Don We Now Our Gay Apparel Archive

0July 10, 2011
I’m Fonda Of Your Panties, Knickerocker!

I found these fabulous panties, here, at A Slip Of A Girl: the Jane Fonda New Workout Inspired Panties, by Knickerocker.
2July 7, 2011
Sexy Sanitary Belts?!

I can only tolerate so much. And “Vintage Sexy Women Sanitary belt Panties Lingerie” goes past that place. Do you still remember the sanitary belt from last century, which was…
0June 21, 2011
How To Dress For Success: Suffragette Edition

In The Washington Post, November 1, 1909, an unidentified “London fashion designer” gets bitchy and judgmental about how suffragettes dress. Yes, even though I don’t know if this possibly fictitious…
0June 20, 2011
A Tube Top By Any Other Name…

Still drops and rolls just as horribly. Sorry, folks, but this Hanky Panky Signature Lace Lined Bandeau Bra is really just a lace tube top. I know, I know, I’m…
0May 10, 2011
What Time Is It?

According to this ad for Bulova watches, it’s time for a pajama party. Circa 1963; via Simple Dreams.
1March 25, 2011
Yes We Can! Rosie The Riveter Fashions

Proof that this look was in fashion for women before there was an American home front and a The War Advertising Council’s Women in War Jobs campaign with Rosie the…
0February 25, 2011
Kaptain Kool & The Kongs On Gender & Fashion

From issue number two of The New Krofft Supershow comic (1978), deep insights into gender and fashion… In panel two: Turkey, why are you wearing your socks wrong side out?…
0February 22, 2011
Shoes Like A Chastity Belt

With the current state of affairs — i.e. republicans trying to defund Planned Parenthood, it seems these Knee High Converse shoes might become affordable birth control. (Yes, even at $60+…
0February 14, 2011
Because Men Are Already Talking To Your Chest

How about this vintage novelty telephone sweater from the 50′s? Via terrasita.
0February 13, 2011
Those 70s Pedophile Panties

Completely inappropriate panties with “Think Young! It’s Our Only Hope!” printed on them — with a little girl in her nightdress running screaming into the night. Oh, ish. Via pink…
0February 7, 2011
While American Was being Born… Ladies Who Didn’t Have Enough Sense To Come In Out Of The Rain

From a Modern Woman magazine from the 40′s, some interesting news… For the benefit of eighteenth century ladies who didn’t have enough sense to come in out of the rain,…
0January 18, 2011
Nonsensical Marketing Magic

I think Betsey Johnson must hire non-English speaking peoples to name her products, using some translation software to easily convert their ideas to nonsensical gibberish now… Because Locking Lips Hobo…
0December 7, 2010
It’s Like A Pucci In The Face

If you have difficulty being a woman and knowing what you want, you can blame it on Emilio Pucci‘s death. In this vintage lingerie ad for Pucci‘s Fiore Festa line…
0October 22, 2010
Because There’s Nothing More Shameful For A Boy Than Looking Like A Girl

One of the “367 prize winning household hints” Hint Hunt booklet (the better ones will be found at my vintage home ec site, Things Your Grandmother Knew), this tip “for…
1April 26, 2010
Weasel Pouches – I’m Just Sayin’…

Chain Mesh Cigarette Cases are now on sale for just $4.99 — which reminds me… My aunt, and pretty much everyone else on my mom’s side of the family, had…
1December 29, 2009
Of Goldie Hawn & Babydoll Dresses

When I saw this 1960’s mod-meets-Edwardian little black velvet mini dress, which looks like a jumper over cream ruffled blouse and trimmed in gold braiding, I instantly thought of Goldie…
0December 29, 2009
In Case It’s Raining Men…

Hallelujah, Weather Girls, here’s a red retro bolero with umbrellas!
0December 1, 2009
Glove Boxing: Taking Off The Gloves Regarding Gloves

The popularity of gloves is said to have begun in the 16th century when Catherine de Médicis, queen consort of Henry II of France, jealous of well-dressed men whose wardrobes…
2November 24, 2009
Corsets Bound To Stay Suffrage

If you’ve been following along with my corset history workshop, you’ve read about the debunking of the science behind death-by-corset claims and seen some of the evidence why science and…
0November 23, 2009
Corsets Are Too Sexy?

While I do not suggest that women should whittle away our waists as we while away our days in the constriction of too-tightly-laced corsets, I do believe there is good…
13November 22, 2009
What If Everything You Knew About The Corset Was Wrong?

It’s fashionable these days for folks to denounce the historical use of corsets as akin to Chinese footbinding — an early form of plastic surgery. Corsets and tight lacing are…