15 Manly Aftershave Ads from the Sixties and Seventies

There are about 25,000 hairs on each man’s face and they grow between 12 and 15 cm a year, and except in Shoreditch it’s been calculated that a man spends an average of 3,000 hours of his life cutting them off.  After all the word ‘barbarian’ does come from unbarbered. All this shaving means after-shave and lots of it. Here’s a collection of aftershave ads from the sixties and seventies…

After Shave after-shave

1965

 

 

aftershave

Jaguar for Men 1966

 

 

aftershave

Teak by Shulton 1968

 

 

aftershave

Old Spice 1969

 

 

 

aftershave

Denim 1977

 

aftershave

Burley, 1969

 

aftershave

English Leather, 1972

 

aftershave

British Sterling 1968

 

 

aftershave

It’s Cricket 1966

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