Saw this ad and thought for a second that I would automatically find it offensive. Because, you know, as a gal, I just love it when a man bulks all us lady folk together and sets down suggested rules for behavior and then uses those helpful suggestions to sell us stuff.
But then…
But then I realized…1. Bill Blass and I have the same taste in women, and 2. Bill Blass was gay as a Sunday picnic. So why was he selling draconian man swagger by way of perfume? Why did any magazine editor ever allow this ad to grace their pages? And, also, why do I suddenly feel compelled to cruise the interwebs for Bill Blass perfume?
My badass grandmother wore Bill Blass perfume for decades.
Too funny. My mom wore Bill Blass everything. Never knew he was so opinionated. I don’t think she would have fit his ideal woman (except the big eater part lol).
That, my new little friend, is a very funny post. I like you.
And I like you, Karol Ann! You have great taste in bloggers 🙂
Peaches, did you look closely at that Woman? I’m not sure, but I think it’s a man in drag…..no offense to anyone, just sayin”
It’s very possible. Although I don’t think drag queens were so sophisticated in the 70’s. (I would gladly take beauty tips from a drag queen at any time, tho!)
I thought it was Jerry Hall…which is practically a man in drag. 😉
Ha! I saw her at an airport once. She was pretty but had a natural Angry Face if you know what I mean. Some people are born angry I think.
I was thinking it was one of the Hemingways, or Marissa Berenson, but Marissa had a pug nose. As to Jerry Hall, wouldn’t you be angry all the time if you were married to who she was married to?