19th October 2009 / Comments (8)

Pretentious, Moi?

Woman: 22nd April 1967

Well, that's me speechless. Has anyone else seen a perfume ad as pretentious as this one? What are all those men planning? No wonder she looks pensive...

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Ah, gang rape. How romantic.

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By John Hoare
October 19, 2009 @ 3:45 am / #

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This looks like the opposite of "vibrantly female" to me...

By TheLeen
October 19, 2009 @ 11:27 am / #

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Hello Ribbit. I miss the days when 'talc' was an option in beauty care. Other than that the fellow on the far left is especially sinister. They all look like they are in the BNP.

By Sefi
October 19, 2009 @ 1:41 pm / #

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I think they're all secretly trying to work out the optimal time to kick away the chair she's obviously standing on

By Rob S
October 19, 2009 @ 2:05 pm / #

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I think the men are standing around wondering when she's going to move on so they can finish building the church doorway they've started.

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By Zagrebo
October 20, 2009 @ 6:59 pm / #

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Coty - for exciting women and the men around them.

Men not supplied.

By Dave
October 23, 2009 @ 12:31 am / #

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Interesting bit of design, this, coming out of the Futurist strand of Sixties design which got swamped by psychedelia and pretty much forgotten. It wouldn't have looked too out of place in the early 80s. That typeface is amazingly minimalist for 67.

By Mike Green
July 11, 2010 @ 4:35 pm / #

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Nice, innit? I like minimalist typefaces.

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By Tanya Jones
July 12, 2010 @ 8:15 am / #

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