{"id":10038,"date":"2016-02-22T01:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T01:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/powdermonki\/?p=10038"},"modified":"2018-06-25T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:49:04","slug":"foster-grant-sunglasses-adverts-1960s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/foster-grant-sunglasses-adverts-1960s\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster Grant ~ Sunglasses Adverts [1965-1968]"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t that Peter Sellers behind those Foster Grants?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>From around 1965-68, <strong>Foster Grant<\/strong> ran a series of adverts featuring movie stars of the day wearing their sunglasses. Each photo had a quote by the star underneath, plus a few paragraphs about how mysteriously cool shades were. 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