I think it's knickers, actually. This ad is a good antidote to the one Margaret Siemers posted about entitled "men are better" with two rock climbing men dangling a woman by a rope.
The is the add that got me started Charlotte Issyvoo , that and and our dear friend John Campbell casually saying, she wasn't climbing up the mountain, she was rappelling down. (see above) and me with the quick quips thought the tie in was too good to overlook and a way to show the unkind adds I had just found. It all kind of "snow balled" into place.
That's when you write letters to the company, and encourage others to do the same. If enough of us say ENOUGH to them, it gets the attention of Madison Avenue.
Is that a woman climbing in a skirt? Now that takes guts if it is.
ReplyDeleteYes, unbelievable, but they did it this way..
ReplyDeleteWomen climbing Mt. Rainier, 1911:
http://goo.gl/6YTgQ3
Swarovski - still state of the art today.
ReplyDeletehttp://at.swarovskioptik.com/jaeger/fernglaeser-c2001
- and an Austrian company - I'm Austrian btw.
;-)
She's not climbing. She's rapelling.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct John Campbell , it is repellent to see her up a mountain in a skirt. (snicker,couldn't help myself.)
ReplyDeleteI think it's knickers, actually. This ad is a good antidote to the one Margaret Siemers posted about entitled "men are better" with two rock climbing men dangling a woman by a rope.
ReplyDeleteThe is the add that got me started Charlotte Issyvoo , that and and our dear friend John Campbell casually saying, she wasn't climbing up the mountain, she was rappelling down. (see above) and me with the quick quips thought the tie in was too good to overlook and a way to show the unkind adds I had just found. It all kind of "snow balled" into place.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many today that are also upsetting. I wish it weren't so but it is.
ReplyDeleteThat's when you write letters to the company, and encourage others to do the same. If enough of us say ENOUGH to them, it gets the attention of Madison Avenue.
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