Friday, May 11, 2012

Friday FAIL

More vintage ads for you this week. These are real ads, eye-catchers in their day, and I suppose they sold the products. Funny, but misogynistic.























From Hermione's Heart

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hermione,

Thank you for finding these ads from the past and sharing them with us.

Hug,
joey

otk4us2 said...

I even remember some of those... guess that really makes me old ;( To me they all FAIL, except the last one, I have always liked that picture :)

HUGS,
Dave

sixofthebest said...

Hermione, Equality between man and woman, is the spice of life. And always will be. Each sex contributes the wonders of eternal love, for each other.

SNP said...

Thanks for sharing and have a nice weekend,

Hermione said...

Joey - I was deligthed when I found a stash of them.

Dave - The last one's been used on the blogs quite a lot, but it seemed appropriate.

Six - I totally agree with you.

Hugs,
Hermione

Anonymous said...

WOW!!! Just...wow...

Aimless Rambling said...

It's amazing to look at the older ads and see what changes have been made as time marches on.

ronnie said...

I do find these old ads amusing. Hadn't seen the first one before. Thanks Hermione.

Love,
Ronnie
xx

Emen said...

It is shocking, really, to think about it now. But I remember that world. As always, you curate so beautifully. Great collection, if even for a fail. Thanks.

Hermione said...

Governing Ana - Yeah, they're quite breathtaking.

Sunnygirl - True. These were quite acceptable in their time.

Ronnie - I love them.

Emen - Change happens so gradually that it's only by looking back at things like this that we realize how far we have come.

Hugs,
Hermione

A. Lurker said...

Hi Hermione,
All I can think of when I saw the Van Heusen ad is who the heck wears a tie in bed??! :-)
R.

Emanuele Lombardi said...

Wow

I know the last ad was a parody but were any of them real. I totally agree however FAIL!

Emanuele

Hermione said...

R = Maybe he thinks it turns her on:)

Emannkuele - I thi the last one is real too.

Hugs,
Hermione

Anonymous said...

AWWWWW... the good old days...
smiling
Red