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While Bettie Page was most notorious for rocking silk stockings, often with garter belts and sky high heels, she wasn’t averse to wearing the occasional pair of fishnet tights either. And, unsurprisingly, she rocked those like nobody’s business too. I highly recommend this interesting history of fishnet tights from a few years ago, which mentions … Continue reading Queen Bettie: Fishnet Friday
With this ongoing series celebrating the historical, cultural, and artistic importance of Bettie Page, I’m trying to honor the legacy of a real, honest-to-goodness icon. There aren’t many of those, truly, in our popular culture. What I’m really doing with these posts is celebrating Bettie’s legacy as an artist and not so much delving into … Continue reading Queen Bettie: Attack of the 50 Foot Bettie
It’s been too long since our last visit with Queen Bettie Page, so buckle up, it’s time for another trip back to the 1950s, only this time we’re focusing on mid-century furniture. Huh, you say? Settle down and let me explain. Bettie’s camera club sessions for siblings Irving and Paula Klaw were often minimalist in … Continue reading Queen Bettie: Couch Potato
Bettie Page and beaches go together like chocolate and peanut butter. After all, Bettie’s career in modeling began when off-duty NYPD officer and avid photographer Jerry Tibbs approached her on the shores of Coney Island, New York, told her she’d be a great pinup model, and gave her his card. Soon after he was taking … Continue reading Queen Bettie: Beach Babe
Today, Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest at Windsor Castle as the world watched. This post will not be about that.* Instead, here at the Starfire Lounge we’re going to focus on the Queen of an entirely different realm. After writing somewhere in the neighborhood of 1,200-1,300 words—a very respectable neighborhood**—on the lovely and … Continue reading Queen Bettie
In a world gone mad with more depressing news landing with a thud each passing day, this feel-good story, reported by The Tennesseean, offers just the sort of soothing salve some of us need right now: “It's taken them nearly a century, but Nashville is ready to officially recognize one of the city's most iconic … Continue reading Bettie Page: From Nashville to Immortality
Wes Craven’s debut film The Last House on the Left (1972) was slapped with the "notorious" label for reasons that are glaringly apparent if you just watch the film. This notoriety, spurred on by critics losing their minds over the horrific violence of the film, only made people want to watch it more. Deep Throat … Continue reading Notorious
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