Hmm. Faultless Pajamas

[write-light.livejournal.com]

Faultess by Wilson Wear, 1950s


That little triangle is just  f a s c i n a t i n g  me.   Did he not button up on purpose?

ETA: Image restored by locating it in Scrapbook and copy/pasting link here.

Comments

[hannahsarah.livejournal.com]

He's trying to get your attention - and it looks like it's working!

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

MESMERISING.

conclusion

[rick-day.livejournal.com]

viewing the vintage ads for the past few months here has convinced me that there was a plot by MAD MEN (or even a bet over drinks, idk) that they could turn 12% of the population homosexual through subtle advertising.

Re: conclusion

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

It just looks like that through our eyes now. In the past twenty years we've been shown gay male characters in media and they are shown to be well groomed and well dressed. This is very recent. (And of course not accurate.)
But back in the '50s most men were expected to be well groomed and well dressed so this image wouldn't have been considered gay at all.

[mentalhygiene.livejournal.com]

see icon.

[mellzie-1963.livejournal.com]

Such an artful way to show us the cut of the pajama top, and draw our eye to the way the fly and waistband were designed. Very clever!

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

WIN.

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

Of course, as drawn, he has no body to speak of.. No muscletone, certainly no body hair. He could be a 12 year old boy but for the face...

[meezergal.livejournal.com]

Yep. My first thought was that I wanted to honk his nose, as it was the most outstanding feature. Which is, of course, telling in another way...

[1geek-queen.livejournal.com]

He looks like he's having a pretty nice dream.