Replace Lancer
s sports shirt man with a Mussolini solider and you
ve got a nice campaign piece for jackboots. From 1996 issue of Playboy.

An alternate headline:
Lancer
s Sport Shirts: You don
t dare but say, nice shirt.

Probably one of the most psychotic ads ever. “Whenever anyone says the word couture, I reach for my gun.”

This gem comes from the Vintage Ads blog. Over there you can also see how Lysol won’t harm “delicate tissue“, a carrot man, and a google-eyed little girl who really loves her scrumptious ham.

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