Posts Tagged: 70s ads

Happy Halloween! Vintage 1971 Styx-The Magical Fragrance

Happy Halloween! This is a great mystically spooky ad from the October 1971 issue of Seventeen magazine. It is for Styx fragrances, and features a black-cloaked model saying, “I’ll be his magician. Let me touch him with my magical Styx.” In the late ’60s/early ’70s, there was a certain fascination with all things mysterious. Ouija… Read more »

Chanel No. 5 Perfume For 1970s Hippies

Chanel was apparently going with the hippie boho flow in the ’70s. This 1972 ad for Chanel No. 5 perfume shows the iconic glass Chanel perfume bottle superimposed over an embracing couple. The pair is dressed in a gauzy white cotton tunic and dress, and appear to be standing out in a field. This was… Read more »

Americana Levi’s for Gals – 1972

“Have you ever had a bad time in Levi’s?”, begs the question. Well, no, as a matter of fact! Levi’s were a mainstay in my wardrobe in the ’60s and ’70s. I remember having to buy men’s Levi jeans and have my mom sew darts in the waistline to make them fit better. In 1968,… Read more »