We know the pin-up style, a trend that marked a before and after in the 40s and 50s, but that there are still people who follow his thread referring to this trend. The style Pin up for men to be reinvented in these years ago with that voluminous hairstyle on top of the head and leather jackets with zippers.
pin up girls always take advantage of this style to go impeccable, have always been women who have filled the advertising posters. Her beauty marks an elegant proposal, with elegant dresses in her style, fun hairstyles and a humble and natural beauty, but marking confidence.
Pin up style history
It is curious to investigate the history of the Pin up "to hang". Generally this term was popularized for all those people who dressed artfully and provocatively, enough to be photographed with a camera and to be the cover of many magazines, calendars, comics...
Women are the ones we remember best, with their suggestive hairstyles, marked lips and pale complexion. Her clothes stand out for their high-waisted skirts and pants, their necklines and high-heeled shoes. You remember them with him term cheesecake, since 1934. Twenty years later it is gaining strength and women are ““better than a cheesecake” (better than cheesecake), men don't get rid of their little nickname either, they're the beefcake.
The way of dressing Pin up in man
The man did not stop being the protagonist of this fashion, since the woman stood out in all the illustrations. Today we can recognize that man marked by a synonym of clothing, tattoos and a taste for rockabilly music.
Notable jeans or leather pants, always marking the silhouette, like the rest of the clothes. The t-shirts always with those fetish Colors, always very strong. Others very neutral like black and white or simply plain. Some with a vintage print or some kind of message. The shirts also mark his style, with checkered patterns and very characteristic colors.
And we can't forget about leather jackets, usually black, short at the waist and fitted. With suggestive shapes on its neck to be able to rise and with the typical zippers on different sides and on the handles, even the characteristic feature of the belt with buckles.
Hairstyles
Surely we remember Undercut style, actually they have their resemblance, but also some differences. Highlight that long hair with a great pompadour or long toupee, where to use the dryer and a lot of fixing lacquer or an extreme fixer. The sides of the head are shorter, but without being extreme or shaved like in the Undercut shape.
The hairstyle above the head is very bulky and create a perfect combination with a mustache or a suggestive beard, long or simply short and neat. Women They also use voluminous forms, with very marked toupees, some hair collected and other times loose and lots of ringlets on the front and top. Scarves stand out a lot in women, both in the neck and in their hairstyles, men also bet on scarves in the neck.
Tattoos
He's got tattoos is a symbolic way to complete this style. They are usually nuanced with musical symbols, with marine drawings and they use a lot of colors with shapes of diamonds, hearts, flowers and skulls.
The black color It also stands out, although the color tones are its main. The drawings can be seen in the arms and chest Just by looking at the tattoos we can see how its characteristic sign is, a pin up style.
Pin Up Style Vs Rockabilly Style
They are two fashion influences that come before each other. It is because of that have many characteristics in common and where the pin up style has influenced his style in rockabilly.
Just as the pin up created style of very feminine, naive and fun women. Their way of dressing was high waisted, evasé skirts up to the knees, heels with sharp points at the end of the foot and with short socks, pronounced necklines and fitted shirts. In addition, her makeup is light, with very painted and colored lips and a very marked eyeliner.
Rockabilly begins in the 80s where the girls and the boys have a tougher and rougher type. the girls they wear a lot of leather like men, they like red and black, tattoos, skulls. and they are a little more rockers, but without becoming so rocker.
pin-up style has marked more relevance among women. They became women models of photography and half suggestive of uncovering, especially in times where wars took place. Today It is a very sensual movement, where men and women follow his trend mixing in part rockabilly, we will certainly not stop enjoying his attitude for many more years.