The new collection by Dita: How to get the Pin Up look

Following your numerous messages concerning how to get a total pin up look with the clothes of our new collection designed by Dita Van Teese, we are focussing, this week, on the Pin Up look. 

Dita Von Teese

The origins of pin up can be documented back at least to the end of 19th century, but reached their biggest popularity in the 40s and 50s. They were depictions of very beautiful women with a sensual and ingenuous air. Many pin-ups were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols. One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable, whose poster was ubiquitous in the lockers of G.I.s during World War II. Other pin-ups were artwork, often depicting idealized versions of what some thought a particularly beautiful or attractive woman should look like. They were attractive for advertising agencies, their fresh image flooded the calendars. With the time, pin-up passed from the photos and posters to fashion magazines and advertising.The pin-up look is very precise. Pin-up girls are very feminine. Their lips use to be paint in red, their eyelashes are very defined, using false eyelashes in the photographs. The eyebrows are very pronounced, skin color uses to be very fair, and hair uses to be wavy or softly curled. The pin-up poses are very suggestive, in casual attitudes, always surrounded with glamour, using fetishisms like women dressed as sailor, waitress, nurse...

Betty Grable

Wondering how to get that classic pin up look?

If you're thinking about trying the pin up look yourself, be it for an upcoming photoshoot or just a private little performance, we have a few tips that will get you lookin' like a calendar girl in no time.

Get the right hair 

The right kind of hair will make or break the whole look. The pin up style originated at the very beginning of the 20th century but became iconic around the 1940s and 1950s. Search around on YouTube for pin up hair tutorials, or ask your favorite salon stylist for suggestions and tips suitable for your hair. 

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The makeup

The pin up style focuses on femininity and youth. This means that you should emphasize big, bright eyes and lashes, bold red lip color and rosy blushed cheeks. Take a look at some of the Gil Elvgren illustrations to see what we're talking about. You can add some sexy body spots.

Finding the right outfit

The pin up girls of the past were covered, but always suggested a naughty reveal. Popular outfits of the time were often swimsuits, girdles or flowy dresses. What they mostly had in common were garters and seamed stockings peeking out. You should prefer the dresses that shape your body forms, the best is to emphasize the breast and the hips, you can use a corset to better define your body. High heels will make your legs longer and sexy.

Take some time to learn some of the simple posing techniques that make this look so irresistible. Be sexy, sensual, girly or fatal, ingenious or fresh,