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Frederick’s Of Hollywood Way Ahead Of Its Time In 1963

Frederick's of Hollywood 1963 catalog

It seems Jean Paul Gaultier may have been inspired by Frederick’s when designing the cone bra Madonna made famous.

Tags: fashion, catalogs, fredericks of hollywood, 1960s

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SugarPaws
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 01:13 pm: [report]

Coming up on The Frisky…a copy of a 1963 lawsuit claiming the cone bra gouged his eye out…fashion statement, or witness statement?


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equnsuocha
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 01:24 pm: [report]

We’re not sure what a coffee klatch is

Really?  /sigh I’m old


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Joey Daytona
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 01:50 pm: [report]

They have coffee klatches on “Mad Men”, right? LOL!


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ohhfoggylullaby
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 02:12 pm: [report]

..do I see stirrups? Yes, I see stirrup leggings, which are also back in “style” at AA…..also check the “leatherette” leggings, sounds pretty familiar


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Catherine Strawn
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 03:03 pm: [report]

@ Joey Daytona: I have seen every episode of “Mad Men” and I never noticed that they refer to coffee klatches on the show! I guess I tune out words I don’t know.


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verynervous
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 04:46 pm: [report]

Talk about unrealistic body standards. Those drawings look like vases.


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verynervous
wrote on November 17 2009 @ 04:48 pm: [report]

oh i see, you’re supposed to wear the padded hips (gasp)

i do LOVE the closed-neck hoodie.


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Rose
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 05:11 am: [report]

@verynervous - On unrealistic body shapes, I’m built a whole lot more like those drawings than I am like Kate Moss.  Just give me a girdle and a cone bra, and I’m there.  Lol.


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retro chic
wrote on November 18 2009 @ 09:53 am: [report]

Coffee klatch? Get a gaggle o’ housewives around a percolator to chat up the latest in bullet bras, late-night “bottle-feedings” and how to keep your man from straying. Just like today. wink

And it wasn’t enough for your bras to lift and separate, they promised aerodynamic feats capable of taking you into the jet age and beyond into space travel. An aerospace engineer’s fetishdream come true.

To me, early 60s bustlines looked more like they came out of a pencil sharpener, and warned of taking out others’ eyesight.


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cheekachu
wrote on November 22 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]

So that’s how Joan does it!


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