To start, unlike the pin-up style, women’s rockabilly fashion, at its beginnings was ingenuous and funny. This way, they keep some coincidences and some differences. ![]() The rockabilly style was born when the pin-up style was already established and, inevitably was influenced by it. The cheeks intensely traced to look higher and with a sharper profile. The eyebrow always perfectly cared and blent, with eyes fold traced with brown eye shadow and the eyelid with eyeliner. With red lips and black eyeliner cat eyes. The pin-up stands out for their make up that emphasizes their porcelain skin, as they were dolls. It is also usual to adorn it with ribbons, scarfs, flower brooches and hats. It is very common to see waves and curls with a short and straight fringe. Pin-up girls hairstyles are clean and attractive and always use to have a 50’s air. Without a doubt, the indispensable footwear are the peep toes or, any kind of high heel shoes. Also, in the pin-up style won’t wear too much accessories. The t-shirts, usually with neckline (especially heart’s one), to highlight the breast. Also use to wear pirate pants with “ballerinas” (one of the very few flat shoes accepted). If they wear pants, the pin-up girls use hot pants, the classical characteristic shorts, ultra short and waist-high. If they are long will be three quarters with flounces. Regarding the skirts, they can be long or short. Pin-up girls use to wear period dresses, always tight on the waist and with polka dots, stripes or checks. So, this way, the look, attitude and the styling of those models was what defined the pin-up style. ![]() ![]() With the time, the models that posed for that kind of images, flirty but not pornographic, ended up being the pin-up girls. Above all the Second World War popularized its use in postcards, magazines and prints on plane’s nose. Pin-up styleĪt first, the pin-up were images (pictures or illustrations) from girls that posed on a sensual and flirty way, very popular in the 30’s and 50’s decade. However, rockabilly style started, precisely in the 50’s with clear pin-up influences. Actually, pin-up style appeared at ends of the 30’s decade, gainning strength during the 40’s and beginnings of the 50’s. In fact they are two very connected styles that share many in common. After rockabilly’s revival during the 80’s decade, in the popular imaginary rockabilly and pin-up styles began to mix-up.
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