The Beauty of Retrospect: Cynthia King Week, Part Three

Cynthia King was in such great demand as a model, some advertisers couldn't get enough of her. Look at this photo from a cigarette ad s...

Monday, February 15, 2016

The Beauty of Retrospect: Maria Hanson Week, Part One - The "Maidenform Woman"

Sometimes clothes transform and change a person's identity, as when members of Kiss suit up and become the Star Child or the Cat Man. But model Maria Hanson assumed a different identity when she took her clothes off down to her undergarments.  She became . . . the Maidenform Woman. :-D 


But of course - you remember the Madienform ads from the early eighties, which featured the stunningly beautiful Ms. Hanson in straight poses in mundane locales but wearing little more than the Maidenform ladies' undergarments being advertised.  The idea was to poke fun at ads for women's lingerie by highlighting the absurdity of a Maidenform model in mundane and unlikely places like, well, as baseball field, as seen above.  Here, the Maidenform Woman is a broadcast reporter covering training camp, the ball player completely oblivious to her presence.

That anyone wouldn't notice a woman in her underclothes on a ball field is sort of absurd. 

No comments:

Post a Comment