An escort service’s 1980s New Wave ad

Ads for escort agencies based in New York City never seem to feature women who actually look like they live in New York City. But this vintage-1980s ad, for an outfit called Flash, is different.

Published in a March 1982 issue of the Soho News, it features a trendy, New Wave kind of chick, the sort of girl found in downtown indie classic Smithereens.

No bikinis or breast implants—instead, these escorts come to your Tribeca loft decked out in geometric earrings and white plastic sunglasses.

Phone number blocked out to protect the Manhattan resident who has this number now.

Tags: early 1980s New York City, escort service ads, New Wave New York, New York City escorts, Smithereens, Soho News, vintage 1980s ads

This entry was posted on October 6, 2009 at 3:49 am and is filed under Fashion and shopping, Lower Manhattan, Old print ads, SoHo. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “An escort service’s 1980s New Wave ad”

Nabe News: October 6 - Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle Says:
October 6, 2009 at 5:27 pm | Reply
[…] A different type of escort service for eighties New Wavers [Ephemeral NY] […]

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