat, bikini, tie, boots, and hat.
Esquire - Jan 1970
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Feb 12, 1969
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 27, 2018 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s
BEATLE COUNTRY, by The Charles River Valley Boys
Their Wikipedia page.Listen to the whole album here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 25, 2018 -
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Category: Music, Foreign Customs, Crossovers and Mashups, 1960s, Parody
Birds of South Vietnam
It wasn't the subject of this book that made it weird, but instead when it was published: in 1968, at the height of the war in Vietnam. Not a time when a lot of people were going to Vietnam for bird-watching.The British author, Philip Wildash, didn't even mention the war, except to obliquely refer to it in the first sentence by saying, "Vietnamese ornithology has long been rather neglected."
Amazon link: Birds of South Vietnam.
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Oct 6, 1968
Posted By: Alex - Tue May 22, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Hobbies and DIY, War, Books, 1960s
Ambush Perfume
Apparently, women who wore this perfume were inclined to hide behind vegetation--then presumably leap out upon their prey.
History and description of perfume here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 22, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s, Perfume and Cologne and Other Scents
Ear Makeup
Apparently Candice Bergen got her start modeling "Dear Ear" — the first ever (and last ever?) line of ear makeup. She would have been 18 when she did these ads.For those who have little experience in painting ears, and that includes most of us, Maradel also includes a styling booklet which offers four ear-styling techniques.
-Miami News - Aug 16, 1964
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - Aug 4, 1964
Miami News - Aug 16, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 20, 2018 -
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Category: Celebrities, Fashion, 1960s
The Eye Creatures
There is a series of videos on YouTube where the maker excerpts horror movies by deleting all shots of people! That's weird.But of course, THE EYE CREATURES itself is plenty weird.
Wikipedia entry here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun May 20, 2018 -
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Category: Aliens, Costumes and Masks, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1960s, Fictional Monsters
Vegetable Jell-O
Responding to the popularity of jello salads, General Foods introduced four vegetable flavors of jello in 1964: celery, seasoned tomato, mixed vegetable, and Italian salad.But for some reason, although people liked jello salads, they didn't like vegetable-flavored jellos, and the flavors were soon discontinued.
Lubbock Avalanche Journal - July 9, 1964
source: midcenturymenu.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 19, 2018 -
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Category: Food, Jello, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #366
Our service is a dead artifact sealed off from all human contact.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 18, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, 1960s, Bus
Naughty Dallas
Jada the Stripper famous for something other than this film.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 14, 2018 -
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Category: Death, Movies, Sex Symbols, Historical Figure, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #365
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 12, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Tobacco and Smoking, Telephones, 1960s
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