Tumblr favorite #1896: 1973’s Lunar Look

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My original tumblr post was here. This image was researched by Bacchus at ErosBlog as part of the “Δ commission.” The research was originally published at Hedonix as “Δ 066 The “Lunar Look” For 1973.” Here is what Bacchus found.

All appearances of this image on the web appear to source back to an article in IO9.com quoting from the outer-space-themed November 1953 issue of Seventeen magazine. Although IO9 does not expressly credit this image to Seventeen, one may observe curvature at the left indicating that the image is indeed a photograph of a page from a magazine. The issue reportedly included a light-hearted look forward to an imagined 1973 “Lunar Look” issue of the magazine that would include this description — matching the photograph — of spacewoman fashions:

WILL THIS BE FOR 1973? As an interplanetary tourist, you may use such cosmic cosmetics as Trans-Pact pressed powder, Semi-Stain lip and cheek color to overcome interplanetary pallor, Anti-Gravity hair control, Eye Fringe mascara, impervious to upper stratosphere moisture, Milky Way cleanser. All in plastic, in a kit touched with neon for making-up during dark spaces on the trip. . . . Headgear, a space helmet with painted eyebrows. Travel guide . . . SEVENTEEN’s Lunar Look issue, November 1973.