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Archive for the ‘Retro Advertising’ Category

  • Diana Rigg – Soap Appeal

    • 24558 Views • 1960s, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Diana Rigg – Soap Appeal

    Some time back we took a look at Diana Rigg in a replica of her kitchen with Twiggy at the 1967 Ideal Home Exhibition and now it’s time to revisit the girl once known as Emma Peel only this time in her bathroom. Mind you we’re fast running out of rooms in...

  • Do The Rit Thing – Dye Adverts

    • 23888 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Do The Rit Thing – Dye Adverts

    Here we have an assortment of adverts that have more Tie-dye than an audience at a Grateful Dead concert – well perhaps not that much. Although Tie-die is a fairly modern phrase created in the mid-sixties, the earliest examples of the technique...

  • Düsseldorf Design und Werbung

    • 13209 Views • 1960s, Ephemera, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Düsseldorf Design und Werbung

    For the non-German speakers out there (and that includes us if we’re honest) ‘design und werbung’ translates directly as ‘design and advertising’ and as you may have guessed this comes from Germany’s seventh largest city. A veritable powerhouse of...

  • Life of Luxury – Cruising in the past

    • 17479 Views • 1960s, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Life of Luxury – Cruising in the past

    Many people swear by cruising on the open seas as the last word in luxurious, relaxing, all mod cons supplied, eat-and-drink-all-you-can-on-the-high-seas holidays. Here at VoEA we wouldn’t necessarily know about such things but we’re saving our pennies...

  • On The Reels of Steel

    • 15417 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Music, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on On The Reels of Steel

    While reel-to-reel tapes have now been consigned to the sizeable bin in the vaults of recording history marked ‘Obsolete’, there was a time when they were king and prior to the introduction of the Philips Compact Cassette in 1963 stood astride the world...

  • Rock in Trade – Musicians in Adverts

    • 24405 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Music, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Rock in Trade – Musicians in Adverts

    One of the many perks of stardom is the opportunity to use your fame to increase your fortune through lending products extra gravitas merely using your own personal endorsement. This has been going on since the year dot and continues to this day mainly...

  • Kitsch Kitchen Ads

    • 33300 Views • 1960s, 1970s, Food, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Kitsch Kitchen Ads

    Back now to a time when fondue parties were all the rage, when you couldn’t cross the road without a neighbour insisting on inviting you to their Tupperware party and of course the invention of the ‘greatest cooking discovery since fire’ – the...

  • The World of Kays – 1970s Catalogues

    • 123581 Views • 1970s, Ephemera, Fashion, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on The World of Kays – 1970s Catalogues

    Do you want to know how much a Crimplene casual suit cost in 1977? well you’ve come to the right place (They were available in beige, burgundy and blue and could be delivered to your door for under twenty pounds) Here we take a second look at the...

  • Around The World – Vespa Advertising

    • 52663 Views • 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Ephemera, Popular, Retro Advertising, Transport • • Comments Off on Around The World – Vespa Advertising

    We’re big fans of the Vespa scooter here at VoEA and for the sake of fairness and impartiality we also admire the svelte lines of Lambrettas too. However, here the focus is firmly on Piaggio’s finest with some rare ads we’ve not seen before and bear in...

  • Back of the Mag Ads

    • 17230 Views • 1960s, Magazine, Retro Advertising • • Comments Off on Back of the Mag Ads

    Back in prehistoric times wayyyy before the invention of the interweb and quality shopping channels, purveyors of fine household and beauty merchandise would often advertise their wares on the back pages of magazines with modest but nevertheless always true...