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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cat-vertising From Vintage Vanity Fur Parody Magazine


Back in the late 80s, Ilene Hochberg made a name for herself by authoring several best-selling animal themed magazine parodies, including titles such as Dogue, Catmopolitan, and later, Good Mousekeeping. While all of the books include articles, paws down, the highlight of each is the advertisements.

I recently came across a copy of another one of Hochberg's meow-sterpieces, Vanity Fur, and scanned a few of my favorite cat-themed ads for your enjoyment! Click on any of the images below to enlarge.

Hissey Miyake

Poisson Espurrit De Parfum by Catfish Dior Paris

Pawsession by Calvin Klaw

Scratch Watch

Purrscriptives

Purry Ellis


Bonus! In a feature called Slaves to Fashion, "designer dogs and couture cats" show off their pet designers. Can you guess who this young and fresh faced fashion designer is? Why, it's none other than Michael Kors and his Devon Rex cat, Max!
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15 comments:

  1. Karen of Ginger Cat CraftsSeptember 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    Four paws up and a special headbonk for Hissey Miyake-my favorite designer.

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  2. Fluffy and HeatherSeptember 1, 2011 at 11:29 AM

    Love the advertisement for Swatch, or should I say Scratch! I had no idea that such a parody magazine even existed.

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  3. Admiral HestorbSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    LOVE this..I'd buy them up if I only could find them!

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  4. MaryMatthewsSeptember 1, 2011 at 1:10 PM

    All good but I think Pawsession by Calvin Klaw if my favorite!

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  5. UnknownSeptember 1, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Love the Purry Ellis ad, the kitty actually looks like he's doing the whole 'arty pose' thing! =^..^=

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  6. Your Daily CuteSeptember 1, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    This is hysterical. Love!

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  7. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2011 at 9:48 PM

    What Amazing Publications!
    The Ad work tower over Hoomin magazines, IOHO...

    We wish y'all a lovely Last of the Summer Holiday Weekend!

    Blessings,
    Rose and the Royals

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  8. LunaSeptember 2, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    LOVE LOVE LOVE it!
    Now I totally want the magazine!

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 4:10 AM

    Hissey miyake made me laugh out loud!! LOL

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  10. Angie, CatladylandSeptember 2, 2011 at 6:21 AM

    These are so great! Hissey gives me a serious giggle!

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  11. AlexSeptember 2, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    haha I have a parody magazine like this, but it is "Good Mousekeeping"

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  12. UnknownSeptember 3, 2011 at 10:36 AM

    MOL! and LOL! mummzy is right here next to me, lolling in bed and having a good chuckle. These are SO fab.

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  13. JacquelineSeptember 3, 2011 at 10:51 AM

    These are all so fun and unique=we love them!!...Hope all is well with you guys...Have a fun weekend, precious friends...kisses...Calle, Halle, Sukki

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  14. RavenSeptember 7, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Wow, I remember these and I recall that they were AWESOME!

    Think I might have one of them here somewhere...? Will need to check now!

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  15. MarikaJanuary 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    I had "Catmopolitan" as a little girl and loved it! I wonder where it is now. I should have kept track of it throughout the years, it's probably a collector's item now!

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