Coke must be good for you, right? Look, even nurses are serving it!
But ladies, "calorie-reduced" Pepsi was part of your healthy, modern lifestyle too -- so you'd look smashingly slim in the latest fashions as much as so you'd get a better rate on your life insurance!
The difference between the Coke Girl and the Pepsi Girl wasn't just about style...
It was about attitude.
While the small town Coke Girl was entertaining an awkward suitor in her parent's livingroom...
...or picking up a 6-pack at the local grocery store...
... the carefree, stylish Pepsi Girl was heading out for a romantic night on the town.
As for ads featuring guys, well, I don't think Pepsi even ran any ads featuring just guys. While both brands seem to have felt that women were their target market, Coke at least made an effort to engage the other half of the population.
For the Pepsi Girl, men were no more than a prop... a fashion accessory. After all, the modern woman, "the darling of her dress-maker", had "countless men-folk" to pick and choose from.
All of today's images have been added to my Beverages Flickr set.
Man,,,,The pepsi girls look trampy, loose and the kind your Momma would not approve of.
ReplyDeleteThe Coke girls are wholsome,pretty and look to have a ladies dispositon.
Gimme a Pepsi.
"Coke must be good for you, right? Look, even nurses are serving it!"
ReplyDeleteOuch! I can feel the cavities forming as we speak!
Coke is definitely not "winning" here.
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