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Should the Government Be Advertising Marriage?
At first, I laughed at these marriage ads — turn me into we! — from Utah. The state is about 60 percent Mormon, so it's no surprise there are ads extolling the virtues of marriage.
Flashback! His and Her "Bundlers" Foreshadow the Snuggie
This 1975 cold-weather fashion treat claims to be "sexy on her" and "smoothly good-looking on him." It also hints at the "snuggly fashion" trend to come.
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A Few Fabulous Fashion Flashbacks
This post comes from Pistil in our Flashback group on the TrèsSugar Community.
His facial hair really complements his chest hair. Overall, it's a great ensemble .
Marketing Menopause: Life's Change Becomes a Disease
When did menopause go from being a natural stage of life to a degenerative disease in need of a cure? Exactly when you'd expect. The transformation began in the '60s, peaked in the '90s, and continues today.
20 Bad Vintage Christmas Ads
Vintage ads are often terrible, but these holiday ads take terrible to a new low. Whether it's Santa as a sex object or a cigarette carton for a sleigh, these ads are festive, fun, and totally inappropriate.
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So Easy Your Blindfolded 10-Year-Old Could Do It!
I could definitely see this Hotpoint "swing-door" dishwasher ad appealing to 1960's housewives like Mad Men's Betty Draper. Almost as much as I could see Betty blindfolding little Sally Draper! But, seriously, Don Draper would never make an ad this bad.
Flashback: 1965 Ad For the "Tummy Television"
This five-inch TV will stay flicker-free — "even if you jiggle when you laugh." Smaller tummy? Buy the four-inch set!
1960s United Airlines Ad: Bring Your Wife, Get a Discount
Advertising from the '60s has a bad rap for always being targeted to men. Mad Men proved this last Sunday when Peggy says a beautiful woman throwing herself at a camera is not going to sell diet soda to its audience — women. Don replies, you know how this works: men want her, so women want to be her.
Three's a Crowd: Is the Vampire Diaries Ad Too Suggestive?
For a network known for teen-centric shows, the CW raises more than a few eyebrows with its decidedly adult ads. Last year, it was the OMFG Gossip Girl ads, and now there's hubbub over its campaign for The Vampire Diaries, a teen vampire drama that debuts Sept. 10.
Flashback: 5 Shockingly Sexist Ads
Wow, no matter how many we've seen, or how the years pass, these ads never get old. How could they? Not when they espouse such true and tried, stand-the-test-of-time messages like your husband will lock your doubtful, inhibited, ignorant self out if you don't wash your privates with Lysol.
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