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When Your Skirt Is In Serious Need Of Ventilation
1939 Ladies, we’ve all had those moments when the air gets stale beneath our petticoats and we could go for a good “Seven Year Itch” moment. Get the air moving about a bit. But this is too much. Maybe...
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How To Keep Phlebotomists And Blood Pressure Cuffs At Bay
Vogue March ’85 Jan ’85 Vogue
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Proper Way To Pump
October 1964 Back in 1964, nobody cared what Mrs. Robert F. Young’s first name was. Ladies essentially lost both their first and last names and simply became Mrs. Spouse’s Name. That would suit me just...
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Jill In ’87
By the fall of 1987, I was well-acquainted with the new supermodel faces across my fashion magazines: Cindy, Linda, Naomi, etc. As I had curly hair at the time, I could relate to Jill Goodacre, whose...
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I Am A Winter, And My Glasses Are Hidd-Yuss
Feb 1985 Vogue Actually, these owlish, oversized specs aren’t as hidd-yuss as most of the following glasses from 1985. But these Ted Lapidus ones certainly qualify. She seems to be gritting her teeth...
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J-Lo Spotted In 1936 New Yorker
I realize J-Lo is about to turn 50 in a few days, same age as the first moon landing. That’s what they want you to think. But how do you explain this cartoon rendering of her from a 1936 New Yorker?...
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Well, This Is Awkward
Men’s clothing ads of the 1930s were curious. I certainly don’t get it. Is this normal for a fully-dressed man to be supervising the sporting goods usage of a barely-dressed man? I don’t care for this...
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Men Who Don’t Fit Through Doorways
Look, I’m fine with barrel-chested men. No worries. But this is ridiculous. These heads don’t match these bodies, and these bodies don’t exist in nature. Just look at the man above! He’s at least three...
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How To Pair Peppermint Mocha With Frozen Caribou
Natl Geo Jan 1947 Hunters chop a frozen caribou and devour it uncooked. Indians called these northern tribes Eskimos, “Eaters of raw flesh.” So go the words of this 1947 National Geographic article....
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Mister, That’s The Biggest Nickel I’ve Ever Seen
Nat Geo 7/36 I love how early ads doled out the facts. The US has 13 phones for every 100 people, and Europe has less than three. You better recognize that Bell Telephone worked its hiney off to get...
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Please Do Not Spit
http://collections.vam.ac.uk Unlike the scare tactics of Big Pharma today, encouraging you to take a pill if you’re sad, and another if you’re anxious, and another for every emotion known to man,...
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New Secret To Youth: Positive Agitation
Hoover 1928 If it keeps your rugs young, maybe it keeps your skin young as well. Perhaps each time I exfoliate, I’m positively agitating my stubborn wrinkles. I’m pretty sure this is also the secret of...
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Creature Comforts of 1928
As I write to you on this sweltering, oppressive August day, I find two words most lovely: frigid air. Indeed, frigid air has been welcome since Frigidaire was founded 103 years ago. God bless frigid...
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Supermodel Cyclops
October 87 Vogue Back in 1987, Cindy Crawford may have been bronzed (and possibly narcoleptic), but she lacked the use her right eye. Once her tan had faded, only her left eye was functional, and seems...
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