Fashion
Follies of the Mad Men #180
[From Playboy magazine for September 1968. Click to enlarge.]
Our clothes make you look like the cliched madman who thinks he's Napoleon.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 27, 2012 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, 1960s, Brain Damage
Puffer Jacket
The Puffer Jacket from Japanese label Christian Dada, unveiled this week as part of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Tokyo. According to tokyofashion.com, Christian Dada's show this year was "noticeably less conceptual that the last couple of seasons, featuring more wearable fashion than what we’ve come to expect on the Christian Dada runway."
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 22, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion
Dogs and Their Dog-Fur-Sweater-Wearing Owners
Photographer Erwan Fichou took a series of photographs of people wearing dog-fur sweaters and coats, made from the fur of their own dogs. One image is below, but check out his site for the full series. (I can't link directly to the series, because he's got his site configured with flash, but click on "Dogwool" once you arrive at his site.)
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 21, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Crafts, Fashion, Pets, Dogs
Maidenform Dream
Never mind that she's playing pool in her bra, on a pool table that appears to be wet. What's going on with that hairdo?
(via Vintage Ads)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 10, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling, Underwear, Advertising
Canadian Super Shape
Either this is how men sit in Canada, or the pants are so slippery that he's sliding off the seat.
From Eaton's Fall and Winter Catalog, 1975. (via Miss Retro Modern)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Feb 02, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising
Giant Pants on a Giant
From a blog devoted exclusively to Giant Pants of the '30s.
(via Sloth Unleashed)
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 31, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Freaks, Oddities, Quirks of Nature
3-Finger Rings
Metsa Design offers 3-finger wood rings. The 3-finger rings are inspired by knuckle
But you might be upstaged if you bump into someone wearing this 4-finger ring with an embedded strip of growing moss.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 24, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion
How lace curtains helped win World War II
The story goes that, during the Battle of the Bulge, in the winter of 1944, Sgt. William Furia (shown) decorated his helmet with some lace curtains that he found in an abandoned home. He did it as a joke, but then he and his fellow soldiers realized the lace made excellent camouflage in the snow. So the practice of decorating helmets with lace curtains became widespread. And thus camouflaged, the Allied soldiers were able to beat back the German offensive. Which is how lace curtains became America's secret weapon that allowed it to win the war.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 18, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Headgear, Military
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #17
[Click to enlarge]
What a shame bow ties are not much in style these days. Imagine how popular you would be, when flashing the "Drop Dead!" message!
"Is that a giant drycell battery in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?"
From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 07, 2012 -
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Category: Fashion, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s, Pranks
Jumpsuit Chic
Spare a moment now to mourn the passing of the knitted jumpsuit.
Original foto here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 26, 2011 -
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Category: Fashion, Sex Symbols, 1960s
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