Television reshaped the 1950s Pinup Phenomenon
- The Production Code and Continued Evolution of Cheesecake Pinup
- How Politics shaped womens fashions in the early 20th century
- Women’s Fashion Trends in the first half of the 20th Century changed drastically
- How World War I and World War II influenced womens fashions
- Lucille Ball and Marie Wilson were Successful Pinups on TV
- To Man, Woman is Basically Funny – history of pinups in humor
- Marilyn Monroe’s appearance on the Jack Benny Show, and Ed Sullivan’s Toastettes
- How the term cheesecake pinup originated
- The future of the pinup model
- History of Women’s Swimwear and Sports Fashions
- History of Beauty Contests and the Ideal Female Measurements of the 1950s
- A brief history of women in sports, part II
- Television reshaped the 1950s Pinup Phenomenon
- History of the Covergirl pinup model
- The evolution of chorus girls and showing skin on stage
- A brief history of Women in Sports
- Pretty Girls Sold Tobacco – tobacco advertisements used pinups
- Dancing, Singing, NightClubs, and 1950s Stripper Stars
- Pinups on billboards, book covers, and record covers.
- History of Lingerie advertisements from the 1800s to the 1950s
- How to sell shirts and bed sheets with Cheesecake Pinups
- Corset and shapewear advertising history
- CheeseCake – An American Phenomenon
- The Florodora Girls & Other Musical Comedy pinup Stars
- Movie Vamps Have Been Pinups
“The Bust Line May be Best Line in TV”. This early 1950s pinup history article explores how television was then currently reshaping the Pinup phenomenon, despite Production Code restrictions.
It remarked that Faye Emerson’s low cut gowns in the late 1940s invited scandal, and later on trends turned away from excess by raising bustlines and hemlines (referencing the Breen era’s “latest” revision of 1951, that apparently included a ban against showing intimate apparel on a moving figure). However, these movie and television restrictions had the result of making the female form more enticing, “A whisper echoes more than a shout”.
Pictured is Faye Emerson, and Dagmar with Jimmy Durante
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