Lux detergent, 1936

[medren.livejournal.com]

These poor girls and their stinky underthings!  Also, I like how they use "Lux" as a verb.

Comments

[crabofdoom.livejournal.com]

How bad does your underwear get, if acquaintances can smell them through your 1930s layers of clothing?

[leoprincess.livejournal.com]

I'd rather not think about it.

[mschilepepper.livejournal.com]

Well, "underthings" is a catch-all term that can mean slips, camisoles, underpants, stockings, etc. So we must assume they mean mostly slips and camisoles, since those would be the things in contact with the underarms.

*snerk* My friend Lucy likes the nickname Lux. I'm sending her this ad.

[meleth.livejournal.com]

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[sirlarkins.livejournal.com]

The name Hildegarde is about poised for a comeback, I'd say.

[laplor.livejournal.com]

It was on my list if we'd had a girl, but my spouse vetoed it. I had been learning about Hildegard of Bingen.

[lexixanatos487.livejournal.com]

I <3 the name Hildegard because of her :)

[baron154.livejournal.com]

These girls should band together and go on a crime spree, wreaking vengeance against those suitors who spurned them for not smelling dainty. I'd watch that movie on TCM, especially if the can work "dainty" into the title.

[llamamuffins.livejournal.com]

I adore you for this.

[njbearcub1.livejournal.com]

Starring Alice Faye.

[purplesquirrel.livejournal.com]

I'll take the one in the middle!

[q-u-i-e-s.livejournal.com]

but she doesn't smell dainty!

[thehappycat.livejournal.com]

Honestly, what guy goes around sniffing the underwear of the women he dates before deciding to get serious with them? These ladies need to look for guys with fewer issues.And Hildegarde could use a cute nickname.

[kimerastorm.livejournal.com]

Mother always called her friend Hildy or Hilda.