Category: Looking Good
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Beefcake
Warning! Potentially unsafe for work! Beefcake: The Muscle Magazines of America 1950-1970 Hooven 1995 Holly: I know what you’re thinking. And you’d be right: this is a book about male standards of beauty. The only thing that makes this an ALB is if it is in a library whose audience has different…
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Big Beautiful Woman
Big Beautiful Woman magazine February 1989 issue Submitter: I work at [University] Libraries. The periodicals collection still has many many volumes of this that have yet to be weeded. Looking at the item records indicates that no volume of this magazine has ever been checked out more than once. Holly:…
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Fashion for the 80s
Dressing Up How to look and feel absolutely perfect for any social occasion Berenson 1984 Any old timers remember Marisa Berenson? When I found this book I kept thinking I knew this actress from somewhere. Then I remembered the film Barry Lyndon (1975). There is something about the glamor…
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Tim Gunn Would NOT Approve!
Drawing and Designing Children’s and Teenage Fashions Ireland 1979 Submitter: Found this 1979 gem today at the public library I work at. I had to weed it in case any moms were tempted into a summertime retro sewing project! Holly: What the heck is the kid on the far right…
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Makeup for Fun
Makeup For Fun Parmentier/Bulles 1986 Submitter: Wow. This one is really something else. I don’t know exactly what “Quat Bulles” is referring to here, but it translates to “Four Bubbles”. The original title was “Quatre Bulles, Maquillages Pour Enfants” or “Four Bubbles, Make-Up for Children”. Makes sense, right? Non? Maybe…
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Perfecting your “come hither” look
Lingerie and Sleepwear: 24 Original Designs You Can Make Yourself 1982 Submitter: My favorite lingerie pattern from this book is for a knitted bed jacket. I want to know what guy would actually find this attractive. It is the most hideous thing I’ve ever seen!! The book contains some really off-the-wall…
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