The Florodora Girls & Other Musical Comedy pinup Stars
- 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
- The Florodora Girls & Other Musical Comedy pinup Stars
- 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
- Movie Vamps Have Been Pinups
- Pinup Gals of World War I and World War II: Mary Pickford and Betty Grable
“Today’s musical comedy stars replace the Grecian bend of The Florodora Girls with abandon, and little else” reads the headline. It mentioned the famous pinups who have come from the anonymity of chorus lines, including: Eva Tanguay, Ann Held, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, Barbara Stanwyck, and Lucille Ball.
The Florodora Girls set a standard of marrying wealth and position, and each girl conformed to the Edwardian standard of perfect feminine beauty. Each Florodora actress was exactly 130 pounds, 5 foot 4, and brunette. They made history and will be long remembered, asserts this 1953 article.
A dancer in Hazel Flagg, Sheree North, made a similar sensation in 1953, with her lovely veil dance.
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