Usaf Pilot
The history of Pin-up
Theda Bara. Dorothy Lamour. Betty Grable. Jean Harlow. Vivien Leigh. Greta Garbo. Elizabeth Taylor. Jayne Mansfield. Twiggy. Farrah Fawcett. And, of course, the magnificent Marilyn Monroe.
They came from different eras, from 1910 until the 1960s. They were beautiful, attractive, and represented the final " women. "Pin-Up girls were posters that represented every man's dream of the perfect woman! These pin-ups graced the lockers of high school boys, calendars and American soldiers bunk Room World War II. Far from home, the treasured posters GI pin-up girl, but he gave the soldiers something beautiful and sexy at the same time to see all his fellow-men, not to mention the misery and graphic violence of war. Army Air Corps pilots who risked their lives every day, developed "nose art" that was painted beautifully on the outside deck of their fighters, bombers, cargo aircraft or air transport. In addition to the representations spectacular of fierce, snarling animals like tigers, eagles and sharks, pin-up girls often appeared in the noses of U.S. aircraft. And in 1941, test pilot Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in a jet decorated with a beautiful pin-up of his wife, naming the plane "Glamorous Glynnis."
In 1947, the Army Air Corps officially became the United States Air Force. Nose art, especially the vintage pin-up girls, continued to the grace of the wells outside the aircraft cock faster and better in the world. But times change, as "political correctness." Thirty years later, at the beginning of awareness of sexual harassment and exploitation of women, nose art was officially banned by the USAF, and this art pin-up gone forever. It is only seen now in museums depicting the lives of soldiers in the past.
Several sources cite the three pin-up girls as Betty Grable provocatively posing in a bathing suit one piece, skirt revealing of Marilyn Monroe "fly" from The Seven Year Itch, and Farrah Fawcett as she appeared in series TV show "Charlie's Angels." But this does not end with the girls beautiful and sensual pin-up, the last decade has given us men pin-up too! Beautiful heartthrob Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt and Fabio adorn the bedroom walls of many a teenager. It is also popular in modern art pin-up are rock singers Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Steven Tyler, and the hugely popular among the groups, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Pin-up art reached its apogee during the Second World War and art experts say it will never be the same. During this time, all female stars in Hollywood had aspirations of becoming a popular pin-up theme of art, that was part of their formula to successful movie careers. Today you can find vintage pin-ups on the Internet that are of fine quality and evoke memories of times past.
About the Author
Martin Castin is a pin-up afficianado. He has walls full of this glamorous art, from the past and present. You can find pin-up stories at Pinup Ferret, and buy a piece of this beautiful genre at the Pinup Auctions.
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