How do I love pinups and let me count the ways...

Yes, I sat myself down and asked myself why it is I blog about pinups. It’s so trivial, it’s so silly and so horny! So why then? Here are 10 fine reasons!

#10 The Detail

I’m a sucker for good craftsmanship. Most people are. As an art student you learn to appreciate abstract art and god knows I love it, but there is always a special place in my heart for that artist that can really draw convincing fingernails and get deep into the garter-clasp details.


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Tags: pinup lovers, Nostalgia, garter-clasp details, king of pinups, Marilyn Monroe, Betty Page, straightforward sexuality, sexually explicit, pinup artists, Olivia De Bernardinis, retro style, Classic Sweetness, garter belts, Women, Voluptuous, Gil Elvgren, modern Venuses, Garters and Stockings, beauty and mystic, natural beauty, Low art, pornographic, Diversity, neo-pinups

I've always said retro is for all shapes and sizes. Lately I've stumbled on Torrid, which is a U.S. wide clothing chain for the big and beautiful. Now they're online, as well. And really, the pictures say it all. A lot of thought goes into these designs, and although Torrid isn't all retro, it's got a lot of it. Even though it has nothing to do with size, Torrid got me with their crazy feathered hats, I'm definitely ordering me one of those!

Tags: Torrid, Plus-size Pinups, Flare, retro hats

Plus-size pinups are a niche within a niche. It's hard to see a potential of growth outside of the plus-size fetish community. I would like to propose otherwise, by showcasing a few plus-size pinup artists.

Searching for plus-size pinups is (as in many other pinup sub-niches) tough and yields little results. Even more discouraging was finding the following short conversation on Yahoo Answers, in the begining stages of research.

Q: Who are some of the greatest plus-size pin-up models of today?

A1: Look on myspace, and you'll find plenty. the thing is, pin-up models, plus size or otherwise, aren't really part of a booming industry outside of fetishists, Betty Page fans and tattoo conventions. Can you name a contemporary pin-up model (outside of Dita Von-Teese) at all?
Plus size pin-ups especially are a non-issue - I can't name any because there aren't any famous ones. Again, you'll find hundreds of women calling themselves plus size models on myspace - so you can check them out there, but the majority of them are not actual models.

A2:Are you talking about waist line or bust size?
Not a huge market for fat pin-ups. Pun intended.
With the advent of the internet the market for modern pin-ups has become huge, de-valued, international, and fragmented. I can't say who is the queen of today's pin-up market. 99% of pin-ups are viewed eletronically and never make it to print. Just 10 years ago it was the complete opposite.
Certainly there is no modern Betty Page of any size.

Hilda - Very Humble Beginnings

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Tags: Hilda, Plus-size Pinup, pinup artists, Duane Bryers, Booty Babe Art, Les Toil girls, Bodacious Magazine, chris Cooper, Big Bad Girls

Non-Irish Girls Just Want to Have Fun!

A few good months ago I wrote an article about pinups and diversity. A prominent shortage of African American pinups bugged me. So I was pretty ecstatic when I was contact by my current model. Black and voluptuous, she made The Pinup Shop truly diverse.

In the spirit of diversity and the up-coming St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd retaliate to all the "Kiss Me I'm Irish" T-shirts on CafePress and give the non-Irish a chance to be loved.

Get lucky this St. Patrick's with a I'm Not Irish but Kiss Me Anyway item.



















      Cafepress shipping details:

Have a happy, diverse St. Patrick's Day,

Tags: st. patrick's day, Irish, Kiss, Pinups and diversity, African American Pinups, Black Cheesecake, The Pinup Shop

Sexual art is usually underground or very niched. Because of this, artists throw all inhibition away and correct the politically incorrect. There are no holy cows in the pinup business, just beautiful pinup girls (and boys) of all shapes, sizes and sexes.

Hard to find but worth the effort

It's true that if you do a Google search of the term “male pinups” you wouldn't get much of that retro beefcake fun. Not to mention the poor results on “African American pinups”. But if you look deep and maybe throw in a couple of names, you will find Dorothy Dandridge and a handful of naked men (not together! )

Sexual art (A.K.A. “pornography” ) has never been subjected to the cultural snob's censorship. What's the point? Smut is smut, right?

Wrong!

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Tags: sexual Art, underground art, Duane Bryers, retro pinup art, Lesbian pinups, 1940, 1950, Hilda, Plus-size Pinup, Les Toil, The Toil Girls, Beautiful pinup girls, Diversity, African American Pinups, Masuimi Max, pinup boys, pornography, Beefcake, Dorothy Dandridge, naked men, Male Pinups