Which Virginia Slims ads do you remember?




Perusing Stanford’s Collection of Virginia slims ads these 4 rang several bells. They are all from 1996. Makes sense, those were my heavy fashion magazine years.
Impactful. Advertisers got 14 year old me spot on. I never smoked. I’m cheap. Always have been. But, my 14 year old best friend did. For the next 10 years. I am going to ask her which ads she remembers - she was definitely channeling blue striped cardigan woman in … just about everything. From the makeup to the white pants to the slogan “Who says you can’t make the first move.” .. no beret, though.
Which of these do my fashion magazine readers from 1990 remember?





How about the 1980’s?


There are 100 of these, 5 a year for two decades. The first one is from 1970:
ending with this series in 1991:



Those are all real period clothing for the “historical” images. If I didn’t hear it from a credible source, I would have had a hard time thinking these images were made recently.
Those real period…
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