Monday 6 February 2012

AUSTIN REED, OUT-FITTERS

After that unintentionally ambiguous Damart advertisement, I was interesting to discover that an emporium once noted for its refined and conservative taste and (in the Gents Department) unquestioned machismo...


...was unwittingly pushing at the closet door back in the 1950s!



3 comments:

scb said...

That is delightful. The couple on the right seem perfect for each other.

I'm having a lovely time imagining the artist and copywriter fully intending the reference, and the higher-ups not catching on. That's probably not what happened, but it's fun to think about!

(I'm ashamed to admit I missed the pun in the title until I got to the comments page! It's perfect!)

Jen said...

Great ad though there's an awful lot of starch in those shorts....

Brian Sibley said...

There probably needs to be!