You’re not seeing double. This list compiles pinup twins from around the world and across history.

Like the bunny and the exotic dancer, the fantasy of twins has always been out there. Twins photograph incredibly, and automatically call to mind additional meaning to an image. Smart photographers and painters utilized their rarity in order to create a stunning image. I’m leaving the sexual stuff out of this list, as alluring as it may appear it’s incest and I’m just not that kind of blogger.

The Vintage Twins that Launched a Thousand Words

Not much is known about Edward D'Ancona, who very possibly had a severe book fetish. This pinup isn’t dated, and all we can assume is that it was painted between the mid 1930-1960, the years he was known to be an active calendar artist. That’s a big gap, and the painting doesn’t clue us in to much. Seeing as these glamor girls are naked, the only thing I could go by is the hair, which looks right about the right length and styling to be between the 1940-1950. But again, I don’t know for sure, so feel free to enlighten us with an email or comment, if you know better.

This is the pinup that inspired this article, because...
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Tags: Double Happiness, Retro Pinup Twins, Vintage twins, Greg Hildebrandt, Edward D'Ancona, Dahm Triplets, 1940, Allison Evans and Jessica Henry, Forniphilia, Playboy Twins, The Bentley sisters, Patrick Nagel, 1980's, 1950, objectification, 1960, Beauty Calender, Losing innocence, chinese pinup girls, 1970, Vespa Twins

While writing about biker art, and looking for female riders, I was reminded of those old, Italian, vintage Vespa posters. With all due respect to the roaring Harley, lets move on to the waspy hum of the Vespa.

Since the 1950's, anyone who’s ever visited Italy, especially Rome, knows the familiar site of pretty girls on their Vespa. Why is it that the Harley Davidson became a man’s vehicle, and the Piaggio Vespa became a woman’s Vehicle?

A Sissy Motorcycle

The original designer of Vespa, Corradino D'Ascanio, apparently didn’t see the fun of the motorcycle, and opted to create a sensible two-wheel mode of transportation.

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Tags: Vespa women, Oil-painted cheesecake, 1960, 1970, Jayne Mansfield, Raquel Welsh, Female riders, England, Vespa ads, Urssula Andress, Italian pinups, Vintage Vespa Posters, Harley Davidson, 1950's, Italy, Piaggio girls, Corradino D'Ascanio

Between the 1930’s to the 1960’s Beefcake was at it’s hight. Very popular in gay circles and very much in the closet- sold as health pamphlets.

It’s not easy to find beefcake. Not even on the internet. And even when you find it, it lacks the luster and playfulness, found in it’s female pastry counterpart. I’ve searched high and low for male pinups and managed to find a few gold nuggets worth your attention.

Bob Mizer

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Tags: Gay men, 1930, 1960, 1970, Male Pinups, Bob Mizer, Athletic Model Guild, Tom of Finland, Beefcake Artist