Another friend at Flickr, Pussycat Pinups is making wonderfully glossy neo-pinups. Beautiful girls, shiney colors and a variety of types. All you’ll ever want

Tags: Pussycat Pinups, Flickr, glossy neo-pinups, Beautiful girls

Suicide Girls started out as a small, two-person, alternative photography project. With over a thousand barely-legal-looking, naturally beautiful, tattooed and pierced models, it became a small corporation.

The site is a tastefully executed soft-core-porn subscription magazine, with a section devoted to each girl, including images, videos and a personal blog. The idea behind Suicide Girls is that blond with fake tits and a Barbie doll smile is not for everyone, and it seems to cater to a different crowd than Playboy’s. I can see women loving this. After all, it’s made by women. And of course a rock’n’rolling Goth, Neo-Punk audience.






In the words of founder, Missy:

With a vibrant, sex positive community of women (and men), SuicideGirls was founded on the belief that creativity, personality and intelligence are not incompatible with sexy, compelling entertainment, and millions of people agree. The site mixes the smarts, enthusiasm and DIY attitude of the best music and alternative culture sites with an unapologetic, grassroots approach to sexuality.

Tags: suicide Girls, Goth, pierced models, Porn for Women, soft-core-porn, Neo-Punk, barely-legal, tattooed , naturally beautiful, alternative photography

Pinups of the 50’s didn’t just spring out of midair. These images reflect their times. (as all art does.) So I set out to find authentic images that will shed light on pinup art.

Those Cool Cats

The 50’s, like any time in history, weren’t as carefree as you may imagine. Most people worked hard, African Americans were struggling and really, the only ones exuding that familiar Happy Days/Grease carefree glamor were the teenagers of white suburbia. They were fashionable and fun-loving and like many post-modern generations after them, they were to be icons who reflect their times (missing some historical facts in the process ).
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Tags: Pinup Look, 1950's, African Americans, status in society, prim and proper, Fifties teenagers, glamor of Hollywood, 50's girls, Greasers, Levi's, Rebellious teens, teenagers of white suburbia

This woman is a genius! If I had only known how easy it could be. Sure, in real life it could take a bit longer, but it’s basically true. You could have your own 1940’s pinup hair-do in 5 minutes! Just watch:

Tags: 1940's hair, Tutorial video, retro hair-do, How to pinup do video

I’m always on the lookout for eco-friendly companies. For all you environmentally conscious glamor girls Enamore Boutique is the eco-friendly retro clothes brand, creating all garments out of organic and sustainable fabrics. As you can see, they’re retro, but have a modern chick to them. My personal favorite being the adorable polka dot sleep mask (no it’s not a bathing suit top ).

Tags: Enamore Boutique, organic and sustainable fabrics, glamor girls , retro clothes brand, eco-friendly, environmentally conscious

Some pinup artists are skilled, sophisticated and patient enough to add a little technical challenge to their work - the mirror.

While looking for pinup twins a month ago, I found myself eyeing another pinup art practice - the mirrored pinup. I haven't managed to find an essay about the appearance of mirrors and reflections in a painting (let me know if you got the inside story via comment or email ), but I gather it’s an interesting research subject. In pinup art a lot of the profound meaning is shallowed out to eye-candy. I’m hoping to find some insight into the mirrored pinup.

Showing Off All Assets

As I said, in most pinup art, the profound possibilities of meaning are usually shallowed down to simple efficiency. In most cases, the pinup will be either facing the viewer, or with her back to the viewer and the mirror is there to show all the pinup’s assets - front to back.

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Tags: Through the Looking Glass, pinup artists, mirrors, mirrored pinup, WWII., Nazi propaganda, Enoch Bolles, Kevin Clark, being watched, self Portrait, glamor girls, Gil Elvgren, pinup assets

Ralph Burch is a fabulous contemporary pinup artist. Seems to be influenced mainly by Enoch Bolles and Gil Elvgren. On the other hand, he’s definitly got the slickness of today’s digital touch. Beautiful art with a giggle and a smile. The Best Kind

Tags: Ralph Burch, Pin Up Art, contemporary pinup artist, Enoch Bolles, Gil Elvgren

I was a bit hesitant to post this link, but it has so many gorgeos neo-pinups photography, I couldn’t resist. The reson I was so ambivilent is because, what you’ll see, when you go to the forum post, where this picture and many others were found, you’ll also find the ugly side of pinup lovers. Some “ho”, some “bitch” and other ignorant, misogynistic shit, a shame.

By the way, my favorite is the Betty with the cigaret hanging from the side of her mouth.

Tags: neo pinups, pinup lovers, Betty, misogynistic, ignorant, Super Creeps

It's Time for a Change

You all know how much I love diversity, so when Anita turned to me for a Marilyn Monroe-styled portrait, I was stoked. Nothing gives me more pleasure than referencing the queen of all that is retro chick.

But, for me, the best part of it was that I get to give a shake to the idea of what's beautiful. I give you Marilyn in a 2008 model. No longer does the slender blond dominate the beauty ideal. There’s beauty in all of us, I think this pin-up portrait proves it, beyond any doubt.




















So click on the item of your choice, below and get with beauty- 2008 style!

Another hit for glam-diversity baby!

Tags: Marilyn Monroe, pin-up portrait, The Pinup Shop, beauty ideal, retro chick, pinup models, glam-diversity

Is the contemporary pinup pornography?

Last week, I posted a whimsical little anthology about pinups in sports. I had a few interesting remarks, on and off-site, inquiring as to “Where are the real women?” I didn’t completely understand the nature of the question, but a thought came to my head: Unlike Playboy, some readers read this blog for the pictures. Am I a Porn Blog? Some, I suppose, think so.

All this train of thought brings us to today’s issue: Is the contemporary pinup pornography?
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Tags: Contemporary Pinup, classic pinups, Erotica, pornography, Shakira, sexuality, eroticism and fantasy, BDSM culture, misogynistic, Lorenzo Di Mauro, Hagime Soroyama, George Petty , olivia de Berardinis, Frank Frazzeta, Christina Aguilera, Billy De Vorss, Alberto Vargas, Enoch Bolles, Britney Spears

Amidst all the over-sexed media there are few non-pornographic havens that capture an old innocent feeling. In the tradition of the 1950’s damsels in underwear distress, Paul Richmond’s Cheesecake boys are exactly that. A collection of sweet, clumsy, sexy men. Richmond is a fine artist and illustrator, a proud gay man and an activist. Inspiring and fun, go have a look at his online studio.

Tags: Paul Richmond, Cheesecake Boys, 1950's, Fine artist, Illustrator, online studio

On Sunday, I told you about Char E’, the gorgeous African American Pinup. Of course, I got curious and just had to check out, who does those quality digital paintings. Meet Guy Powers and his dolls. He specializes in smooth air brushed digital neo pinups. They’re shiny and sexy, sometimes touch on the fetish but mostly on that retro humor. Usually themed, like the above cards, drinks, or state butterflies , Powers takes the pinup and makes her sexiness contemporary (including the ever-present diversity which I just love! ).

Tags: Guy Powers, Guy's Dolls

It’s not rare to see an active cheesecake, all dolled up and ready to have fun. You’d be quite surprised at how many active glamor girls are out there.

I was getting ready for a hunt, when I realized sporty pinups are all over the place. From the earliest 30’s to today, sisters are gearing up, taking hits and making hits. Whatever these glamor girls play at, sometimes they’re totally awkward and sometimes they exude confidence in spades. Here are the top 10 pinup games.

#10 Boxing

Ok, so there’s only one classic pinup in this world that depicts a boxer. She’s an Elvgren girl and he named her simply “A Knockout”.


There is, however, one more hot pinup that boxes and really knows how to hand out a punch. The daughter of legend Muhammad Ali, Laila Ali- definitly pinup worthy.

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Tags: Pinup Games, Bicycling, Sporty Glamor Girls, Bowling, 1950, Baseball, Gil Elvgren, Duane Bryers, Hilda, A league of Their Own, Golfing pin-ups, Winter Sports, Sailing , sexy sports, Water Skiing, Surfing, Fishing, A Knockout, Boxing, Water Sports , Lassoing, cowgirls

You know I’m always looking for diversity in the pinup industry. Meet Char E’ (Pronounced Shar-A), she’s been modelling in the pinup style since 1999. She is the epitome of diversity, being part African American, part Native American and part Irish. I discovered Char E’ at CafePress, where you can find many more of her pinup images. To get the full lowdown on Char E’ check out her interview at Black Men in America.

Tags: Char E’, Black Cheesecake, African American Pinups, native American pin up models