Vintage Adverts: I was teaching the budgie to talk…

1970s, booze, cosmopolitan, smirnoff, Vintage Adverts
smirnoff

… until I discovered Smirnoff

Everyone was drunk on the job in the Seventies…

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, November 1975

Vintage Adverts: The ravest shade ever

1960s, hair, Honey Magazine, Miners, Vintage Adverts

minershair

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, June 1965

Inspirational Illustrations: The Belles of London

1960s, Barbara Pearlman, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, mary quant, Vintage Adverts, Vogue

mary quant Barbara Pearlman

Clothes from Mary Quant. Illustration by Barbara Pearlman.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Vogue, February 1969

Vintage Adverts: Tights in Tendrelle

1970s, british boutique movement, Honey Magazine, janice wainwright, simon massey, Vintage Adverts
Dress by Janice Wainwright at Simon Massey

Dress by Janice Wainwright at Simon Massey

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, December 1970

Vintage Adverts: Do you come here often? Charles Jourdan

1960s, charles jourdan, guy bourdin, Harpers Bazaar, Vintage Adverts
Photograph by Guy Bourdin

Photograph by Guy Bourdin

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Harpers Bazaar, March 1969

Inspirational Illustrations: Capture the ’30s look…

1960s, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, kangol, Queen magazine, Vintage Adverts
kangol

Capture the ’30s look… with a Kangol beret

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Queen, December 1967

Vintage Adverts: Miners are out to shock you

1970s, Hair and make-up, Honey Magazine, Jo Wood, Make-up, Miners, Vintage Adverts

miners

Featuring a very young Jo Wood, unless I’m very much mistaken.

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Honey, December 1972

Vintage Adverts: Mary Quant in Crimplene

1970s, cosmopolitan, Crimplene, Inspirational Images, mary quant, Vintage Adverts

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, May 1972

Guy Day: When a man dreams of lips…

1970s, cosmopolitan, Make-up, Mensday, Vintage Adverts

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Cosmopolitan, June 1972

I’m ignoring the filthy overtones of this advert – and his moustache – to enjoy the shagpile carpet and general interior decor amazingness…

p.s Thank you all for your amazing feedback and comments on the Ossie/Debenhams post the other day. I feel like I used my last vestiges of energy in writing it, and I haven’t really recovered enough to respond to comments yet. But please know that it means a lot to me, and you’re all very lovely.

Vintage Adverts: People who wear boring sweaters lead boring lives

1970s, Inspirational Images, Queen magazine, Sabre, Vintage Adverts

Scanned by Miss Peelpants from Queen, March 1970