DIY: Studded Bustier (part uno)

So, sitting here wanting to

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Share my DIY studded bustier , but the only access I have to instant photos, is my lovely web cam. Mer. It was bought on ebay of course, one of the many cheap little objects I have collected from ebay. (It was 5.99) Yeah with that said, I dont expect much but here are some pics anyway of what it looks like now, I really want to add some more detail, but not sure if I should just keep it simple? Let me know what you think, and I will have more pics of it (on my bod)..shortly I just have to make it to the store (to develope of course) :X

So before I noticed the lovely heart charm of this vintage bustier, I started using silver studs, it just wasnt right so I switched over; luckily I had some nice gold studs too. I got ths studs from ebay, of course and they were really cheap :) bonus yes.

Eh, so all I did was carefully bend the back of the studs and then poke them throw the cup of the bustier, this was my first time studding anything and it seem like the logical way to do it ! And luckily there was no lace or fabric hurt in the making of this DIY.:D

And again sorry for the poor quality of the pics, better ones up soon. I also have another lovely bustier I got from a vintage store on ebay, that I would like to dazzle up here soon. I will be purchasing some more intertesting studs soon, rather than the typcially pyraminds, I really want to play with it and see what I can do . I have been inspired by so many other DIY with studs, that I hope to continue to use them as my current muse to create. Hopefully that DIY will be coming soon. :)

Nylons ,stockings, Suggestive ads, Sex has always been in Style.

 ::Classy vintage pin ups to the sexually exuberant fashion scene of today.::

Many pin ups were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols.
One of the most popular early pin-up girls was Betty Grable.

Here she is in the famous shot of her in a bathing suit, this was most likey to be caught "pinned" up on the wall of any soilder in WWII.

Her legs, were famously insured for 1,000,000$ (at the time that was a lot of money. )

A vintage pin up girl was a woman whose pulchritude would entice one to place a picture of her on a wall.The term was first attested to in English in 1941; however the practice is documented as going back at least to the 1890s.

30s and 40s pin up style art work.

An Alberto Vargas.

He was a famously noted artist back in the 1930s-40s era. depicting images of lovely pin up models.

Of course, I had to include here the beautiful Bettie Page, probably the most imitated and adored pin up from the 50's. Stockings, smiles and S & M remind me of Bettie Page, too bad she became a nun not too long after her she became one if not the first  pin up/fetish queen.

Bettie Page, wound up and gaged? Yes please.

1950's

Wonder who these women were inspired from? Lets see not as cunning or controversial

but well adored,  I give you the Gibson girl, this girl your grandfather could tell you a few things about.

The Gibson Girl was the creation of illustrator Charles Dana Gibson at the turn of the 20th Century. The Gibson Girl personified the ideal woman of the 19th and early 20th century. She was tall, slender, and big bosomed.

Marilyn Monroe.

And the 60's.?

Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll (how many times have you heard that phrase?)

During this period most of the female sex icons were in film , few models in the 60's were projected as sex symbols. 

Elke Sommer

The gorgeous film star was also one of the most popular pin-up girls of the sixties, and posed twice for Playboy.

"The red scarf"

circa 1970's

Kate Moss, a clip from a  fashion magazine

The 90's brought us Kate Moss, and Calvin Klein Ads..and oh yeah... a culture (slightly recovered) from the free-love and drug fests of the 60's--  Still, sex in fashion advertising, started being exercised more than ever.

Now, we are typically considered the generation of the world wide web. Contray to earlier times, sex in fashion has not always been so prominent as today, whether it is slightly suggestive or up in your face.

                    

Jordache ad late 70s.

 

Calvin Klein

Kate and Marky Mark early 90s.

Kate watching a  boy undressing via the rear view

Puma Ad 2007 aprox.

D&G Ad

American Apparel

..."Sexual content in mass media has been around as long as mass media itself...."

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/51589

Throw me back when.....

So I wanted to profile a lovely independent designer I heard of via myspace and etsy; Vintage Opulence. I love vintage lingerie and I am obssesed with getting my hands on some wherever I can find it. I have had luck on Ebay and Etsy of course, but as far as other clothing sites and stores seem to be a tad expensive. Here are some things she has for sale right now that I absolutely adore!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/vintageopulence

Amazing work on these vintage inspired lingerie pieces, any girl who loves lace and

ruffles would adore any of her stuff.

Happens to make me want to be a burlesque dancer !