Fashion
The Player
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 11, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, 1970s
Seaweed Sweaters
Featured in Popular Science Monthly, June 1921
Both the sweater and the pair of stockings that the girl is holding were made from seaweed that grows in China. Yet they look not unlike woolen garments.
Pine-needles are also being pressed into service; and so are many grasses and leaves. At a recent exhibition of the Commerce Bureau in the Customs House in New York city many grass-made garments were shown.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 10, 2014 -
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Category: Fashion, 1920s
Spike Away
Yesterday I posted about Paris metro etiquette rules, and then, by chance, I came across this. It's the "Spike Away" from artist Siew Ming Cheng who writes:That's an unusual train of thought! (pun, unfortunately, intended). More details at CNet.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 10, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Subways
Follies of the Madmen #213
"Three out of four furries choose our suits!"
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 06, 2013 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1950s
Magneto-Conservative Garments
Advertised in the Los Angeles Herald and elsewhere, late 19th and early 20th centuries:
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Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 22, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Underwear, Medicine, Nineteenth Century
Styling on the slopes
Ski mask by Emilio Pucci. From Life - Dec 7, 1962.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 19, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1960s
The Ammunition Hat
Practical and stylish!
From: Modern Mechanics, Apr 1932
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 17, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, 1930s
All Over Rain Cover
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Air holes? Who need to breath so long as you're dry?
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 14, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Fashion, Advertising, 1940s, Weather
Kangaroo Scrotum Pouch
And their motto should be, "Lucky for you, but not for the 'roo!"
Buy yours here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 08, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Fashion, Australia, Genitals
Aluminum Bathing Suit
Continuing the WU investigation of unusual bathing suits, here's an aluminum bathing suit from 1966, modeled by Donyale Luna. It was featured in the French film Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? (Qui êtes vous, Polly Maggoo?) which wikipedia describes as "a satirical art house movie spoofing the fashion world and its excesses."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 02, 2013 -
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Category: Fashion, 1960s
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