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Risqué Nose Art from WW2 Bombers (NSWF)

Nose art on airplanes first became popular during WW1 when German airmen (or rather their ground-crews) started painting a mouth

Pin up girls have been around for a lot longer than you think. Since as early as the 1890s girls

Miss Fernande was arguably the very first photographic pin up star. Born during the 1890s in Paris, the lovely Fernande

Marilyn Monroe’s measurements There’s a lot of discussion about whether Marilyn Monroe really was a size 16, and whether that

Pin up photo of Sherry Britton wearing a fabulous bikini dress from the December 1945 issue of Yank, the Army

This photo of Betty Grable from 1943 was the most popular pin up photo for American GIs during WWII. You

Pin up girls or cheesecake models have been popular since the early 20th century – here are my pick of

The wonderful ‘Queen of Pinups’ Bettie Page who died on this day in 2008.

These are my 10 favourite pin up dresses! Whether you wear Rockabilly-style with tatoos and lots of attitude or cute

I saw a newspaper article yesterday about student and part-time Burlesque dancer Nerina Orton and her tiny 15.7″ waist and

Model and pin up girl Betty Brosmer and her amazing 18″ waist – isn’t she fabulous?