Although this might look like a fashion ad, it is actually promoting a diet product. The tag lines reads, “If you really want to look like this, hit or miss diets won’t work. Metrecal will. According to a wikipedia post, Metrecal was a diet supplement that came in the form of a powdered protein shake.
The impressive gown was designed by Geoffrey Beene.
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