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One Day: SUNSCREEN

Jul 11, 2017 16:53

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satan, suntan lotion, 1960s, 1950s, 1970s, sunscreen, one day event

Comments 6

misstia July 12 2017, 02:36:03 UTC

satan tag wish granted!! :)

i remember people using baby oil for sun tan oil...always thought that was 'sticky' and she's wearing a knit bikini on a beach?! that whole ad is sort of weird...she's in a fetal position too...

love the drawings in the charles of the ritz ads!

write_light July 12 2017, 02:39:50 UTC

Oooh what shall I tag with Satan? Sort of rhymes with Putin!

Yeah the fetal ad is just weird.

misstia July 12 2017, 03:01:40 UTC

don't forget we have a 'putin sucks' tag! :)

baby oil fetal ad, who thought that was a good idea?!

pronker July 12 2017, 04:49:11 UTC

I like all these - except for Fetal Girl. I keep wanting to hug her, or call the paramedics or something ... :/ she looks so lost ... * probably reading more into it than necessary *

singeaddams July 12 2017, 13:04:32 UTC

Eww, fetal girl. But the others are marvelous. I kinda miss the smell of suntan oil. (I avoid tanning like the plague these days.)

bradygirl_12 July 12 2017, 13:46:04 UTC

It's fascinating how a tan pre-WWII was considered the working-class laborer look (outdoors in construction and whatnot) and after the war, tans became a sign of leisure for the middle and upper classes. Women who used to go around with parasols back in the day to keep the sun from their skin now baked in that sun on the beach or on their backyard patios.

Now, of course, anyone tanned is looked at side-eyed as people think, "Don't you know you're courting skin cancer?"