Return of the Queen

In which we welcome back a woman who needs no introduction… It’s National Nylon Stocking Day (for real!) and just like last year we’ve invited back to the Starfire Lounge the Queen of the Nylon Jungle herself, Bettie Page. Bettie lived and breathed nylon stockings during her modeling career. She wore stockings so often and … Continue reading Return of the Queen →

Bombshells: Peggy Knudsen

Margaret Ann “Peggy” Knudsen (1923–1980) was a Minnesota girl who first ventured to Broadway and then across country for a Hollywood movie career. While she had small and bit parts in several big films, like A Stolen Life and The Big Sleep, Peggy largely carved out a career in B movies, where her midwestern beauty … Continue reading Bombshells: Peggy Knudsen →

Bombshells: Allison Hayes

In which we sing the praises of B-movie Bombshell Allison Hayes. In the late 1950s, if you needed a voluptuous, sexy, and beautiful Bombshell to headline your science fiction or horror B movie, you could do no better than Allison Hayes, born May Jane Hayes in West Virginia in 1930. The auburn-haired smokeshow was intensely … Continue reading Bombshells: Allison Hayes →

Marilyn Monday

If Marilyn in her lingerie blissing out to books and records isn’t the mood, then I don’t know what is. Good lord, bibliophiles and audiophiles everywhere are clutching their hearts and dying the very best deaths. See what I mean about “blissing out”? She looks stoned out of her gourd, or like she just got … Continue reading Marilyn Monday →

Marilyn Monday

The color red can signify love, lust, passion, sex, and eroticism, among other intense emotions and experiences. Marilyn Monroe embodied all of those things, no matter what color she wore, but as the Lady in Red she sure always stoked the flames of our hearts with extra intensity. From photographer Milton Greene’s “Red Dress Sitting”—from … Continue reading Marilyn Monday →

Hot Shots of the Week: Hanging on the Telephone

Pinup model Mary Tossell sure had absolutely perfect pins for stockings and garter belts, no? Here she is, dressed for success, fielding phone calls from her long list of admirers. Her social calendar must be chock full at all times.

Bombshells: The Underrated Merry Anders

As Bombshells go, Merry Anders (born Mary Helen Anderson; 1934 – 2012) doesn’t get mentioned often enough. Make no mistake though, the American actress and model was indeed a total Bombshell. Just look at these curves and that smile, and tell us otherwise. Known mostly for her work in some 1950s and 1960s low budget … Continue reading Bombshells: The Underrated Merry Anders →