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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Vintage European Soap Packaging
I FOUND THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN VINTAGE SOAP LABELS VIA MY FRIENDS at Coudal Partners. You can see more of them here. Many of these are really wonderful and very applicable to current day design styles.
I think my favorite one was the Roma package. The woman is pretty.
My second favorite is the Balbinka package, with the girl-duck washing in the tub. Weird.
I also love "Tukan" soap. Toucan Sam's first job, maybe. And I like the soap with the two purple-line-drawn children who look like they're in a TV screen.
Yes, those are Polish, except maybe "Pine needle" and "Nymfa" - not sure about those, don't remmber them. "Balbinka" was a child girl-goose from a children TV show, as were Jacek and Agatka.
11 comments:
very cool!!
wow -- just too cool !
Actually, they are not only European, but also Polish. Worth mentioning, I think.
Pamiętam te mydełka - tyle lat temu...
I remember those soaps - it was many tears ago...
I think my favorite one was the Roma package. The woman is pretty.
My second favorite is the Balbinka package, with the girl-duck washing in the tub. Weird.
I also love "Tukan" soap. Toucan Sam's first job, maybe. And I like the soap with the two purple-line-drawn children who look like they're in a TV screen.
Lovely post. The children's soap packages are particularly charming.
mmmmm....jabones retro.......me encanta este lugar, está poblado de recursos para disfrutar con los 5 sentidos.
In Portugal, vintage soap packages (with soap inside) are back in fashion:
http://loja.avidaportuguesa.com/en/marcas/confianca-soap-factory/pagina/3/
Are those Polish ?
Yes, those are Polish, except maybe "Pine needle" and "Nymfa" - not sure about those, don't remmber them. "Balbinka" was a child girl-goose from a children TV show, as were Jacek and Agatka.
These are all Polish by the way.
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