Classic holiday resort posters promising a world of sun, sea and sophistication for British holidaymakers who avoided the temptations of the continent.
Tag: advertising
Misguided Moralising: Playboy Fashion Ads Cleared Of Sexualisation Claims
Even Britain’s notorious advertising censors couldn’t agree that this poster, featuring a fully-clothed 28-year-old-woman, was sexualising under-age girls.
The Carry On Screaming Comic Strip
The promotional comic strip advertising for the horror-comedy classic.
Kylie Minogue And Agent Provocateur – Standing Up For Erotic Lingerie
Remembering cinema’s most sexually provocative and naughty commercial.
Snowblind: Shameless Cocaine Advertising From The 1970s
Vintage advertisements for exotic drug paraphernalia aimed at people with more money than sense.
Looking For Kathy Spiers
An iconic yet unknown model from the 1970s catches our attention.
Mail Order Monkeys
The strange era when kids could buy live monkeys through the post via comic book ads.
X-Rated Parody Film Ads
The wild world of the adult copycat film.
The Tyranny Of The Perpetually Offended
A single complaint is all it needs to have lingerie advertising pulled – what on earth is that about?
Know For Sure – World War 2’s Venereal Front
The propaganda war against sexually transmitted disease amongst soldiers.
The Irrational Fear Of Female Breasts
The suggestion that breasts will corrupt our youth is little more than an old fashioned fear of female sexuality.
Bingeing On Stupidity
The advertising censors get worked up about the idea of someone having more than two pints of lager in a session.