A TV commercial for Dorothy Gray Salon Cold Cream uses a geiger counter to measure the slightly radioactive dirt that they had smeared on a fashion model’s face. It’s a 1950’s triumph for the use of measurement in the fashion industry.
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Camel Toe Consumption and Production
The phrase “camel toe” has at least two common meanings. One pertains to camel anatomy, as mentioned in this recent study: “China’s Dongbei Cuisine,” Jacqueline M. Newman, Gastronomica, Spring 2009, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 82–6. Newman reports: “Though the consumption of endangered species is generally frowned upon, Dongbei inhabitants still enjoy bear paw, camel […]