Found in Mom's Basement

Vintage ad for Chubbettes plus size girls' clothing asks, "How happy can a chubby girl be?"

The answer is:

As happy as a hit with a rollicking beat, or a serenade in a dreamy mood... as happy as one whose extra young pounds have been delightfully transformed by the designing magic of Chubbettes.

Found at Community Livejournal.

Sears catalog, 1933: 'new campus styles' for young men

Found at Communitylive Journal.

Vintage Philip Morris ads target "those with keen young tastes"

 

Found at Stanford University.

1962 ad for milk, "Get on the Vitality Wagon"

Kotex ads from the 1940s

Found at Duke University.

1964 ads for Cover Girl makeup

Cover Girl's value proposition used to be that is was "medicated makeup" that wouldn't cause breakouts.

1975 ad for the Mark Eden bust developer

These ads were everywhere in the 1970s. Lord only knows how many of the worthless contraptions were sold before some brave, flat-chested teen gathered her courage and filed a complaint.

Vintage ad for Tampax tampons, 1975

These two are doing windmills and deep knee bends on the beach. Ridiculous. No one exercised in the 70s.

If you wanted to stay slim in those days, you smoked cigarettes.

Vintage ad for breakdancing shoes

Source: Live Journa

Vintage ad suggests Midol will help you hold on to your boyfriend, 1974

Source: Copyranter