Smoking and Pinups - Pinup Girl Style2024-03-28T16:35:11Zhttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/forum/topics/smoking-and-pinups?commentId=6504043%3AComment%3A290493&feed=yes&xn_auth=noShy Anne makes a good point a…tag:www.pinupgirlstyle.com,2013-11-02:6504043:Comment:2930252013-11-02T16:11:44.709ZEmmy Stonehttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profile/EmmaStone
<p>Shy Anne makes a good point about adverstising. It's quite amazing when you look back at old cigarette adverts, they claimed it would help you to stay slim and used that as a selling point to young women. The only reason smoking is considered glamorous is because it was (sometime still is) used as a prop to a sexy scene. If Mae West was photographed seductively holding a plate of kippers, I'm sure kippers would have also been considered "sexy". Unfortunately my husband is a smoker (I've…</p>
<p>Shy Anne makes a good point about adverstising. It's quite amazing when you look back at old cigarette adverts, they claimed it would help you to stay slim and used that as a selling point to young women. The only reason smoking is considered glamorous is because it was (sometime still is) used as a prop to a sexy scene. If Mae West was photographed seductively holding a plate of kippers, I'm sure kippers would have also been considered "sexy". Unfortunately my husband is a smoker (I've never smoked myself from being an asthmatic and not really feeling the need to 'join in' when I was a teenager) - and I think any non-smoker around smoker would agree there is nothing sexy or glamorous about inhaling second hand smoke. In terms of modelling / photo shoots - I'm sure most, if not all, models can achieve a sexy, mysterious shoot without having to hold a cigarette - it's just a case of being a bit more creative. Personally I wouldn't find a shoot with someone smoking any more glamorous that a model swigging gin out a brown paper bag or shooting up, although that is most likely because I associate smoking with cancer and death, as a result of my grandmother dying from lung cancer.</p> I think the pinup look and sm…tag:www.pinupgirlstyle.com,2013-10-23:6504043:Comment:2908622013-10-23T03:32:45.516ZJennifer McKeeverhttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profile/JenniferMcKeever
<p>I think the pinup look and smoking go together because back in the 50s and 60s everyone smoked, so for photo shoots I get why they use cigarettes as "props"</p>
<p>I can't deny a sexy ass pinup girl does look even sexier smoking! I asked my husband why this is and he said its a bad girl thing, like tattoos, and motorcycles, it turns men on to see a women do "naughty" things, think of Bettie Page! In real life smoking is disgusting but just for a photo shoot it does complete that look.</p>
<p>I think the pinup look and smoking go together because back in the 50s and 60s everyone smoked, so for photo shoots I get why they use cigarettes as "props"</p>
<p>I can't deny a sexy ass pinup girl does look even sexier smoking! I asked my husband why this is and he said its a bad girl thing, like tattoos, and motorcycles, it turns men on to see a women do "naughty" things, think of Bettie Page! In real life smoking is disgusting but just for a photo shoot it does complete that look.</p> The image of someone holding…tag:www.pinupgirlstyle.com,2013-10-21:6504043:Comment:2906822013-10-21T22:17:24.889ZEllie Mae Berryhttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profile/EllieMaeBerry
<p>The image of someone holding a cigarette, smoke flowing from their slightly pursed lips, has always been a glamorous image. <br/><br/></p>
<p>Personally, I love looking at photos and videos of people who are smoking. </p>
<p>The after effects are of course, terrible, and one of the many reasons I will never touch a real cigarette. But it is an incredibly sexy look.</p>
<p>The image of someone holding a cigarette, smoke flowing from their slightly pursed lips, has always been a glamorous image. <br/><br/></p>
<p>Personally, I love looking at photos and videos of people who are smoking. </p>
<p>The after effects are of course, terrible, and one of the many reasons I will never touch a real cigarette. But it is an incredibly sexy look.</p> I couldn't agree more Aoife t…tag:www.pinupgirlstyle.com,2013-10-21:6504043:Comment:2904932013-10-21T17:15:29.186ZTahitia Belle Fillehttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profile/TahitiaBelleFille
<p>I couldn't agree more Aoife that not smoking is a great and easy way to look young for a very long time! A girl I've known for a couple years just told me that she assumed I was her age, 22. That totally made my day :)<br></br><br></br>I know what you're saying that it's a classic look, the smoking pinup but I honestly think it comes down to what Shy Anne and Brandi said about it just being something from another time when the long term health effects really weren't understood.<br></br><br></br>Seeing the…</p>
<p>I couldn't agree more Aoife that not smoking is a great and easy way to look young for a very long time! A girl I've known for a couple years just told me that she assumed I was her age, 22. That totally made my day :)<br/><br/>I know what you're saying that it's a classic look, the smoking pinup but I honestly think it comes down to what Shy Anne and Brandi said about it just being something from another time when the long term health effects really weren't understood.<br/><br/>Seeing the results of a lifetime of smoking first hand on a regular basis though at my job, and seeing what a lifetime of smoking did to someone that I love and miss so much has turned me off smoking and even the "look" of smoking for life.<br/><br/>There are plenty of other ways to make a modern pinup look mysteries and edgy without going down that road again :)<br/><br/>Also I don't think it's a weird topic at all Aoife, </p> I think the fascination goes…tag:www.pinupgirlstyle.com,2013-10-21:6504043:Comment:2907812013-10-21T13:42:27.846ZShy Annehttp://www.pinupgirlstyle.com/profile/BrandyCross
<p>I think the fascination goes back to the 50s and 60s when pinup models were used to promote smoking, so a great deal of the shots featured women smoking. The live pinup was actually the 'cigarette girl' who wore a sexy uniform and went around in clubs offering cigarettes to the patrons, …</p>
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<p>I think the fascination goes back to the 50s and 60s when pinup models were used to promote smoking, so a great deal of the shots featured women smoking. The live pinup was actually the 'cigarette girl' who wore a sexy uniform and went around in clubs offering cigarettes to the patrons, </p>
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<p>so while we know today that smoking is bad for you in so many ways, in the 50s it was advertised as glamorous and sexy </p>