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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 5 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | This compendium of clothing advertisements brings back the most prevalent looks from the Swinging Sixties. The ubiquitous miniskirt is here in all its glory, along with mod fashions, Gidget/Beach Boys surfer looks, Correges space age clothing and such iconic items as the Rudi Gernreich topless bathing suit and Yves Saint-Laurent's Mondrian dress. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Jim Heiman | | Paperback: | 172 pages | | Publisher: | Taschen | | Publication Date: | January 01, 2007 | | Language: | German, French, English | | ISBN: | 3822849359 | | Package Length: | 7.64 inches | | Package Width: | 5.67 inches | | Package Height: | 0.71 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.84 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 6 reviews |
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15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Fun even if you weren't around in the 60s Aug 29, 2007
By Bonnie
Except for a few pages in front giving a brief overview of the era, this book is full of bright, gorgeous ads from the 60s with no additional text. Mostly makeup, hair care, and other products for women, but with a decent amount of men's and children's ads as well.
It was amazing to see all the models who don't look like they were sculpted out of plastic (wrinkles! stray hairs! thick, clumped on mascara!) who still managed to look fabulous.
And going through the ads and counting the companies that are still around today was fun.
Some of the ads are just odd- Pond's Angel Face, tint your face to match your fashions! Centaur Cologne, massage it into your loins!
The best thing about this book was sharing it with older relatives and coworkers- they all LOVED it. It would be an excellent gift for a woman who remembers the 60s. I'm buying the one featuring ads from the 70s next, and hoping for a future book with ads from the 80s.
My only complaint is that the binding is coming loose after quite a bit of handling.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 **60s**AD**P*O*P** ART! Sep 19, 2008
By Alex Honda
"onyx575"
The 60S FASHION:VINTAGE FASHION AND BEAUTY ADS book is a fascinating time capsule of ads from the groovy 60s!
Although the book is much smaller than I expected, measuring about 5.75" X 8", it's B-I-G on color pictures.
A brief introduction by Laura Schooling written in English, German and French provide the background info on the times that "were a changing" explaining the youth revolution, rock music, and political upheaval that all lent to the influence of products that follow.
You get to see and read the display copy of many products like Wrangler, Revlon, Ray-Ban, Old Spice, Clairol, Coppertone, and Sears--which are all still around today BTW--among others. I got a big kick out of reading some of the ad copy although some of it comes off as sexist, but it's all in good fun.
I recommend this book to anyone going into advertising or fashion design or to those who enjoy kitschy pop art. Also to those like me who enjoy reading catalog ads. Great FUN!!!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Great review of 60's cultural history Jul 18, 2008
By D. Vitaska
"international agent"
I love this book! It's a great review of the culture of the 60's from the early portion of the decade which still had influences of the 50's to the mod and psychadelic fashions and fads of the latter end of the decade.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Hmm. May 31, 2010
By Megan N. Woodrum
"quiet bookworm"
As much as I love Taschen Icons books, this didn't quite live up to my expectations. The focus IS primarily on hair and makeup, and I feel like it doesn't really give a comprehension overview of the fashions themselves. In fact, a lot of the advertisements didn't even show clothes, just headshots or undergarments/swimsuits. I did enjoy seeing the hairstyles, but I wish the adverts had been more carefully selected.
60s Fashion Jun 16, 2010
By Dorothy J. Piper
"Oldtimer"
I would have liked to have seen more teenage and evening fashions, especially relating to British teenagers of that era.
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