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3March 6, 2012
Sign Of The Times: 2012

David Parrish photos of the Protest at the Virginia State Capitol. Which leads us to Rush Limbaugh… Use BoycottRush.org as a starting point. (Via Cult Of Gracie.) See also: The…
4March 1, 2012
Vintage Jay Herbert

On a recent visit to Fargo’s Antiques On Broadway, I spotted this vintage lighter (still in the box) advertising Jay Herbert of California and the stylized name looked familiar… A…
0February 27, 2012
Sockingly Awesome, Wretched Vintage Beauty Quackery Device: The Relax-A-Cizor

Any of these old beauty gadgets or quack medical items draws my interest — but when an electrical item demands you make the pads which attach to wires wet, well,…
0February 23, 2012
I Read, I Write: The Kitsch Slapped Link Round-Up

A link round-up of what I’ve been reading and writing — not all of it, just the stuff I think you Kitsch Slapped readers might like. What I’ve been writing:…
3February 17, 2012
This Is Just The Sort Of “Wrong” I Love To Collect

The “Me Jane” spread-legged plastic clothes hangers. Sorry, ladies, these vintage novelty hangers were “for men.” Because nothing says, “I’m secure in my masculinity, my sexuality, my self, and my…
0February 15, 2012
The Haves & The Have Not (Yet)s Of EBay

Recently eBay released this infographic based on information gathered by Hunch, a recent eBay acquisition, on “the core differences between people who have bought or sold something on eBay vs….
0February 12, 2012
Turning The Tables On Fairy Tales With Red Hot Riding Hood

Tex Avery’s Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM, 1943) turns many tables — but not enough — on old stereotypes: According to Wikipedia: The most famous element is the musical scene…
0February 11, 2012
More Of Lovely Vera Francis

A vintage audition comp card of Vejah aka Vera Francis.
0February 10, 2012
What Every Young Girl Should Know

Boys like girls who make Seven-Up “Floats” What every young girl should know is this: Nobody can resist a 7-Up “Float”! Want to see? Put a scoop of his favorite…
0February 3, 2012
Kitten With… Ears!

Cute retro-styled cat keychains that double as protection. Because cats are pointy! Buy ‘em here; via.
1January 30, 2012
Jessica Savitch (Part One?)

I watched Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, starring Sela Ward, tonight. During commercial breaks, I Googled Jessica Savitch. To my surprise — and major disappointment — there’s not really…
0January 29, 2012
The Language Of Glove, 1879

Before there was today’s code for handkerchiefs, there were other fashion accessories used in courtship for communicating and flirting. There was the fan, of course, and, according to this article…
3January 24, 2012
Signs Of The Times, 1945

A vintage photo, taken by photographer Joseph Jasgur, of Earl Carroll’s Vanities pin-up girls picketing in front of a Los Angeles movie theater — a staged publicity event “against” the…
0January 6, 2012
The Good, The Sad & The Ugly (A Link Round-Up)

The Good: A Washington state proposal would require private insurers to cover abortions. The Sad: The incredible photographer Eve Arnold has passed away. The Ugly: Losing Ground on Women’s Rights:…
1January 6, 2012
More Menstruation History: Unitex Sanitary Panties

A vintage pair of Unitex Sanitary Panties — brand new, unused, in the original box with all the instructions, etc. The panties are made of sheer nylon with a rubber…
0January 5, 2012
These Eyeglasses Look Upside Down – But They’re Not! (I Want!)

I found this Bert Stern photo of Kecia Nyman at Magdorable! — and fell in love with these glasses from 1965! I’ve not been able to find anything like them,…
0January 4, 2012
This Will Really Light The Smoker In Your Life Up

A vintage nudie butane lighter from the 60s. The nipples and crotch light-up when you flick — when you flick the mechanism for generating the flame on the lighter; not…
0December 27, 2011
Really, Love From Peaches That Will Shake Your Tree

A signed vintage photo from Peaches, personally inscribed as follows: To Charlie “The kid with the puns” Best of Luck always your friend “Peaches” See? Women really do love a…
0December 21, 2011
Whatjamacallit Wednesday: How Do You Get Kitten Hips? And Why Would You Want Them?

Kitten hips. No, not the furry kind — the “lithe young American” kind, as described in this vintage girdle ad published in Harper’s Bazaar, 1946. You feel and look as…
0December 15, 2011
Sunday’s Are For…

Razor blades? At least that’s what the “Sunday” charm on this Juicy Couture Days Of The Week Necklace looks like to me… Right down to the notched corners. Oddly enough,…
0December 14, 2011
Which Cat Is Your Wife?

A “fun little quiz” based on photographs of cats taken by Walter Chandoha — found in Every Woman’s magazine, October 1952. Which seems more than a little odd… Did “every…