pinup

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Beyoncé, calls her while Gaga sits in curlers made of Coke cans, a nod to vintage pinup aesthetics.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

The way the men at Casa Susanna used female representation and respected a code in terms of clothes, they didn’t want to look like a pinup or a Hollywood queen.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2023

“Same clothes. Same music. Same pinup girls. Seriously. To have an idea when someone mentions a heavy metal group, that helps.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

The Pirelli calendar, now in its 49th edition since 1964, has evolved from its pinup origins into a major platform for art photographers, more recently moving away from nudity.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2022

You're no pinup boy, Steve, but—and this may come as a shock to you—women don't put one-tenth the stock in pulchritude that men do?

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver