Parenting Tips from the Baker Street School for Confused Bachelors
Please note: the above images are NOT recommended methods of baby storage.
(And yes, the pic on the right is a genuine ad from the 1950s.)
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This ad could almost be a scene from a forgotten 1970s vampires-on-the-beach show: Malibu Twilight. From left to right: Edward, Bella, Jacob. Bella’s so excited that she’s about to spill her orange juice.
A 1951 ad for Clue, calling it “a detective game that would delight Sherlock Holmes!” Certainly, if by “delight” you mean “provoke into an attack of frustration-fuelled stabbing from which the living-room wall may never recover.”
It’s only a shame that the “many enjoyable features, entirely new in this age of smart games” do not include the possibility of the victim having done it…
Low-slung white lace see-through trousers bring out “all that’s sexy and male in a man”. And then allow it to dangle around where everyone can see it. Yikes.
The guy himself looks somewhat ill at ease with the whole fashion concept, I reckon. Below the neck, metrosexual sex god. Above the neck, anxious geography teacher.
Things happen when you wear Eleganza. Things like tripping over your own collar or being mistaken for a member of the cast of Blake’s 7, I’m guessing.
Ways you know Sherlock has broken your brain, no. 237: I saw the image on the left (a hair tonic advertisement from 1946) and immediately had the mental image on the right.
1972 Wards Christmas. “The Velour Tiger and His Pussy Cat”
For extra togetherness, it seems they’ve each had one leg replaced with a smaller copy of themselves. Freaky.
newhousebooks: 1976 JCPenney Winter catalogue.
Forget his-and-hers jumpsuits: try some hers-and-hers jumpsuits, with bell-bottoms so wide you could host a wedding reception under them.
~ December 1934
via Grace’s Guide
Ideal present for girls: a broom. Ideal present for boys: a broom. It’s equal opportunities tedium for all!
If only more products used the patented Triple Cat (TM) advertising method!
This couple have come from 1976 to remind the lovers of today about those three little words that are so often forgotten in modern relationships: “Elegant matching Caftans”.
More his-and-hers jumpsuits, hooray! This ad from 1976 portrays the risks of mixing hard liquor with double denim: apparitions of giant floating whisky bottles may come to taunt you in the night.
~ The English Review, February 1916
via Internet Archive (click to enlarge)
With underwear like this to work with, it’s little wonder that Downton Abbey slash is so thin on the ground.
When it comes to fashion with a wow factor, his-and-hers jumpsuits are the gift that keeps on giving. Here’s a charming pair from 1981. At least they’ve got the excuse that they’re drinking heavily.
If you’ve always wanted to know what it’d be like to attend a swingers’ party hosted by Reed and Sue Richards from the Fantastic Four, here’s your answer.
