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Let the Sunshine In: 1960s-70s Adverts in the Golden Age of the Tan

Let the Sunshine In: 1960s-70s Adverts in the Golden Age of the Tan

  Back in the 70s, your goal (mainly women) was to get as brown as ...
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Ten Commandments For Flappers: 1922

Ten Commandments For Flappers: 1922

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Doctor O’Followell’s X-rays of women wearing corsets: 1908

Doctor O’Followell’s X-rays of women wearing corsets: 1908

In 1908, Doctor O’Followell’s Le Corset (The Corset) featured X-rays of corsets for women. Well, so he ...
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Swinging 1966 Fashion Spreads

Swinging 1966 Fashion Spreads

Fashions in 1966 were poised perfectly between two extremes - the conservative era before, and ...
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1970s Danish Catalog of Bad Fashion and Paralyzing Awkwardness

1970s Danish Catalog of Bad Fashion and Paralyzing Awkwardness

Do you enjoy looking at regrettable fashions modeled by hopelessly ill-at-ease Europeans?  If so, you’ve ...
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Polyester Pages: Magazine Fashion Spreads (1970-1974)

Polyester Pages: Magazine Fashion Spreads (1970-1974)

These fashion pictorials are taken from magazines giving 1970s readers a taste of the coolest ...
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Shawlapalooza: 1960s and 70s Shawls O’Plenty

Shawlapalooza: 1960s and 70s Shawls O’Plenty

Shawls were big in the DIY 60s and 70s - they had the benefit of being ...
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The Good, the Bad and the Tacky: 20 Fashion Trends of the 1970s

The Good, the Bad and the Tacky: 20 Fashion Trends of the 1970s

Back in December ’13 we listed out 5 fashion offenses of the decade, but I ...
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Life In The Barber’s Shop And Salon: British Hairdressing 1918-1972

Life In The Barber’s Shop And Salon: British Hairdressing 1918-1972

It's all about the hair. These photographs from the 15-year-old old girl working in a ...
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The Tacky Splendor of Sleazy Disco Fashion Catalogs

The Tacky Splendor of Sleazy Disco Fashion Catalogs

Don’t have anything to wear for a night of cocaine snorting and disco dancing? These ...
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The 1950s Cross-Dressers of New York’s Casa Sussanna Club

The 1950s Cross-Dressers of New York’s Casa Sussanna Club

Casa Susanna was a private New York club where 1950s heterosexual men could unwind in female clothing. ...
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Bad Halloween Costumes of the 1970s and 80s

Bad Halloween Costumes of the 1970s and 80s

Unfortunately, most trick-or-treat attire of the 1970s and 80s was woefully bad. Generally, costumes consisted of a plastic mask and apron/smock. It was cheap and it came in a box at your local drug store…. ...
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