Vintage Ads that Couldn't Be Used Today

THe babies under cellophane is the one I thought was the funniest for political incorrectness too! I don't understand why the woman on her knees getting the spot out of the floor is a problem though -- am I missing some feminist subtext?
 
The Love's Baby Soft ad is VERY disturbing!! :teeth:

The one with the pig happily cutting itself into tasty slices makes me feel like vomiting :barf:

Lei
 
Most of these ads regularly appear in the Livejournal vintage ads community where people delight in posting horrifying ads. The Love's Baby Soft ad is very popular - apparently the model was 18 at the time, but it shows how acceptable the sexualisation of children had become in the late '70s. Thank the gods that idea went out of fashion.

Nicole
 
The link in the OP isn't working now but I know the ad you mean. If the model was indeed 18 I'm surprised and somewhat relieved, though I'm not sure using a "sexier than you think" model who looks like a child is really that much better than an actual child model.
The babies in cellophane were so hilariously horrifying I saved them on my computer.
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I was shocked to see the word used to refer to the shade of brown used to knit this cardigan, but apparently such usage was commonplace in the 1940s:
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One of my favourites:
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