Monday, January 10, 2005

Pin-up..

From a Bettie Page webpage, they say it all:

Bettie Page is the queen of the pin-up. She has reached a cult status far beyond any other glamour girl. With a coy smile and a twinkle in her eyes, Bettie embodied all the playful elements of the glamour era. In the 1950's you couldn't open a men's magazine without finding some picture of Bettie. Whereas other pin-up girls had other ambitions (dancer, actress, etc...), Bettie was happy just posing for pictures. In her early career she posed mostly for fetish photographer Irving Klaw and with him made the famous burlesque-on-screen movie "Teaserama" with stripper Tempest Stormm. Later in her career, Bettie became a model for fellow pin-up star Bunny Yeager. It was with Yeager that Bettie made her famous Playboy photos including a centerfold shoot used in a 1955 issue. By the end of the 1950's Bettie basically quit the modeling life and faded out of sight. Recently there has been renewed interest in her life story with many tell-all biographies available as well as some great coffee table photo books.

And so, without further adieu... Ms. Bettie Page!


For more of Ms. Page, try out here Shrine Website: The Bettie Page Shrine.

Just in case you were curious about how my lovely wife feels about these pictures, she picked this one out!

Now I am off to the bathroom for a cold shower..

2 comments:

Baby Chicken said...

I knew you would like it!

TheBitterAmerican said...

My,..heart,....must,..take,..cold,..shower!

Co-oo-ool.

But I still like Bunny yeager by herself