Flatten Your Stomach for Men Only Consumer Guide 1987 Submitter: I ran across Flatten Your Stomach: For Men Only when I was sweeping the shelves for books that patrons had been browsing and put back in weird places. The fact
Category: Looking Good
This category includes all fashion and beauty
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
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
Sweatin’ to an oldie!
The Natural Way to Keep in Shape Voak 1973 Exercise books are so much fun! This one cracked me up. I could hardly gather the kind of exercise from the pictures and the fashion just about made me laugh out
Fabulous Fur
Furs: An Appreciation of Luxury, a Guide to Value Cudlipp 1978 Submitter: I dug up this guide to fur coats and accessories last week. It’s from 1978. I love the chapter “Furs for men-why not?” Holly: Fashion faux-pas aside, what really
Now Bonnie Does Exercise!
How to Keep Slender and Fit After Thirty Prudden 1969 Pocket Books edition, 1970 Oh my! The leotard is the best feature on this cover! A quick WorldCat search revealed quite a few public libraries are hanging on to this
Did You See What She Was Wearing?
How to Be a Teen Fashionista Koopersmith 2005 Submitter: I chose this to weed mostly because of the fabu-licious cover. Believe it or not, this book was published in 2005. I included a couple of pictures from inside the book,
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