You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1971-79.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

There is perhaps no better way to witness the changing fashions and zeitgeist of the American woman throughout the 1970s and 1980s than to walk through Virginia Slims advertising. So, let's take it year by year - and watch the evolution.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

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You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

Virginia Slims ad (1984), "theory of slimness," encouraged women to smoke to stay thin. Image Source: Stanford University . A news it...

There is perhaps no better way to witness the changing fashions and zeitgeist of the American woman throughout the 1970s and 1980s than to walk through Virginia Slims advertising. So, let's take it year by year - and watch the evolution.

The longest Slims of all." These ads for Virginia Slims 120's cigarettes date from 1985.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1990-94 and began the first real change in style since the 1970's.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

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You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-89 and continue in the same style as the previous decade.

You've come a long way baby." These ads for Virginia Slims cigarettes date from 1980-91.