{"id":8670,"date":"2015-08-21T12:07:38","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T11:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/powdermonki\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2018-06-25T15:56:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:56:11","slug":"lee-fits-america-adverts-1970s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/lee-fits-america-adverts-1970s\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee ~ Menswear Adverts [1974-1979] &#8220;Lee Fits America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between 1974-79 Lee produced a series of adverts with simple bright coloured backdrops to show off their new clothing, and was topped off with some splendid text. The later ads included the &#8220;Lee Fits America&#8221; slogan.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing says masculine quite like 100% texturized &#8216;non glitter&#8217; polyester.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8670 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1974-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13131\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13131'>\n\t\t\t\t1974\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1974-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13132\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13132'>\n\t\t\t\t1974\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1975-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13133\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13133'>\n\t\t\t\t1975\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1975-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13134\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13134'>\n\t\t\t\t1975\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1975-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13135\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13135'>\n\t\t\t\t1975\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1976-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13136\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13136'>\n\t\t\t\t1976\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div><br style='clear: both' \/>\n\n<div class=\"google-content\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4258812866305862\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"9216860104\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t    float: left;\n\t\t\t    margin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t    text-align: center;\n\t\t\t    width: auto;\n\t\t\t\tbox-sizing: border-box;\n \t\t\t    padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #ffffff;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 0.7em;\n   \t\t\t\tline-height: 1.2em;\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff none repeat scroll 0 0;\n \t\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in 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id='gallery-2-13139'>\n\t\t\t\t1976\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Lee-Fits-America-1976-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-13140\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-13140'>\n\t\t\t\t1976\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"400\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk\/retromusings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Lee-Fits-America-1976-Ebony-Apr-1976.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-14569\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' 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