Garrett Neff and theCalvin Klein underwear campaign, The Calvin Klien tighty whities are the best known men’s underwear on the planet and with models like Garrett Neff, there seems to be little question why.

Calvin Klien underwear ads were a staple of magazine ads a few decades ago, they seemed to have gone away for a bit, as baggy hip hop inspired boxers made a large showing and now with the tight buns of Garrett Neff helping the cause, we may see many more Calvin Klien, almost “R” rated, fashion spreads as the tighty whities make a fashion come back.

Garrett Neff for Calvin Klien Underwear ads

The abs of male supermodel Garrett Neff

Garrett Neff abs

CK ad, Garrett getting wet in the CK undies

Emilio Pucci pastel dress from 1960

Lets jump back a few decades to the incredibly colorful 1960’s. This is a great decade for fashion and a store called decades actually has these dresses for sale. The 1960’s was all about

the mini and designers used the craziest of prints and gorgeous saturated color to make 1960 one of the more memorable decades for fashion. Designers at the time not only had to make the garment work, but match up prints and make them work as well. It almost seems that trying to piece a dress together from some of these elaborate prints is almost like doing a jig saw puzzle, every printed piece has to fall exactly into place to pull it off. Unlike solids where all the fabric is

identical and can be used, these loud prints must be cut and placed exactly, the tiniest of mistakes and nothing lines up.

check em out…

Emilio Pucci print mini dress from the 1960’s, this dress was sold through decades.

This is the back of the Emilio Pucci dress

Another gorgeously 60’s dress from Emilio Pucci. I love the attention to the print and the aqua trim.

Vintage Emilio Pucci print dress

Here is a photo of the detail in the top of this Pucci dress

Emilio Pucci, yes, 1960’s print dress of silk crepe

We all know that hats and gloves were the rage of the 40’s and 50’s. I mean, you weren’t anyone and definitely not stylish with out a cap of some kind grazing over your forehead.

How about a book on your head? hey, it’s a hat and it may help your posture as well.

Classic models in, what else, vintage hats

The Balenciaga line has really changedin the last 60 years. From the very classical to extremely futuristic in the clothing designs seen on the runways, however the handbags have kept a bit of the original styling, well, maybe. The balenciaga shoes, ahh, those are always very interesting if not always wearable. I love some of the Balenciaga shoes, even though I may be too scared to try to walk in many of them. Either way, Balenciaga always amazes and pushes into the areas of fashion that many other designers will not roam.

Here are a few of the items from the Balenciaga collection of shoes and handbags. Very colorful

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Balenciaga is a Design house that has made it through half a century. The garments designed by Balenciaga in the 1950’s are absolutely exquisite and really show off the fine craftsmanship and complete attention to the tiniest of detail. The following black and white photos are all from the 1950’s or early 60’s and reflect the high waisted, very finished look that was all about elegance, grace and glamor. Unlike the free-er 60’s fashion that followed, the models of the 50’s had their hair up and back in exquisite hats to finish off a very polished and refined look. I love this look, especially the gloves that women wore as the final touch.

Vintage Balenciaga Gown