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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Loads o' Laffs!

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

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:

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So, my good friend Daisy has finally fulfilled her life-long dream of being a runway model! During a recent visit to Courtland Plaza, she was offered five hundred dollars to model lingerie in the main concourse.

Note: in case you're wondering, this screencap is taken from a dress-up game I created a few years ago.

Birthday Suits

So, it turns out that our good friend Holly has just turned eighteen, meaning it's time to break out the champagne and trip the light fantastique. Holly's been waiting for this moment her entire life, and so to celebrate her coming of age, she's agreed to model her lingerie for everyone on this site. Don't worry, no need to be embarrassed; we've been planning this show for a long time, and it's not every day that a pretty young lady makes her public debut.

First up, we have 'pretty in pink' as Holly tries on a matching set of bra and panties:

Note: in case you're wondering, this screencap is taken from a dress-up game I created a few years ago.

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Stopping Traffic

Ah - the great ironies of life. It's always struck me as vaguely hilarious that while lingerie scenes were effectively banned from the Hollywood mainstream for over three decades, the printed media was literally saturated with cheesecake imagery - particularly newspapers and women's magazines. Many of the glossies opted for illustrations over photographs, and considering the level of quality, it's easy to see why.

Lingerie ads were often beautifully rendered in classic pin-up style, somehow managing to look both risque and tasteful at the same time. No need for racy pulps or Esquire calendars here, not when Ladies Home Journal featured artwork every bit as sexy as Vargas or Elvgren at their best. Common tabloids and mail order catalogs included much the same material as the more prestigious publications, making these visual delights available to everybody.