1966 Junior Mod Dresses from Spiegel

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[tydyehippo.livejournal.com]

Some of those are super cute and some are downright scary!!Love the Mondrian ones with matching shoes.

That pink ruffled dress and scarf scare me a little, though!!

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

I want ALL of those Mondrian outfits. And of course the delicately-boobed figured to do them justice. *is over-endowed*

[13oct.livejournal.com]

*fistbump* I'm just as over endowed and would love to wear each and every one of those Mondrian outfits. *sigh*

[khh1138.livejournal.com]

Dittoes. Sigghhh indeed.

[xcarex.livejournal.com]

I want to go back in time with an era-specific wad of cash (yes, I think about that sort of thing) and just buy EVERYTHING.

ETA: Um, except that pink ruffled business. That's just bizarre.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

But it flirts FOR you!!!

[tabaqui]

And it probably creeps out at night at attacks and devours small animals at night for me, too.

*shudder*

[pbrim.livejournal.com]

I had the yellow one from the first picture, or one very like it, that I wore with knee high black boots. Loved that dress.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

I did too! Except mine was purple with white trim (my grandma made it for me).

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

You don't see many of those poses in fashion anymore.

[cionaudha.livejournal.com]

Weirdly angular, and they always seem to be showing off their long long hands and feet.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

While visiting a friend, I found an old textbook for a charm school from the early 1960's. There was a whole chapter on how to stand, another on walking, and another on sitting.

Looking at the photos, I realized why all women from that era looked the same when modeling or performing. They were all using these poses that supposedly flattered you and/or made you look interested in what was going on around you, that kind of thing. The second photo down, in particular, is a perfect example of the exact poses in the textbook.

It was a forward-thinking book in a lot of ways--the author (who is never named) points out that mores change rapidly and that some of the rules (like wearing gloves everywhere) were likely to disappear in the next few years. She also acknowledged that many women work, that some want to become executives, and about half of the photos were of non-white women.

On the other hand, there was a whole chapter on dieting, and lots of advice telling you never to "show off" your intelligence in front of men, that kind of thing.

[khh1138.livejournal.com]

Whenever I went shopping with my mum, she would come out of the dressing room and strike one of these poses. She was born in 1930, and I think she came into her heyday around this time and never really moved on. Totally adorable.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I have a friend my age who knows all the poses. I don't know if she took a charm class or read a book or what. But it goes a long way towards explaining why she always looks so poised. She even does the thing I read in the book, where when you come into a room of people you pause (and pose) for a second in the doorway before coming in. And she does them all without them seeming affected, as though they were the natural way she moved.

They really do look nice... but if all women were doing those poses at one point, I think they'd lose some of their effectiveness!

[chaosdancer.livejournal.com]

They had to do something with the leftover fabric. :)

[bradygirl_12]

Mmm, nicely stylish! Though the pink ruffly dress looks like it ought to be cut up into party decorations. ;)

[gatepromise.livejournal.com]

I had the little girl's dress (coral with the tie in front).

You know, I miss catalogs.

[erik]

I need those sunglasses in the first page figure 7.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness, I would wear them everywhere.

[pne.livejournal.com]

They remind me of what Inuit traditionally used to avoid the glare - made of bone with a slit cut out to see through.

[tabaqui]

I love the black and white outfit in the bottom set, and the top two, also - divine!

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

I want all of the women's dresses to be an inch or two shorter, because the hems all are hitting at a weird place and stumpifying the models, I think due to the looseness of the dresses. (The girls' dresses are fine as-is.)

[vurumai.livejournal.com]

An inch or two shorter?!?!?! You know who else wants it an inch or two shorter? THE DEBIL!

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

SATAN DEMANDS TO SEE YOUR KNEECAPS.

[cm1greenbear.livejournal.com]

agreed, especially in the first picture with the boots and super low jumper? necklines it's just an unflattering cut altogether for them

[chicklet-girl.livejournal.com]

I know! That jumper is just weird-looking. I don't mind the color (camel can be cool!), but the cut is awful.

Not such a great reflection.

[teamrodent.livejournal.com]

Did the "Chubby, too" tag have to be near the girls rather than in the description, Spiegel? :/ (Sigh...)

[vurumai.livejournal.com]

When is this look gonna come back?

The Mary Anne thing at the end almost ended me.

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Hey, it's 1960's female Cyclops in the left of the first one!

You know, I was thinking "Oh, some of those are kind of cute!" especially for the little girl's pink dress in the bottom middle of the third one.

And then I got to the pink ruffled monstrosity.

[gillianinoz.livejournal.com]

The Wandering Waist: Those boots and dancing shoes are hideous. Maybe a nice pair of MaryJanes would look good with these dresses?

The Mondrian Look: I love EVERYTHING about this. The colours, the shoes, everything. This look needs to come back into fashion RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

For The Fashion inded 7 to 14's: I had that front dress in navy and white, back in the 70's. Cut way shorter to show off my tanned legs... sigh.

They Flirt For You: Every dress here looks like a night gown. The kind your creepy pedo uncle buys and jerks off thinking about every night.

Last Page: the chick in black & white looks like she's walking backwards with her head twisted round.

Right??

strange...

[radteacherally.livejournal.com]

all this ad needs is music... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqnzVymIPg

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

Nice Geordi LaForge-esque glasses on that blonde lady in the first ad (in the white dress). The Mondarin and junior petite dresses are the prettiest. The frilly pink dress would be cuter on a little kid, not an adult, and especially NOT with that frilly handkerchief on her head.

[so-low.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaah I love mod dresses, love love love. Especially those Mondrian ones.

I see we have a very fashionable Cylon up there in the first ad.