With all the wildly different nail polish colors of today, it’s easy to think that it is only a current thing. But this Max Factor Nail Confections ad from 1973 tells a different story; that all the nail polish colors of the rainbow were available then. Even black! Which I thought came about during the… Read more »
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Vintage 1968 Yardley of London Slicker Nail Polish
Yardley of London’s advertising was so fantastic in the late 1960s; a wonderful mix of romanticism and mod. I was going through my old Seventeen magazines looking for any Yardley ads that I may have missed, and I found one! This beautiful ad for Slicker Nail Polish looks to be the companion to the Face… Read more »
Yardley Goes West: Prairie Slicker Lip and Nail Polish 1970
Yardley of London had so many incarnations of their makeup advertising; all in an attempt to get away from their British origins. I am of the mind that they should have stuck with the cool, romantic British Mod vibe that they had going on in the 60s, with Olivia Hussey, Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and the… Read more »
Elsa Schiaparelli’s ‘Honor Bright’ Nail Polish ~Vintage 1945~ GLORIOUS!
I have always been a huge fan of Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), the outrageous Italian fashion designer who designed fabulously whimsical surrealist fashions from the 1920s until the 1950s. She was also famous for her vivid signature shade of shocking pink, and her perfumes, most notably, Shocking de Schiaparelli. So I was absolutely delighted when I… Read more »
I'm Marilyn, and I'm obsessed with vintage clothing, thrift stores, clotheslines, and Chanel. Welcome to my down-to-earth world!