I recently learnt from my mom that my maternal great grand mom (my nani's mom) was a model (Phew!). She used to appear in print ads back in the day and was a very charming lady. Alas, whenever I visited her, I always found her bed ridden coz, she was very old (but she looked cute to me).
Anyways, that ticked my mind to wonder how models in the olden times looked. Hugely fascinated as I am by the vintage frenzy and all things old and gold (including gramophones, black n white movies, songs of those times and not to forget the dressing style of the era), I googled for the pictures of those times.
And to my surprise the advertisements and the magazine covers were rather fancy, some of them being way ahead of their times. So here I present to you some of the classic advertisements that I am sure must have created quite a buzz during those times.
Sharmila Tagore gracing Filmfare's cover page
Parveen Babi on Filmfare's cover page
Sushmita Sen with a male model before being crowed as Miss Universe
Coca Cola's print ad
Yester year's actress Nanda on print ad of Lux
Saira Bano and Hema Milini swearing by Lux
Models donning Khatau Saree (with Very-Now makeup)
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