Fashion
Follies of the Madmen #540
Not sure how pajamas could cause or cure bow-leggedness...Source.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 21, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising, 1930s, Men
Follies of the Madmen #539
Source: Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)29 Feb 1956, Wed Page 13It's worth taking a look at the other more-legible images after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 08, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Advertising, Cats, Dogs, North America, Mental Health and Insanity
Barbarian Men’s Fashions
The famous painter Boris Vallejo once did a series of ads for the clothing chain Chess King. What's your opinion? Does sword and sorcery imagery sell men's clothing?Here's a neat small essay on this campaign.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 22, 2022 -
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Category: Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Advertising, Fantasy, 1980s
The Tonight Shirt
NOTE: Positively not endorsed by Johnny Carson!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 20, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Television, Advertising, Twentieth Century
Ripped Jeans by Vivienne Westwood
Found in the book Blue-Jeans published by Courbevoie (1997).Vivienne Westwood has an online store, but the ripped jeans don't seem to be offered.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jul 06, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Denim
Velveeta Nail Polish
A new shade of nail polish from Nails.INC which promises that "the cheese scent will appear when fully dry."That doesn't sound like a good thing.
And of course, there's the obligatory warning: "While our polish is cheese-scented, it is (unfortunately) not made of VELVEETA. Please don’t eat it."
More info: nailsinc.com
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 03, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Food
Living Greenery Jeans
Part of the Spring 2023 Menswear collection for Loewe.Details in Vogue.com, with reporting by "Sarah Mower."
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 28, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Denim
Butt Cleavage Pants
I love how the opening can be any shape, such as a Chevy logo.I also hope that Rhianna is not violating this patent!
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 10, 2022 -
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Category: Body, Fashion, Public Indecency
The Sylvers
Their Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 05, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Music, Television, 1970s
Inception of the Golden Lotus Temple of the Self-Realization
Still operating.
Women in togas at dedication of Golden Lotus Temple of the Self-Realization Fellowship Church in Los Angeles, Calif., 1950
Photo source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 24, 2022 -
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Category: Fashion, Religion, 1950s
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