Too fun. Love old advertisements. The blue boy one! Kills me. The model, the terrible jewelry. I remember that movement. Red flocked wallpaper. It was awful. I loved hatboxes. I also remember that there was a hair dryer that came in a similar case... plastic tube with plastic bag over the hair? And Madame Dowding's torture devices. Is that how Vampira kept her 19" waist?
I vaguely remember home hairdrying kits with the bag and all that malarkey - the trend didn't last once setting lotion went out of fashion. The Madame Dowding ad cracks me up - what are those blokes doing in it? Was this a bold early venture into fetishism, or has some clever bod been let loose with Photoshop? Jx
My mom would always casually mention that if a man was handsome and blonde he must be gay! I did have a blonde boyfriend once. She said, "How did you find one that isn't gay?" I said if it makes you feel any better his mother is and her girlfriend's name is "Melanie" so I have to listen to phone conversations about "Your Melanie" and "My Melanie." Ha,ha,ha. The man was a hummingbird, all too eager to dip into as many flowers as possible. Hmm, Maybe we do have a shortage of blonde straight men around here. Ha,ha,ha.
Hat boxes!!!😂
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be without them, dear! Jx
DeleteToo fun. Love old advertisements. The blue boy one! Kills me. The model, the terrible jewelry. I remember that movement. Red flocked wallpaper. It was awful. I loved hatboxes. I also remember that there was a hair dryer that came in a similar case... plastic tube with plastic bag over the hair? And Madame Dowding's torture devices. Is that how Vampira kept her 19" waist?
ReplyDeleteI vaguely remember home hairdrying kits with the bag and all that malarkey - the trend didn't last once setting lotion went out of fashion. The Madame Dowding ad cracks me up - what are those blokes doing in it? Was this a bold early venture into fetishism, or has some clever bod been let loose with Photoshop? Jx
DeleteMy mom would always casually mention that if a man was handsome and blonde he must be gay! I did have a blonde boyfriend once. She said, "How did you find one that isn't gay?" I said if it makes you feel any better his mother is and her girlfriend's name is "Melanie" so I have to listen to phone conversations about "Your Melanie" and "My Melanie." Ha,ha,ha. The man was a hummingbird, all too eager to dip into as many flowers as possible. Hmm, Maybe we do have a shortage of blonde straight men around here. Ha,ha,ha.
ReplyDeleteThe gay ones obviously wear Blue Boy t-shirts and crap jewellery. Jx
DeleteNow, the Blue Boy t-shirt - does it come in mauve?
ReplyDelete"The Mona Lisa? Yes, I certainly have heard of it. Yes do, we're open till five. Bye."
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