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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Victoria's Secret 1979

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception



With their Seventies perms, overly blushed cheekbones and deep tans, the models in this 1979 Victoria's Secret catalogue are virtually unrecognisable from today's glossy Angels.


The unearthed Victoria's Secret catalogue shows young ladies lounging in bed wearing marabou slippers and relatively demure knee-length slips. Flaunting body shapes more akin to those of 'real' women, they can be seen reading books together, and chatting in front of still life paintings in chintzy, dated sets.


The old catalogue shows how a woman might actually look wearing the garments advertised, rather than depicting a mostly unattainable beauty ideal for women, as seen in the catalogues today.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2135009/Marabou-slippers-mahogany-tans-knee-length-slips-What-Victoria-s-Secret-models-looked-like-1979.html#ixzz1t5NmawED


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