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Parisian Pin Ups

I stumbled upon a great little website dedicated to collecting old pin-ups and found they had a wonderful archive of La Vie Parisienne, a French erotic magazine that was founded in 1863. And of course with Parisian pin-ups, you know the fashion is going to be pretty fabulous… Also found these sketches by Jacques Le…

Vintage Muse du Jour: Rediscovering Chelo Alonso, Cuba’s Answer to Marilyn

She was billed as  the human,”Cuban H-Bomb” by American media in the 1950s, ’cause Chelo Alonso was Cuba’s answer to Marilyn Monroe. Simply a force to be reckoned with, she exploded onto the international movie scene in the 1950s as both a dancer, instantly drawing comparisons to Josephine Baker, and as a starlet who carved…

So a Glamazon, a Snake Charmer, and a Calypso Queen Walk into a Bar

It took more than a pretty face to make it big in burlesque – it took fearlessness and a strong dose of je ne sais quoi to make America take notice during the golden age of showgirl entertainment. Five women in particular have caught our attention more than a century later, so put up your…
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