Babes, Cars, and Clothes: The Pre-Prada Edition
Photo: Reporters Associes/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images
Pradaโsย recent adย isย set in an old-timey, Americana pumping station, whereย glamorousย models give each other stink-eye while tending to their highly polished hot-rods and perfect lipstick.ย But fashion has always loved the combo of a girl and a car. See the slideshow of irresistible vintage shots where women dressed to the nines pose with their gas-guzzling accessories.ย


1958 Photo: Chaloner Woods

1963 Photo: Popperfoto

1963 Photo: Gordon Carter

1949 Photo: Hulton Archive

1962 Photo: Bert Hardy Advertising Archive/2010 Getty Images

1940 Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

ca. 1960 Photo: Popperfoto

ca. 1960 Photo: Archive Photos/2010 Getty Images
ca. 1960 Photo: Archive Photos/2011 Getty Images
1955 Photo: Juliette Lasserre
1950 Photo: REPORTERS ASSOCIES/2011 Gamma-Rapho
1955 Photo: Sharland/Sharland
1958 Photo: ? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
1952 Photo: ? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
1960 Photo: ? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
1950 Photo: ? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
1957 Photo: ? Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
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