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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:04 PM
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Remember "I dreamed I was a...." Maidenform bra ads?
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:06 PM
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1. Yep. Also remember being very uncomfortable
and thinkin the guy who designed the maidenform bra was either a misogynist or grew up on an island without women and lacked a frame of reference.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:09 PM
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2. I remember one in a MAD 'Ads We'd Like to See' bit
A woman in a track meet was hitting the tape bust-first. The copy said, "I dreamed I was way out in front in my Maidenform Bra."

:D
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:21 PM
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7. I remember that one too.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 08:53 PM
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24. I remember that one--Mad had some tremendous ad spoofs. nt
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:11 PM
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3. My dear trof!
I sure do remember those...

And fondly too.....

I thought they were cool!

:bounce: :bounce:
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:12 PM
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4. I'm sorry
But, that was before my time.













:hide:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:14 PM
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5. Ha! Then I have MORE memories than you do.
nyah nyah nyah
;-)
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:16 PM
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6. lol!
You probably do!

:P

:pals:
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 05:59 PM
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15. Or more mammaries?
nt
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:01 PM
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16. That's really LOW.
Making fun of my manboobs.
:-(
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:06 PM
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18. Eh, I'm in the same boat
the last time I posted 'em, I got the thread deleted.
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Throwing Stones Donating Member (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:48 PM
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8. I totally missed that cultural nugget
what year were these?

On a related note, I do remember, many years ago, dreaming that I was pair of Victoria's Secret under garments. :P
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 05:27 PM
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13. 80s?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 09:25 PM
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27. This example is from somewhere around the twentieth year of the campaign:
http://www.vintageadsandstuff.com.nyud.net:8090/viewmaidenform23.jpeg

If that's the 1980s, then I've taken waaay too many drugs
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:54 PM
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9. Well I couldn't help it
"Well I couldn't help it, I was dreaming I was awake. And then I woke up and found myself asleep." -Stan Laurel
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 04:57 PM
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10. I loved the ads but I hated the bras.

Uncomfortable & ugly!
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 05:07 PM
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11. They were damned hard to unfasten with one hand too.
From what I remember.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:02 PM
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17. No one's tried that since I was in high school.

I'll bet you can remember how much fun it was tryin'.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:14 PM
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21. What do you mean 'tryin'?
I was really good at it.
Damned near ambidextrous.

Now I wonder...were there 'rules'?
You would NEVER be so crass as to reach around and use BOTH hands.
But if you could sort of subtlety, almost 'accidently', do it with just ONE hand, then that was kinda OK(?).

I will NEVER forget the time I fumbled around and fumbled around and she finally said "Um...the catch is IN FRONT."
whoa

:evilgrin:
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MysticalChicken Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 05:26 PM
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12. Every. Single. Time....
...I hear the word "toreador" I get this stuck in my head:

"Toreador, oh don't spit on the floor. Please use the cuspidor, that's what it's for."

(from the Simpsons episode where they go to the opera. First season.)
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 05:28 PM
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14. Remember that childhood ditty too.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:09 PM
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19. That bra could poke your eyes out.
A man had to think up that bra.
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 06:11 PM
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20. I remember one in the Harvard Lampoon...
"I dreamed I was arrested for indecent exposure in my Maidenform bra." :rofl:
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qdemn7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 08:24 PM
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22. I remember the Playtex ads..
"They lift and separate"... :bounce:
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 08:32 PM
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23. They were really stupid ads....
and that is saying a lot, given how stupid most ads are.

And I think it was more the 1960s and 1970s, vs. the 1980s. Showing my age here.

x(
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 08:54 PM
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25. You'll lose an eye!
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 08:58 PM
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26. "i dreamed I swayed they jury in my Maidenform bra" for REAL. Lookie what I found:
Edited on Sat Jul-14-07 09:01 PM by blondeatlast


I actually kind of like this one--take it as you will :shrug:


Quite a gallery of them here:
http://www.vintageadsandstuff.com/adsmaidenform.html
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 09:56 PM
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28. An elderly lady told me about the Rawhide Bra
"heads 'em up; moves 'em out!"

She was a hoot.
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-14-07 10:20 PM
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29. That takes me back to 5th grade and t*tty twisters"
Thanks for the mammaries....
:+
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