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Ajlan & Bros: Thobe Darwish, up to 50% off for National Day

A thobe sold as a luxury gift: Ajlan keeps the Drosh thobe inside a closed gold box beside burning incense, promising a touch of distinction for National Day.

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Maidenform "Queen of the Westerns" dream ad, Photoplay

The bra makes her the star of her own Western: in the dream she is the most-wanted figure in the West, guns raised and every eye on her.

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Ajlan & Bros: Shemagh Projeh, up to 50% off for National Day

A shemagh presented as a National Day gift: Ajlan's Projeh spills out of its open box on a sadu stool, sold with the line reflect your personality.

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Maidenform "I dreamed" campaign ad, Photoplay

The bra is the magic word that makes the daydream fly: in her Maidenform she soars over the desert on a magic carpet, the loveliest figure in 1001 Nights.

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Ajlan & Bros: Pioneer underwear in the National Day sale up to 50%

Pioneer sells underwear as a deserved comfort, راحة تستحقها, and lets the National Day lockup and the store-wide sale supply the reason to buy now.

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Arrow Collar "Marcy" Arrow Collar Man ad, 1920

A handsome face sells the collar: the shape gets a name, Marcy, so the reader can ask for the look, and one line ties it to the tight-knotted cravat.

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Ajlan & Bros: Drosh underpants in the National Day sale up to 50%

A basic men's underpant joins the National Day sale by wearing the day's line, عِزّنا بطبعنا, beside its own claim to be the original, أصل الملابس الداخلية.

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Wick fancy hat bands 'Show your colors' ad

A hat band is how a fan shows the team's colours, and nearly every boater in the packed grandstand already wears one.

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Ajlan & Bros: Romero Valmount red shemagh at 57 riyals

A half-price shemagh pitched as modern rather than grand: a light grey set, a green box, أسلوب عصري راقٍ, and 57 riyals in the largest type.

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Arrow Shirts "I always say nice things" ad, art by Coby Whitmore

The wife's compliment on his Arrow shirts is a bid to excuse her new sale hat, and the ad's reply is that every woman praises Arrow shirts anyway.

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Ajlan & Bros: Francesco Dante red shemagh, 57 riyals instead of 115

A shemagh sold on how its wearer arrives, حضور يفرض نفسه, then priced at half: the struck-through 115 sits right above a 57 set far larger.

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PKZ Burger-Kehl & Co. menswear poster

PKZ clothes sold by the cut alone: a man in a pale suit, drawn as one flat shape, bends toward his terrier, with no word about cloth or price.

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West End watch ad, al-Kawakib 1964

The elegant world watch is the best gift, and the woman in evening fur smiling at the man beside her shows the reaction the gift is bought for.

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Clark's O.N.T. Spool Cotton Christmas trade card

A Christmas and New Year greeting where the Clark's O.N.T. spool end is an object in the scene: a child stands on it, a ribbon ties it to a staff.

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West End watch ad, al-Kawakib 1965

To keep your appointments on time, buy West End: the actress Amal Ramzi shows it as both an accurate tool and a pretty accessory.

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Merrick Thread Co. 'A friend in need' trade card

Thread defined by the moment it is needed: a girl stitches a crying boy's torn breeches on the spot, beside a giant Merrick spool.

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West End watch ad, al-Kawakib 1965

A West End watch belongs in the moment a man lifts a woman's chin, and it is the watch most people in the Arab countries already choose.

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John Barrow jeweller trade card

The jeweller sells himself: his own face, drawn and engraved by his own hand, above a motto about his character and his name.

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West End watches ad, al-Kawakib 1965

West End is the best gift a man can give: the elegant world watch, pictured inside an evening where the woman in the white fur is the one admired.

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Willimantic Linen Co. 'America ahead' trade card

A boy jockey rides a giant Willimantic spool as a hobby-horse and leads the race, so the thread is both the people's favorite hobby and America ahead.

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Al-Gamal jewellery ad, al-Kawakib 1950

The jewellery the film studios and the stars wear is ordered from Al-Gamal, so the reader can buy from the same maker at special prices.

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Ingersoll Dollar Watch Christmas ad, 1903

The Christmas gift decides itself: the boy shouts that he already knows what he wants, and the thing he wants costs one dollar.

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al-Gamal jewellery ad, al-Kawakib 1949

This beautiful woman relies on al-Gamal jewellery for her adornment, because it gives her a beauty that no other beauty can match.

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Baltimore Bargain House clothing catalog cover, spring and summer 1901

A maker selling without travelling salesmen guarantees the fit, promises 20 to 40 per cent savings, and offers to prove it with a sample line merchants can send back.

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Abou Shadi jewellery shop ad, al-Kawakib 1963

A film star chooses her jewellery inside the Abou Shadi shop, so the reader sees where a star actually shops before reading the season's new lines.

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Strawbridge & Clothier's Quarterly store magazine, 1882

A fashion magazine and a store catalogue in one: read the season's advice on what is becoming, then order the goods by mail from Strawbridge & Clothier.

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Ahmed Halawa silk stockings ad, al-Kawakib 1932

The stocking is so sheer a hand shows through it, and six short bars carry the rest of the case: new, pure silk, pretty colours, low prices, at Ahmed Halawa.

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Roycroft Leather-Book catalog of leather goods

Roycroft leather is an old craft revived and worked by hand in East Aurora, so no two pieces match and each outlasts a gift of glass or pottery.

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El-Sergany jewellers ad, al-Kawakib 1952

The stars of the screen choose their jewels at El-Sergany, and the house has been trusted since 1776, so taste and safety come in one name.

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Wanamaker & Brown methods of business booklet

Oak Hall became the largest men's clothing house by publishing rules that protect the buyer: one marked price, cash only, full refunds, and clerks who must disclose every defect.

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Wooltex wool fabrics ad, al-Kawakib 1967

Wooltex cloth is what the elegant man wears: the fabric names hang beside a well-cut suit, and the line says he accepts no substitute.

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New York Fashions spring and summer catalog, 1908

New York fashion by mail with no risk: the firm guarantees a perfect fit, alters or refunds anything unsatisfactory, and pays the transport.

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West End watch ad, al-Kawakib 1968

West End arrives as a present already wrapped: three watches in a white box tied with a bow, beneath a couple close together, with four short reasons it will last.

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Sears spring women's apparel special catalog

Sears' advance book of spring styles comes from newly reorganized departments, each run by its own expert, so the reader can order spring clothes by mail with confidence.

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Venus nylon stockings ad, al-Kawakib 1957

A woman hides behind a scroll bearing the Venus name, so only her legs in the stockings show: the product in wear is the claim, and the gauge backs it.

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Hamilton Carhartt & Co. overalls catalog, 1900

Honest work clothes from an honest maker: Carhartt builds for the men who are 'the bone and sinew of this country' and refuses the sweatshop methods of cheaper rivals.

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Nike Football Advert احلى اعلان نايك فى التاريخ

Footballers in black Nike kit are shot like an action film trailer, in dark sets and a cage-like hall, turning a game of football into a showdown.

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عبودى ايوة عبودى ايه - اعلان قديم جدا محلات العبودى

A clothing shop shows its own dresses on women and ends on its address, phone number and second branch, so a catchy name becomes directions to the door.

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Cottonil Ad - Hakim - Ramadan 2022 - إعلان قطونيل - حكيم - رمضان ٢٠٢٢

Cottonil's Ramadan song has Hakim wish Egypt a sweet year, so the brand's claim that its cotton speaks Egyptian becomes a national celebration.

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Dice Underwear Ramadan 2019 \

Strength starts from the inside: the skinniest man in the gym stands as proud as the bodybuilders, because the undershirt he wears is Dice.

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اعلان قطونيل الجديد - رمضان 2018 - هانى رمزي - قطونيل .. القطن بيتكلم مصرى

Hany Ramzy used to pack Cottonil gifts for friends abroad; now Cottonil is in Saudi Arabia, so the only Cottonil he carries is what airport security finds on him.

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اعلان قطونيل رمضان 2025 - القطن بيتكلم مصري

Cottonil is handed down from father to son like a family habit: a lifelong companion that every generation wears, and in this house anything else is banned.

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فيلمون وهبي - دعاية B.V.D

Philemon Wehbe, named in the title, wears B.V.D undershirts and long underpants and presents them on his own body, grinning, against a set hung with the range.

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اعلان نايك الأسطوري بمشاركة : كريستيانو رونالدو , نيمار , روني , إبراهيموفيتش , انيستا والمزيد

Nike puts an unknown young player on the same pitch as Cristiano Ronaldo and builds to a stadium penalty in which the ball is taken off the star.

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اعلان محلات العبودى بودى بودى - اعلانات الثمانينات

The chant Boudi, Boudi turns Abboudi into a tune, the song places the shop in Roxy, Heliopolis, and women in evening and bridal gowns show the range.

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اعلان ريفا كيدز Mini me رمضان ٢٠١٨

Riva Kids shows its Ramadan collection as play: a girl, her doll and a doll-size wardrobe of tiny dresses under the name Mini me.

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اعلان قطونيل رمضان 2025 - القطن بيتكلم مصري

Cottonil's women's range sung as a girls' anthem: playful, pampered and Egyptian, dressed in Cottonil from bodysuits to socks to pajamas, because the cotton speaks Egyptian.

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