Fashion
Weekend in Havana
Can you sing as fast as Carmen Miranda does in this tune, "Rebola a Bola," from WEEKEND IN HAVANA?I found the Portuguese lyrics and had Google translate them. The eccentric result is to be found after the jump: original line in Portuguese followed by English "translation."
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Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 21, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Human Marvels, Movies, Music, 1940s, South America
Identity-Preserving Balaclava
Instructables.com offers a step-by-step guide for making your very own identity-preserving balaclava. Why would you want this? They point out:So how long before Chuck gets to post about a stupid criminal who tries to rob a bank wearing an identity preserving balaclava? (via Boing Boing)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 20, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion
The Hamburger Dress
Nice, but it needs some bacon.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 17, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion
Makeup for Men
Makeup for Men is the hot new thing in the cosmetics industry. A few of the products available include:Sport & Sun Tone Enhancer, which "simulates the healthy glow that a faint sunburn and exercise create." When sold to women it's called blush.
Confidence Corrector to hide blemishes and tattoos. I think women call this foundation.
Double Stroke Cream Mascara "for men who want handsome looking lashes without a 'made-up' effect."
And Blo-Job Bronzing Powder, "An instant tan at the end of the brush."
via Sociological Images
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 03, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Gender
Cap and Mask in One
A lovely bathing fashion from 1930. I wonder what reaction you'd get if you hung out at the neighborhood pool wearing one of these. From Popular Science, Aug 1930:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 28, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion
Wooden Bathing Suits
I guess the "Wear Wood" campaign never caught on. From Popular Science, May 1930:
eFootage.com has video footage from 1932 of "lovely ladies" modeling and swimming in the wooden suits.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 19, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion
Psych-Out
Once you have experienced the 1968 film PSYCH-OUT, you will be unable to return to your square, plastic, uptight lifestyle. Just the sight of Jack Nicholson's fake ponytail alone will trip you out!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Costumes and Masks, Drugs, Fads, Fashion, Hair Styling, History, Hollywood, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Movies, Music, Regionalism, Sexuality, Stereotypes and Cliches, Surrealism, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1960s, Posters, Dance, Body Painting, Facial Hair
Bikini Jeans
What do you get when you cross jeans with a bikini? The bikini jean. They're all the rage in Japan. Available from Sanna's Brazil Fashion (a Japanese store, despite the Brazil in its name) for only $94.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 16, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Denim
Hair Rings
I wonder how many hair rings Pixie Market sells. At $286 a pair, they can't be flying off the shelves.(It took me a while to figure out that these were actually ear rings with long pieces of human hair attached... not hair attachments.)
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 07, 2009 -
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Category: Fashion, Hair Styling
Ralph Pucci Mannequins
Such as the one you see at right.
Check them all out at the Ralph Pucci site.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 19, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Business, Advertising, Fashion, Genitals
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