I’ve been a fan of the Illustrations in vintage Textron ads for some time. According to Wikipedia Textron started out as “Special Yarns Company”, making synthetic yarns, and later merged with another company to become Textron.

These days they are apparently mostly making stuff like aircraft and weapons, but in the 40s they made wonderful lingerie and lounge wear.

The advertisement illustrations all have a dreamy fantasy quality that I love, very surrealist inspired. The illustrator was Charlotte J. Sternberg.

Where no source is mentioned the images were generally found in Ebay lots.

Source: Captain Geoffrey Spaulding

How perfect is this pyjama set?

This one is beautiful!

One of my favourites, and I actually have this robe, which you will see in the next post!

Source: Sally Edelstein

Another of my favourites, so cozy!

Source: Charm and Poise

I love this lounge set.

Source: Jon Williamson

Source: Sally Edelstein

Source: Captain Geoffrey Spaulding

Source: Female Illustrators

Beautiful!

Source: Learning 2 Share

This one is my favourite! Amazing art and robe.

This is not a Textron ad, but doesn’t it look exactly like the same illustrator? I had to show it anyway since it’s so great. Glamorous 40s Cinderella!

Source: Sally Edelstein