EBONY AND IRONY
A LOOK AT VINTAGE ADS FROM EBONY MAGAZINE

Making fun of 80s culture is like shooting fish in a barrel.  From acid wash jeans to neon headbands, there was no shortage of outrageous fashion to laugh at.  But awkward white kids certainly didn't corner the market on over the top style, as these ads from some early 80s EBONY magazines featuring SOUL AIDS and SUPER CURL cream clearly demonstrate.  You can click each picture for a larger version...can you dig it?

Overweight hookers gotta look nice, too!

Hey, well if James Ingram's gonna there, then Ya Mo B There, too!

Apparently with CC or VO, you're sure to get plenty of VD.

Mmmm, nothing says romance like Malt Liquor flavored champagne!

Ahhh, a cigarlet.  The perfect thing to help you get a tumorillo.  The original ad said, "You better not drip any of that damn candle wax on my sweater, girl!"

The feel and look of GENUINE FUR*

*made from the bleached pubic hair of hobos

Sure, Hubert spent countless hours in front of a computer away from all humanity, never to know a woman's touch, but it was all in the name of Jheri-Curl science.

It's not just "The Easy Taste", it's Easy Like Sunday Morning!

And ladies, please try our other fine products, Pubes-So-Soft at your finer grocery stores, today.

At least a name like "Sta-Sof-Fro" sounds good.  "Kolestral" sounds like you'd be rubbing lard in your hair.

Wow!  This lady's pretty confident to be wearing white pants while on her period!  Isn't she afraid of getting grass stains?

MORE, the cigarette of choice for all bicycling flight attendants.

Well, it looks like Isaac from The Love Boat got a new job. Though with today's terrorism concerns, I'd be a bit leery of a flight attendant who is eager to "infect everyone around me."

I'm speechless!  Little cones of incense to keep a woman smelling fresh for "8 full hours".  Yeah, or you could try a little something called SOAP!

And finally, someone thought about you!  Tired of the so called "flesh" colored bandages, Soul-Aid give a choice to the diverse cuts and scrapes in America.  Sadly, their follow up product "Soul-Wipes" were a financial bust.