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November 18, 2011 01:12 pm PST
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Chubettes, the badly-named clothing line for overweight girls, 1957
This 1957 ad for "Chubettes," a line of clothes for "plump" youngsters, betrays an ad agency where the person who thought up the product names was vastly outclassed by the illustrator. I mean, seriously: was there ever an overweight kid who greeted the news that Mom was buying her some "Chubettes" with delight? Chubbettes, 1957 [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/QVUzIwFYBJ8/chubettes-the-badly-named-clo.html
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