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Vintage Toronto Ads: All Puffed Up

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As Halloween nears, costume hunters are descending on the city’s vintage, resale, and thrift clothing stores looking for the right ensemble to dazzle their friends—we suspect that traffic reports will be required for Kensington Market, Goodwill, and Value Village locations this weekend. Someone may be lucky enough to find this gem from a quarter-century ago and channel its wit and vitality in any number of directions, including high-class fashion model, drag diva extraordinaire, or, with liberal application of muck and stage blood, a horrifying apparition.
The puffy sleeves were designed with aesthetics and practicality in mind. They provide an ideal storage/hiding spot for any beverages required for your Halloween activity. Built-in storage compartments reduce the need to carry a bag for your valuables, as long as you don’t shimmy your arms too wildly on the dance floor.
Source: Bravo, May-June 1983

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  • Hungrybum

    Geez I miss the Simpsons logo.

  • David Toronto

    I wonder how many women miss the [St. Regis] Room?
    With styles like that, probably not too many!

  • jen_in_toronto

    I believe the St. Regis Room still exists in the Bay.

  • MariaPD

    I was going to say the same thing as jen, up until recently the St. Regis Room was on the 4th (I believe) floor of The Bay on Queen and Yonge. If it’s not there anymore it was just recent.

  • rek

    I’m hardly a fashion-conscious guy, but can someone explain how a dress 20 sizes too big expresses the designer’s “enchanting wit and vitality”?

  • Marc Lostracco

    Did Daniel Libeskind design that set? Even the models can’t help but step on the slanted walls.