This was the original Starbucks logo back in the 1970s(?). As they got more corporate they removed the boobies and had the mermaid's breasts covered by her hair and then later they had just cropped the mermaid to just her face.
Starbucks borrowed from a 15th century engraving of a twin tailed siren for their original logo.
Imagine that there once was a time when stuff like this was rampant in seaport areas. Like, on the front of ships in three-dimensional form?
This is the original logo. I suppose that my exposure to it at the tender age of ten has utterly destroyed my self esteem. Mermaids don't do wardrobe malfunctions, they let it all hang out!
Then again, Northwesterners are largely ethnic Scandanavians, so people tend not to get worked up over sea goddess boobage.
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Where's Bob Joyce and the Legion of Decency?
If I owned a Starbucks in West Roxbury, I would
be battenning down the hatches!
Ol' Bob
It gets even worse, because you know what's right in front of the Centre Street Starbucks?
That's right! A Phoenix box!
West Roxbury: Centre Steet to opprobrium (love that word)!
Anna's Handcut Donuts. The crullers! Oh my
God! They look just like....
Are you f-ing serious?
It's an indicator of how times have changed.
This was the original Starbucks logo back in the 1970s(?). As they got more corporate they removed the boobies and had the mermaid's breasts covered by her hair and then later they had just cropped the mermaid to just her face.
Starbucks borrowed from a 15th century engraving of a twin tailed siren for their original logo.
You can read more about it here: http://www.deadprogrammer.com/starbucks-logo-mermaid
Banned in Boston anytime soon?
Imagine that there once was a time when stuff like this was rampant in seaport areas. Like, on the front of ships in three-dimensional form?
This is the original logo. I suppose that my exposure to it at the tender age of ten has utterly destroyed my self esteem. Mermaids don't do wardrobe malfunctions, they let it all hang out!
Then again, Northwesterners are largely ethnic Scandanavians, so people tend not to get worked up over sea goddess boobage.