Traveling through the decades via vintage catalogs, magazines, books and more!Tumblr (3.0; @touchofretro)http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me48jtaKHp1qiosrfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sunsetgun.tumblr.com/post/36616732494/joan-crawford" target="_blank">sunsetgun</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Joan Crawford.</p> </blockquote>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/36619090576http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/36619090576Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:47:01 -0800Joan Crawford<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4g86idFSq1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Emilio Pucci Styles - Winning Combinations!</strong><br/>(Montgomery Ward 1964 Spring & Summer Catalog) </p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23575393877http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23575393877Tue, 22 May 2012 17:03:54 -0700montgomery wardcatalog19641960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4539ny75t1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Why don’t you confess it, Jean_ what you <em>really</em> want is a husband!”</p> <p>Ipana Toothpaste ad, 1943</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23194036746http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23194036746Wed, 16 May 2012 16:44:11 -0700Ipanaadvertisement19431940s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m41l7oBcGL1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I just ate a whole can of Reddi-wip!</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23080898102http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23080898102Mon, 14 May 2012 19:21:24 -070019611960scatalogmontgomery ward<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m414rhZRPS1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Guys Love Gals in Gay…</strong></p> <p>Montgomery Ward<br/>1961 Fall & Winter Catalog</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23054442111http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/23054442111Mon, 14 May 2012 13:26:05 -0700montgomery ward19611960scatalogvintage<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zf07EI3t1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“…and mom is going to buy this dress and these matching shoes!”</p> <p>Charm, October 1953</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22998509789http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22998509789Sun, 13 May 2012 15:12:06 -07001950s1953Charm<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3zevtPrTa1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Mother’s Day!</strong></p> <p>Charm, October 1953</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22998344215http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22998344215Sun, 13 May 2012 15:09:29 -070019531950sCharmcover<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vhp4B8kc1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Took my 1971 Opel GT for a spin today</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22852144427http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22852144427Fri, 11 May 2012 12:19:00 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3tl4j7CG41qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Thank you, President Obama, for your support of gay marriage! We, too, are gay in our fabulous Day-into-Date Dresses!</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22788954944http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22788954944Thu, 10 May 2012 11:38:42 -070019611960sMontgomery Wardcatalogvintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s88pTy9E1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Montgomery Ward<br/></strong>1961 Fall & Winter Catalog</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22751315833http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22751315833Wed, 09 May 2012 18:02:48 -070019611960sMontgomery Wardcatalog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ru1a6dh21qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Vidal Sassoon has died at the age of 84</strong></p> <p><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/famed-fashion-icon-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-84.html" target="_blank"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/famed-fashion-icon-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-84.html" target="_blank">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/famed-fashion-icon-vidal-sassoon-dead-at-84.html</a></a></p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22729527711http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22729527711Wed, 09 May 2012 12:55:58 -0700Vidal SassoonRIP<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3o8224skv1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>April showers bring May flowers!</strong></p> <p>Kotex ad, 1954</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22606030197http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22606030197Mon, 07 May 2012 14:08:26 -070019541950sad<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3kbs1HzLQ1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy Cinco de Mayo! I will be cooking up something special tonight… from 1943.</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22460753391http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22460753391Sat, 05 May 2012 11:38:24 -070019431940sMexicancookbook<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3hm1hcQE91qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Don’t Punish Your Stomach…!</strong><br/> (Feen-A-Mint Laxative ad, 1938)</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22384777427http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22384777427Fri, 04 May 2012 08:27:04 -070019381930sad<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3gyd9TR4E1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>by John Penberthy (1949)</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22346018644http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22346018644Thu, 03 May 2012 15:55:57 -07001949cartooncomic1940sJohn Penberthy<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2ynomESMH1qcwhbgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://theniftyfifties.tumblr.com/post/22308690321/clothes-sale-internet-beauty-cosmetics-anti-aging-jewelr" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank">theniftyfifties</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Fashion photography by John Rawlings, 1950s.</p></blockquote>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22311408912http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22311408912Thu, 03 May 2012 00:39:13 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f8etrIlB1qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Shall I take a memo?”</p> <p>Fortuna Foundations ad, 1954</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22289641232http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22289641232Wed, 02 May 2012 17:37:41 -070019541950sIllustrationlingeriead<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3d44lx3c41qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Montgomery Ward Catalog</strong><br/>Fall and Winter, 1957-58 </p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22213594028http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22213594028Tue, 01 May 2012 14:09:57 -070019571950scovercatalogMontgomery Ward<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cwkxO7oK1qb8ugro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22206706081http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22206706081Tue, 01 May 2012 12:28:03 -070019571950sillustration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3cz86TD111qztaeoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Standout for Easter</strong><br/>(April 1954)</p>http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22206470860http://touchofretro.tumblr.com/post/22206470860Tue, 01 May 2012 12:24:06 -070019541950sadhatGageEaster