Astronaut in a submarine ([info]cuidado_llamas) wrote in [info]vintage_ads,
@ 2008-06-11 10:27:00
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Source: Miss America magazine, March 1947.

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[info]gangwaygirls
2008-06-11 03:34 pm UTC (link)
We must, we must
We must increase our bust!
The bigger the better
The tighter the sweater
The boys depend on us!

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[info]imparfait
2008-06-11 04:26 pm UTC (link)
Ahh my mom says that to me all the time!

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[info]garden_hoe21
2008-06-11 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Oh no!

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[info]cuidado_llamas
2008-06-11 05:34 pm UTC (link)
Seriously?

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[info]imparfait
2008-06-11 06:53 pm UTC (link)
As a joke.

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[info]cuidado_llamas
2008-06-11 06:55 pm UTC (link)
Oh thank god.

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[info]imparfait
2008-06-11 07:02 pm UTC (link)
Hahah yeah, usually after I bitch and moan about my underwhelming rack she'll break into song.

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[info]indefatigable42
2008-06-11 03:43 pm UTC (link)
"Boxy nub"? :D

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[info]murakozi
2008-06-11 03:49 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, I'm trying to figure that one out, too.

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[info]anterrabre
2008-06-11 06:42 pm UTC (link)
It's a type of knit stitch, I think.

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[info]avalon76
2008-06-11 03:46 pm UTC (link)
Maybe if she stopped wearing black lipstick...



;)

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[info]randomneses
2008-06-11 06:30 pm UTC (link)
Lolz, she's too ~*~goth~*~ for that party.

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[info]janecpb
2008-06-11 03:59 pm UTC (link)
What a chassis in that boxy nub

???

That's crackin' me up.

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[info]nokomarie
2008-06-11 04:22 pm UTC (link)
"What a chassis in that boxy nub!" Translation: "What a body in that box-knit sweater with nubbins".

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[info]sista_bequisha
2008-06-11 04:29 pm UTC (link)
maybe it is code for something else????
an anagram perhaps?

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[info]cuidado_llamas
2008-06-11 05:34 pm UTC (link)
I don't think so. Boxy is a style and nub is a texture, so it does make a certain amount of (asinine) sense.

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[info]la_onza
2008-06-11 04:51 pm UTC (link)
I love the young swells mashing on Pippi Longstocking in the first panel.

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[info]randomneses
2008-06-11 06:29 pm UTC (link)
I love the guy in the sweater vest. What a fox.

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[info]murakozi
2008-06-11 07:40 pm UTC (link)
He's better than the guy in the last panel who appears to have no eyes.

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[info]bzul
2008-06-11 09:00 pm UTC (link)
Ditch grim primness -- Walk with pride!
Let saddle-shoe boys take a ride.
Wear their eyes out, earn their rings,
Wear the carnal yarn that clings.
Put the swingsters in the mood,
Help your man-bait bumps protrude.
Hi-Girl style fits like a glove,
The middle cinched, soft fruit above.
Cold shoulder thoughts are jiffy-dropped,
When there are feelings to be copped.
A size too small will spark the news:
"Andy Hardy Blows A Fuse!"

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[info]salenelle
2008-06-12 03:58 am UTC (link)
brilliant.

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[info]lostchaos
2008-06-12 12:46 am UTC (link)
Doesn't $8 and $11 seem a bit high for 60 years ago?

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[info]cuidado_llamas
2008-06-12 12:55 am UTC (link)
There's a fashion spread of sweaters in the same magazine. Most of them are about $6. So a little high, but I suppose it's worth it for the sake of your social life? (Shoes are $7ish and dresses are $9-19, if you were curious.)

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[info]murakozi
2008-06-12 01:16 pm UTC (link)
Plus it's Miss America magazine. I'll admit I've not heard of it before, but I'd assume the stuff advertised in it would be on the expensive side.

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[info]cuidado_llamas
2008-06-12 03:03 pm UTC (link)
Not Miss America like the pageant. It's directed at preteen girls.

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[info]cbpiz
2008-06-12 09:28 pm UTC (link)
Preteen girls that would have 8 dollars to spend on a sweater? That would be around $75.00 now. They must have had a very wealthy readership.

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late to the aprty
[info]otempora541
2008-06-17 03:48 pm UTC (link)
Have you seen seventeen lately? All about clothes 70$ and up in their clothing 'editorials'

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[info]behindthechalet
2008-06-12 03:11 am UTC (link)
Her sweater doesn't have enough flair!

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[info]tviokh
2008-06-13 12:17 pm UTC (link)
"What a chassis in that boxy nub!"

That's a compliment?

All I could picture was a computer.

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