Found in Mom's Basement

1970s ad: John DeLorean for Cutty Sark

This ad is frought with irony.

John DeLorean, the man behind the gull-winged DeLorean DMC-12, ultimately filed for bankrupcty and fought countless legal battles — including alleged drug trafficking which he beat by proving entrapment by federal agents.

Found at Down Shirt magazine.

A thousand apologies

My first post today — since deleted — was incredibly inappropriate in light of what happened at the Sandy Hook School last year. I often program holiday-themed posts well ahead of time and that was what happened here earlier. There aren't enough words for me to express how sorry I am.  

Vintage advertising for suntan lotion

Skol suntan lotion ad, 1944:

Elizabeth Arden sunless tanning lition ad, 1946:

Spray tan ad, 1955:

Coppertone suntan lotion ad, featuring Tipi Hedren (Melanie Griffith's mother), 1967:

Coppertone suntan lotion ad, ca. 1970s:

Bain de Soleil suntan lotion ad, featuring Renee Russo, from 1976:

QT sunless tanning lotion ad, 1979:

Bain de Soleil sunless tanning lotion ad, 1990:

Click here to see a creepy 1960 ad for sun lamps.

Faux Hummel in a 1971 ad

It certainly looks like a Hummel figurine, but nowhere does the copy say it is one. Caveat emptor.

Click here to find a 1989 ad for another collectible.

1996 ads for fur coats

Ad for Dennis Basso furs:

Ad for Marco Gianoti fur coats:

Ad for Fendi fur coats:

Ad for Grosvenor fur coats:

Ad for Michael Kors for Blackgama fur coats:

Click here to see a creepy fur ad from 1960.

1997 ad, "Sex Education For Me?"

Click image, and click again, to enlarge.

 Click here to see a 1963 ad that explains all about, "sex and your perspiration."

Lice?

Vintage ad for GE sun lamps. Found at Community Livejournal.

Don't want to be fat? Vintage ad tells you to smoke instead of eating.

Found at Blog Cadre.

Vintage Playboy magazine covers

Found at Trendland.

From 1954:

From the 1960s:

1967 ad for GE Tanity Case sun lamp

Found at Kitschy Kitschy Coo.