Vintage Adverts

Happy Legs

1970s, charles jourdan, cosmopolitan, Inspirational Images, platforms, shoes, Vintage Adverts

I don’t know about my legs, but my feet would certainly be happy to be wearing those incredible shoes which, after a bit of squinting, I have established were made by the legendary Charles Jourdan.

Scanned from Cosmopolitan, April 1973

For the prettiest Christmas Eves

1960s, christmas, Honey Magazine, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Honey, December 1969.

I’d love a Babycham

1970s, babycham, Honey Magazine, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Honey, December 1970.

Janet Reger: Beautiful Lingerie

1970s, brian duffy, janet reger, Vintage Adverts, Vogue

The Belle Epoque styling in this advert is superb, from the hair and accessories through to the gloriously curvaceous model. Janet Reger adverts were always in a league of their own, and I think this may possibly be one of the Brian Duffy ones.

Scanned from Vogue, December 1977.

The Saint Raphaelites

1970s, Inspirational Images, pre-raphaelite, Vintage Adverts, Vogue

Scanned from Vogue, June 1973.

What See-throughs did for breasts, Gala Lip Pen does for mouths.

1970s, cosmopolitan, Make-up, Vintage Adverts

Scanned from Cosmopolitan, December 1972

Enter Chloé

1980s, Chloe, harpers and queen, karl lagerfeld, Vintage Adverts
Exclusive Chloé Designs by Karl Lagerfeld – Chloé Boutique, 173 New Bond Street, London W.1.

“A woman does not put on my fragrance. She enters it.” Karl Lagerfeld.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, October 1982.

Don’t cry your eyes out

19 magazine, 1970s, Hair and make-up, Make-up, mary quant, Vintage Adverts
“Don’t cry your eyes out”, says Mary Quant. “I’ve just added some new colours to my Tearproof Mascara range. You can now get chocolate, grey, bottle-green as well as black, brown-black and blue.”

Scanned from 19 Magazine, September 1975.

We play a lot more now we’ve discovered Smirnoff

19 magazine, 1970s, Inspirational Images, smirnoff, Vintage Adverts

Another in the stylish but bizarre series of Smirnoff adverts.

Scanned from 19 Magazine, September 1974.

On the rocks

1980s, harpers and queen, helmut newton, Inspirational Images, Vintage Adverts, yves saint laurent

Saint Laurent Rive Gauche advert photographed by Helmut Newton.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, March 1983.