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11 Hilarious Photos Depicting How Wives Should Undress in Front of their Husbands, Circa 1937
The do's (right) and don't's (left) of undressing for your husband
It’s not as if it’s a complete surprise that there may or may not be a right and wrong way for a wife to undress in front of her husband. For instance, some wives will argue it’s totally necessary back up to the bathroom if they’re nude, lest they risk giving their husbands a full moon where the sun don’t shine.
But to learn there was once a school teaching wives how to do it?
The Allen Gilbert School of Undressing once existed, apparently. And in 1937, Life magazine featured a series of photos demonstrating how wives should undress in front of their husbands in the bedroom.
Take a look at the photos (courtesy of Retronaut.co) and see if you can learn something:
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22 Comments
LN commented on Jan 05 12 at 2:05 pm<3 this!! LOL
Sarah A. commented on Jan 05 12 at 10:21 pmI wonder if the shoes ever come off. :)
Hazel Harrison commented on Jan 06 12 at 2:27 pmGreat discovery..it seems to me that they are giving a show to everyone with the drapes open and those flimsy net curtains…maybe that is part of the allure
Alexander commented on Jan 07 12 at 2:32 pmSo obviously the first “do” is “do be a curvaceous, hot blonde with sexy attire, and not a frumpy straight-lined brunette with a house-dress “sack”…..
Dennis commented on Feb 18 12 at 9:32 pmMen don’t care how you do it as long as you’re getting naked, they love it! I just wouldn’t let him see any stained clothing articles…even if he sometimes does it. He expects you to be the model of proper etiquette until you’re both in the sack together then he desires the exact opposite! Go figure…
Dennis commented on Feb 18 12 at 9:40 pmHardly relevant now since no woman I know dresses in those garments anymore.
tattoostats commented on Feb 19 12 at 8:57 pmOh my god Dennis! I love those kinds of garments! Makes me feel sexy even if no one knows but me. I’ve been married for 23 yrs and never once did a get a compliment, etc. The worst I heard was “why the hell you got that on?” I finally gave up and I consider myself still young at 55.
doug s commented on Feb 24 12 at 4:07 pmI remember, when I was a kid in the sixties, my parents and their friends were talking about a book that was making the rounds, called How To Strip For Your Husband.
mary commented on Mar 16 12 at 5:45 pmGosh, I wish I lived back then. Those thighs and legs are me. I wish they were considered sexy today. I would be the sexiest woman alive!!!
Bruce commented on Mar 16 12 at 6:44 pmJudging from the photos, having two wives was considered appropriate. :)
Willy commented on Mar 16 12 at 7:59 pmIt’s funny that even back then the press was doing semi-porn under the guise of hard-hitting journalism. You could buy dirty pictures and still respect yourself.
Buck Bradley commented on Mar 16 12 at 8:35 pmThat 1930′s chick is pretty danged hot….
vinnie commented on Mar 16 12 at 9:01 pmShe brought a friend. I don’t care how they get undressed. She did it right.
PacRim Jim commented on Mar 16 12 at 9:59 pmHow should a wife undress in front of her husband?
Often, particularly when young.
wagnert in atlanta commented on Mar 16 12 at 10:29 pmI strongly suggest that if you undress using the Don’t method, that you do it with someone else in the room. You need to have someone there to cut you free if you get a garter wrapped around your neck.
Slider commented on Mar 16 12 at 10:35 pmI think it would be hilarious if Meredith undressed in front of anybody. She obviously thinks pleasing a husband is so dark ages.
Locomotive Breath commented on Mar 16 12 at 10:52 pmThose stockings aren’t pantyhose. Sheeesh!
Kathleen Wagner commented on Apr 21 12 at 3:41 pmYou know, I have my doubts about this having appeared in Life Magazine in 1937. Even when I was a small child (early Sixties), Life was a magazine you could hand to the children on a rainy day and let them amuse themselves with it. My parents’ eyes would have bugged out if Life had done one of their famous photo spreads on sexy undressing for the marital bedroom, and we would have been completely grossed out. I don’t think it can have been published in Life.
comment commented on Apr 29 12 at 1:08 amAmazing! These women are not Photoshopped, you can see cellulite and true hip and leg size and they’re still so sexy and real! Why can’t be put the Photoshopped version of celebrities and model in our magazines? They’re still sexy and beautiful. Why do we have to make them into unrealistic caricatures, when the real deal is already perfect?
GrannyT commented on May 05 12 at 7:32 amThe comments are just has funny as the pictures!
Destiny commented on May 11 12 at 12:51 pmThese are funny because in that time of history showing any thing that was deliberate and sexy was a no no. I disagree with one of the posters who said that stockings weren’t pantyhose, lol no they aren’t stockings are sexy, pantyhose are needed to hold your tummy in or hide inconsistencies in the legs. More women are going back to the 50′s – 60′s era when you were FAST if you went out without a girdle, and silk was the splurge on yourself material, especially in lingerie and stockings. Retro doesn’t have to be a bad thing the past has some great clothing ideas that I am glad are coming back. They make me feel like a lady, even when I wear them just for myself.
Huckleberry commented on May 25 12 at 6:37 pmAwesome. This photo set should be used in every junior high school sex education class.
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