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Bathing Fashion of Yesterday
"Here's a cap so captivating that, no doubt, some women would wear it for formal occasions."
—Good morning! This puppet-hosted swimming-cap fashion video of the 1950s also doubles as a guide to some forgotten classic facial expressions. (The "Petal" section is particularly good.) There's lots of great eyebrows, too, both on "stage" and in the audience.
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Tyra needs to teach these ladies how to smize. Their expressions all say, "If I move too many facial muscles, I might crease my makeup!"
Oh, Wow. I want all of my hats to have nylon fringe attached to the brim.
@heyad I know! I love the fake bangs one. And oh, so many awesome eyebrows! As a redhead with blonde eyebrows, I am always envious of good brows. Mine come out of a pencil and my mom always tells me they look awful, but my hair stylist thought they were my natural brows, so I'm still confused if I'm doing it right.
Megan Fox still totally poses like that.
Petal!! And the flowers and leaves one is modeled by a Miss Sprig! Amazing. Although I find Punch and Judy so deeply creepy (thanks for that, Neil Gaiman) that I'll never be able to understand who thought this was a good idea.
@annepersand
PUNCH DID!
@atipofthehat He probably bludgeons them all to death once they drop below the stage/frame.
Goddamn Punch and Judy show.
Maybe I made my baby a swim turban.
(Next time: A FRINGE.)
I love britishpathe.com… it's a rabbit hole of amazing.
A personal favorite.
Please note the court jester/ spiderweb of legs. Nightmares!
I'm too excited about the Arrested Development movie to focus right now. To hope again!
@melis And/or possibly a series!!!
Watching this on mute (at work) is absolutely mesmerizing. I think the red cap is my favorite, and the woman modeling the blue cap at around 2:15 is a vampire. Seriously, check out her fangs!
that puppet is trying to finagle a lapnap, am i right?
I just bought a swimming cap a week ago (dyed red hair + gym swimming pool = bad news bears on a lot of levels) and compared to that, I am so jealous of the awesomeness of all of these!!!!
@cherrispryte You can still get retro ones, the designs are a little heavy-handed compared to the originals though.
@cherrispryte Also, if you're looking for tips, before you get in the pool, get your hair wet with regular water and braid it (if it's long) – it helps keep the chlorine from being absorbed (not sure how effective with dyed hair, but it works to keep it from getting dried out).
@cherrispryte I've heard coating with conditioner after getting it wet helps too. But I still avoid the pool right after dying, sadly.
Punch is such a man, pushing those ladies heads down like that.
@Gnatalby Right? I watched it on mute since I'm at work, and I had dirty thoughts throughout the entire thing.
@Gnatalby So creepy! He is totally doing the "unsubtle blowjob demand" move. Shudder.
@pterodactgirl That's much more subtle than his usual behavior.
@jen325 And yet we were all hoping he'd pull it together a little more after he landed this job in broadcasting….
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To be fair, he's only trying to get a head.
@atipofthehat It's just such a blow to see these bright young women sink to that level.
My favorite is the lady in the audience with the ice pack hat.
@jen325 I was going to say it was a hot water bottle, but YES. And her facial expression towards the end? I think she's plotting world domination.
@Ophelia She's DEFINITELY up to something sinister.
@jen325: She probably just knows what's REALLY going on with the puppet behind that curtain and is deeply dubious of the entire thing.
@Bittersweet Or maybe she's just letting her mind wander because she's really bored, but she's not yawning because she's got an ice pack on her head.
WHAT is going on with that puppet. Nightmares.
That puppet is up to no good. Getting that one girl wet.
That puppet is freaking me out, gonna give me nightmares, I'm sure.
I love how the expressions in the audience go from frozen smiles masking boredom to full on brick wall. And the comment about the unfortunate double chin effect girls get…well SOME girls anyway (YES CHUBBIES I AM TALKING TO YOU!!)
that puppet has broken capillaries. me says he's drunk.
@becky@twitter PUNCH-drunk, perhaps?!
The caps with the fake bangs…I can't. And why oh why didn't my mom name me Penny Springs?
@SassyAsh that or he's lost too much oxygen from going down in that booth. maybe he needs to yawn?
@becky@twitter yes. I thought the same thing. Gin blossoms if I've ever seen them.
I really need to watch a Michael Powell movie now.
@Lucienne Oh lord yes. That mid-century British accent! (Did anyone else watch "The Hour"?)
um…how has no one talked about "Spray" yet? Spray!
Man at 2:47 just doesn't get all the fuss.
That is just…amazing.
Semi-related headwear story – the Bard Graduate Center in NYC has an exhibit on hats right now (which is super-awesome, and if you are in NY you should go and see it right now!!), and there is a similar video of ladies trying on hats around the same time. Supposedly, they are looking into a mirror, unaware that there is a camera behind it recording their expressions – it is HILARIOUS. I watched it 3 times. Sadly, the video isn't online though….
I watched it with the sound off and it looked so pervy. That creepy puppet following the girls around like that made me feel all rapey. And I didn't miss the metaphore of the watering can. Skeeeevy.