Vintage Naughty Novels. We buy them for the cover and... well that’s pretty much it. Naughty Novels is a small site dedicated to this bizzar genre of... eh... literature. With it’s simple picture+quote structure, the site captures what you really want, when you buy a vintage naughty novel: The picture and a bit of that silly, 1950’s raunch:

They called her a "tramp" - but there wasn't a man in the small fishing village whom luscious Brenda Seton couldn't hook - if she wanted that kind of love. But passion for a profit was the goal of the gorgeous temptress. When ready cash was flashed, Brenda was ready, willing - and able - to please, until she found that love can be priceless!

Tags: Vintage Naughty Novels, 1950's raunch

Manga and Anime is ripe with unaware good girls and deliberately sultry bad women. This is a short salute to my personal favorite artists and characters.

Manga (‘comics’ in Japanese) and Anime (‘animation’ in Japanese) are not just “those cute girls with big tits and big eyes” (as demonstrated to the left). Although there’s a lot of that, and the Japanese are known to let go of all sexual inhibition, when it comes to their illustrated entertainment. I believe Manga and anime are a fine art, with many styles and agendas. After all, you wouldn’t say all Western comics are about super heroes, would you?

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Tags: Manga pinups, Chun Li , Anime pinups, Shinobu , Big Tits and Big Eyes, Sumeragi Natsuki , sailormoon, Fairy tales for adults, Junko Mizuno, Aeon Flux, Last Exile, Little kimono, Maestro Delphine Eraclea, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rei Ayanami, Street Fighter, sex kitten, Good Girls, Japanese pinup girls

One of the benefits of having friends online, is that they send you tons of stuff you’d probably like. This vintage photography collection, whimsically called My Grandfather's Girls, is beautifully wrapped in flash design and was actually sent to me by a few friends. So I figured it was high time I shared it with you, my beloved readers. Hope you enjoy this historic little online treasure.

Tags: My Grandfather's Girls, vintage photography collection, online treasure, Historic pinup girls

If your a precocious pinup collector, the Grapefruit Moon Gallery is where you get your cheesecake originals. From Gil Elvgren to Henry Clive to Earl Moran, these pieces are the real deal. The actual oil on canvas piece!

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I just couldn't hold her back! This sweet wife and mother wanted her pinup portrait extra badass. The motorcycle, the leather, the works. She also told me she wants the name of the piece to be Hell On Wheels- I just couldn’t refuse her. Of course she's the sexiest mama around and makes hot biker chick. I guess sometimes, good girls just want to go bad.

Unleash your own dark side shine and click on the item of your choice below, to buy the print.

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Tags: Hell On Wheels, sexy mama, hot biker chick, The Pinup Shop, motorcycle, leather, pinup portrait, Good Girls Gone Bad

Do men pinup artists draw differently than women pinup artists? It’s the battle of the sexes!

It had to be asked- you know it and I know it. It’s so basic to the art-form, it just couldn’t be ignored. Pinup art is about the way an artist perceives sex and women, so there are bound to be differences. Let’s observe, together, the differences and similarities between men and women pinup artists.

A Little History

Traditionally, not many women artists are historically documented. Women rights are such a new concept, that sometimes I wonder how we got so far, in such a short time span. Historically, it was World War II that launched women into the work-place, in America, and they had their hand in every field of expertise and occupation.

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Tags: tits&ass, Marcus Grey, Jessica Dougherty, Dean Yeagle, Sexy Bitches, Feminist views, post-modern, dumb-blond, cartoon pinup, Alayna Magnan, Women Pinup Artists, Pearl Frush, Gil Elvgren, battle of the sexes, fetish and fantasy, pinup painting, olivia de Berardinis, Hajime Sorayama, vintage pinup, attention to detail, photo-realistic, 1950's, 1970's, 1990's, Playboy magazine, parnographic images, female commercial artists, pinup art, World War II

Edward Reed is a digital pinup artist (worked with water color and airbrush until 2005). He’s very influenced by the masters, as you can see, by this George Petty styled pinup and adds his modern twist to them. Two styles dominate his work; the classic, idealized pinup and the photorealistic neo pinup.

Tags: Edward Reed, Goerge Petty, photorealistic, classic pinup artists, digital pinup artist

This vintage ad was sent to me by a friend. I thought it to be pretty remarkable, a facsinating piece of history. Not only, do we have proof that modems were already being sold to the public in the 1970’s, but we can see the early mastery of selling with sex. And while we’re on the subject, isn’t this 70’s pinup fantastic?

My friend, sadly, doesn’t remember the source of the image, so if anybody knows somthing, shoot me an email ar comment.

Tags: 1970's, 70’s pinup, modem history, selling with sex, vintage ad

It’s movie poster mania at The Pinup Blog!

Movie posters are one of the most diversified genre there is. From photography, to realistic illustration, to the expressive and dramatic- Show biz has got it all! Of course, I’m a sucker for it’s pinups- the classic and the contemporary. Some are old-school, some I’m seeing for the first time, some will became classic in twenty year’s time. So let’s zoom into this modern art- the movie poster.

Art Nouveau Does Hollywod

Before movies were in color, or had sound, or camera movement, the posters were just as low tech. This doesn’t mean that they were inferior- on the contrary. Movie posters in the 20’s and before were designed by the most respected fine artists, such as Alfons Mucha, Eugène Grasset and Paul Colin. Always very expressionistic, focusing on colors, shapes and rhythms. All this sophistication, however, leaves enough room for a lot of sex-appeal, and as the years progressed, the cleavage regressed.


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Tags: Vintage Movie Poster, Rita Hayworth, Bad Girls, Marlene Dietrich, Natalie Portman, actresses, Quentin Tarantino, Grindhouse, Lolita, Austin Powers, Angelina Jolie, uma Thurman, neo pinups, Pinup Girls, Tragic Sirens, Bond Girls, horror genre, B movie, screaming cheesecake, scary monster, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, 1950’s, photography, modern art, femme fatal, show Biz History, 1940’s, Paul Colin, glamor girls, Alfons Mucha, Eugène Grasset, Art Nouveau, Hollywod, realistic illustration

There are many retro/pinup/vintage blogs out there, but only a select few make me feel all fuzzy inside and bubbly with excitement. Miss-Vintage is one of these top sites! So the first thing I did was add it to my blogroll (on the sidebar under “Expand Your Pinup World” ). And now I’m telling all my beloved readers about it. Miss-Vintage is a wonderfully designed and professionally executed vintage fashion site. There’s tons to explore, like interviews with original glamor girls, a comprehensive vintage fashion timeline, an incredibly thorough Encyclopedia of Vintage fashion Icons and so much more you could explode! Go there, bookmark it, and go back often!

Tags: Miss-Vintage, vintage fashion site, glamor girls, retro pinup style, Vintage fashion Icons

For all your vintage art poster needs, take a trip to Ric’s Art Shop. An elaborate collection of nothing past the 1950’s. From classic 50’s pinup girls, to Art Nouveau, to freaky circus posters.

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Take a tour in the high end of pinup art.

It’s true that mostly, pinup girls are considered a low art, at times completely thought of as porn. Today we talk a little about pinups in Pop Art- a highly respected art movement.

Before we take a look at some Pop Art pinup girls, here’s a short explanation of the movement:

Pop art is a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s... [it’s] one of the major art movements of the twentieth century. Characterized by themes and techniques drawn from popular mass culture, such as advertising and comic books, pop art is widely interpreted as either a reaction to the then-dominant ideas of abstract expressionism or an expansion upon them. Pop art, like pop music, aimed to employ images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art, emphasizing the banal or kitschy elements of any given culture.

~ Wikipedia ~

In essence, anyone making ads or comic book art is creating popular culture. The difference is that Pop Artists are usually trying to react to pop-culture with their creations and not just be part of the creation mass. (Kind of like the difference between Britney Spears and Madonna)

Mel Ramos

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Tags: pop art, Pinup Girls, popular media, print, comic book, Mel Ramos, Andy Warhol, Pop Artist, painter in the age of mechanical reproduction, Roy Lichtenstein, Low art, Allen Jones, pop-culture, art movement, 1950's, Allan d'Arcangelo, Marilyn Monroe

I know a lot of you glamour girls (and some of you glamour guys) want to adopt the pinup styles, but just aren’t sure how to do it. I’ve shown you the gorgeous Amanda’s 5 minute tutorial, now get the low-down on some more advanced tutorials, with all the tools and trimmings, at Pomps & Pin Curls. I caution, this is for the patient and brave!

Tags: Pomps & Pin Curls, glamour girls, glamour guys, pinup styles, Hair tutorials

Baseball isn't just a guy thang, as I prove in Top 10 Pinup Games - Sporty Glamor Girls. I thought it’d be cool to pay respect to all the female sports-players out there, with a little homage to the 1950's baseball uniform. These batting bombshells were true pros.

Tags: The Pinup Shop, Take Me Home, 1950's, batting bombshells, 1950's baseball uniform, Sporty Glamor Girls, female sports-players, Women in sports

If you’re looking for an authentic retro look, Bowling Shirt is an online retro shop of 1950’s memorabilia, poodle skirts and, of course, bowling shirts. But they’re not just limited to clothes and shirt-pins. Check out the unbelievable line of retro radios, phones and jukeboxes- true collector’s items!

Tags: Bowling Shirt , 1950's, authentic retro, collector’s items, retro radios, phones and jukeboxes

I’m totally stoked! Last month Holli-Mae Searle, the editor of 21st Century Pinup, a print magazine, featuring todays finest neo-pinups and burlesque stars, contacted me for an article. The May issue is all about pinups around the world. I represented Israel, of course. So check out my article (just flip to the last 3 pages)!

Tags: 21st Century Pinup, pinup magazine, burlesque stars, Israeli pinups, neo-pinups

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