Strut Out And Put It Out

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According to the August 15, 1949 Life magazine, women all over America were losing their minds.

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Listen, if your husband is wearing your girdle, that’s a serious red flag. Maybe divorce isn’t such a bad option. Maybe he’s just not that into you.

Further into the article, we have a pre-Munsters Yvonne De Carlo, sporting (we assume) a “gee-whiz string.”

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Aha! So now we know where the term G-string came from. And where it went. Was this the same woman who played the wife of Moses in The Ten Commandments?

By the way, if you need proof that she wore G-strings in later years, you need look no further than pinterest. My blog’s a little too tame to post it.

 

So That’s What They Mean By Coke Bottle Glasses

1964 Western New Mexico University
1964 Western New Mexico University

Poor Billy. If only he could have used James’s frames for the portrait. Any of the Jameses would have done.

Early Sobriety Tests

LIFE Jan 3, 1944
LIFE Jan 3, 1944

Betty Beach is one of the country’s thousands of women who’ve recently gone into necessary civilian service to release a man to fight. And she loves it! It has meant telescoping her life…making the most of every minute. For her beauty care, she’s sticking to DuBarry Beauty Preparations…first introduced to her in the Famous Success School Course.

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I don’t get it. She uses make-up to keep her nose “pretty” so that the pilot will find her attractive? What on earth?