Pinup Girl Tattoos

Pinup Girl Tattoos and Tattoo Designs

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A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a poster or picture of model in lingerie or very little clothing, striking seductive poses. Pin-up girls are often glamour models, fashion models, and actresses. Pin-up may also refer to drawings, paintings and other illustrations done in emulation of these photos. The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented back at least to the 1890s.

The pin up images could be cut out of magazines or newspapers, or be from postcard or chromo-lithographs, and so on. Such photos often appear on calendars, which are meant to be pinned up anyway. Later, posters of pin-up girls were mass-produced. Many pin ups were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable. Her poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II. Other pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought a particularly beautiful or attractive woman should look like. An early example of the latter type was the Gibson girl, drawn by Charles Dana Gibson. The genre also gave rise to several well-known artists specializing in the field, including Alberto Vargas and George Petty, and numerous lesser artists such as Art Frahm.

Pinup girl tattoos are a staple in tattoo culture that goes back as far as WWII. Pinup girl tattoos represent beauty and feminine sexuality. Although they are traditionally found on men, these tattoo designs are showing up more and more on women as a symbol of the feminine mystique.