AI Lingerie Challenge (1)

So...can you spot the odd one out?

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Gaite Parisienne?

Stumbled across some more Enoch Bolles cancan art, this time gracing the cover of the aptly-named Gay Parisienne magazine:

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The Quaids: revealing their best side...

Hard to believe it's not really a photograph, isn't it?

The Quaids: Three Don'ts and a Do

 Can you spot the "odd one out?"

A Bit of Sauce

A few more saucy postcards from the vault. Sorry, had to truncate this first one due to the left side of the image being a little "scrambled" during the scanning process; hoping to find a more complete version in the near future:

Next, a sentiment I suspect we can all agree with (guess it must run in the family):

Not sure if this one technically qualifies as the cancan, but the girls' suspenders hearts all seem to be in the right places:

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Complete and Unabridged

 "A rich and realistic French novel, complete and unabridged!"

While it's never a good idea to judge a book by its cover, I'd lay odds that the cancan has nothing whatsoever to do with the story, which apparently deals with the grueling chaos of war-torn France. Needless to say, any work of fiction set in Paris requires a reference to either the Moulin Rouge or le chahut, and this was probably the most eye-catching image the publishers could think of get away with at the time.

English Pulps?

Screenies Magazine, April 1937 (reconstructed cover) artist: Jacques Real. Probably an American pulp resold in the UK before wartime restrictions came into effect (the cover displays prices in both US and English currency). The style and format is reminiscent of Film Fun and similar "girly" titles, though Screenies seems to have been comparatively short lived by comparison.

Well Placed Lines

It's truly amazing what an experienced artist can express with just a few well placed lines:

Even with the color removed, this simple pen-and-ink sketch tells us everything we need to know about both the dancer and the review she's performing in.

 

 

More examples may be found on BB's tumblr blog.

Loads o' Laffs!

Not one of Enoch's best-known works, but a sterling example of the windy-skirt/funhouse genre...

An Acquired Taste...

Adapted from a French postcard in BB's Tumblr collection. Literal translation: "There is no longer anyone here who tastes real bourgeois cuisine."

Frontline Follies

Question: if shows like this had still been around when you were a kid, would you have gone to see them?

"Cleaned up" version:

More British "Strips"

British comics at their finest - John M. Burns' Eartha (News of the World, 1982). A recognized veteran whose credits ranged from Modesty Blaise to Judge Dredd, Burns was a master of the female form, never hesitating to kit out his frequently reluctant heroines in stockings and garters whenever the opportunity arose.

See also Jane Revisited (1980s).

Hands, knees and ...

A slightly 'risque' look at the lighter side of ice skating by commercial artist J. Fredrick Smith; not explicitly cancan on ice, but about as close as we're likely to get in a 50s family journal. Saw this many years ago in an Advertising textbook, recall being vaguely surprised by both the pose and the flashed panties...

Then again, ice skating has always been the perfect excuse to reveal knickers and thighs, even in venues where they might least be expected...

 

Postcard courtesy of BB's Cancan Tumblr.

Classical Cheesecake

Classical cheesecake by the great Ted Withers (second image "smoothed out" via AI). Withers seemed to start out as one of George Petty's many imitators, but later developed a more "painterly" approach to his pin-up work:

AI Enhanced

Not sure of the artist, but the signature seems to read "Pete." Upscaled the original via Zygo, lending it a somewhat polished appearance (at least IMHO):

Jane's Journal

Yes, Norman Pett's Jane returns in this stock edition published by Rylee just two years after the war. The 41-page pamphlet includes photos, articles, sketches and a hand-colored strip rarely seen outside the UK. Oh, and page sixteen features this unexpected little gem:

The rest of the book may be viewed (and downloaded) at Internet Archive (nsfw):

https://archive.org/details/Janes_Journal_by_Pett_Rylee/

Office Girls

"Neo-Pulp" illustration featuring naked office girls. Traditional media enhanced in photopshop.

Educational purpose: To illustrate terms such as transgender, fetish art, neo-pulp etc.

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At War With Wikipedia (again)

In recent days, the Eugenics Squad over at Wikimedia Commons has been getting its knickers in a twist over this conceptual piece, further demonstrating their bald faced hostility towards transgendered art...

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Unraveling

 Ever just had one of those days...?

I Just Don't Like it!

Let's begin this discussion with a direct quote from Wikimedia Commons:

"Deletion requests are not the place to attempt to change Commons policy, nor may requests be made simply to make a point. Any such requests may be speedily closed. Please use the Village Pump or the policy talk page if you wish to propose a change in policy."

Commons is not censored.

In light of the passage cited above, virtually every attempt to delete our artwork from Commons has been in direct violation of existing scope policies, particularly in cases where an image has been in use across multiple projects. DRs are frequently posted by "Anti-Pron Crusaders" trying to bypass all of the standard protocols...

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