Pinups: What Lies Beneath
I should be finishing up my draft of a biography of a rel life pinup, but Silent Porn Star has me obsessed with vintage plaster nudes. You know I love […] No related posts.
View ArticleLooking Back At Vikki “The Back” Dougan (A Biography)
Collecting vintage smut, as I do, I know who Vikki Dougan is; but I’ve been surprised a number of times by both the lack of recognition this iconic beauty has […] No related posts.
View ArticleFrom Bloomers to G-Strings: A History of Burlesque Underwear
As a burlesque performer or even an enthusiast you may have seen the old photos of Bettie Page in the “Guide for Strip-Teasers.” It was published in 1953 as a […] No related posts.
View ArticleSecret History of the Black Pin Up
(ALSO AVAILABLE AS EBOOK download for iPAD $5.99) Intrigued by the question “Why aren’t there any black pin up girls” on an internet message board, writer Jim Linderman decided to […] No related posts.
View ArticleBettie Page & Other Paper Pinup Fantasies
There obviously some errors in the text — the misspelling of Bettie Page as “Betty Page” and frankly, I am completely lost in the description of this paper doll for […] No related posts.
View ArticleIs Wearing Vintage Fashions Feminist? (Or, Sign Of The Times 1948)
At my vintage living blog, Things Your Grandmother Knew, I’ve written about the tendency to romanticize the past, but I recently read two blog posts discussing vintage fashion in terms […] No related...
View ArticleSexism Is In The Air
A pretty pin-up girl pushes the career choice of Marine Aviator. The seller says the photo was taken in the late 1950s at the Los Alamitos Naval Air Station by […] No related posts.
View ArticleOf Hard Hats In Hard Times
Normally, we see the pin-up version of women working in WWII. Like this image of dancers at London’s Windmill Theatre practicing their routine while wearing gas masks and hard-hats with […] No related...
View ArticleThe Skinny On Men’s Girlie Neckties
There’s a reason this vintage skinny tie has a print featuring smug sphinxes… It holds a secret: flip it up, and get a Peek-A-Boo treat: the technicolor insert pin-up girl […] No related posts.
View ArticleTopless Women Light Up The Dark Days Of Home Decor Advertising (Or Vintage...
Bunny Yeager, who passed away at the end of last month, did a lot of pinup photography work. Some of it more legendary than others. For example, posing a topless […] No related posts.
View ArticleMake Some NOISE With Vintage New Year’s Pinups
A sampling of some of the lovely ladies of yesteryear who have shaken their money-makers on noisemakers for New Year’s Eve: ¡Muy Caliente, classic round version, and the last lot of three contains some...
View ArticleTake A Tumble With Bettie Page
Bettie continues to “wet” appetites and satiate thirsts, so why should she not continue to adorn sets of glasses? No related posts.
View ArticleVera Francis As The “Indian Girl” In The Prodigal
For those of you who love Vera Francis, here’s another vintage photograph of the nearly forgotten & neglected African-American actress. From the 1950s, this photo features Francis in what is called...
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