Oops - did they really?

As I was writing up my non-review of "I am Legend," I stumbled upon, in that way of happy accidents for which there is no better place than the wonderful world wide web (why stop at three ws?), a site showing the series of remarkable print ads for Blackglama fur.







I remember these ads vividly from my childhood. And they worked, at least on me. I thought a Blackglama was the epitome of glamour.
But what stopped me in my tracks was the caption on this one - how could they? Or worse, do you think they really didn't know any better?