Welcome to Period Pieces, our journey through the bizarre and beautiful cultural history of menstruation. Inspired by #throwbackthursday, we serve up our favorite ads, images, and factoids about periods throughout the ages.

Recently we stumbled upon a folder chock full of old publicity photos for GladRags... and they are AMAZING. Remember the days when you actually got film developed instead of just uploading the picture to your laptop? These were those days:

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I don't know why some of these are in black and white... they're only from the 90s! But I love those bottom left inserts on the top image: they look like Pendleton blankets! But by far my very favorite photo is this one:

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The flowers, the glowy purple background, the cotton... it's one of the few times where I've actually said out loud "I just can't even." I love it that much.

Were you a GladRags fan in the 90s? Were you born in the 90s? Comment and let us know! Meanwhile, we're off to rock some brown lipstick and listen to the Spice Girls.

About the author of this post:

tracypuhl is the owner of GladRags and is passionate about period positivity and empowering women everywhere. When she's not in the office, you might find her attempting to run a faster 10k, traveling, practicing yoga, or pointing out how cute her cats are being right now.