"THE FORGOTTEN CRAYONS"

[SANTIAGO]

*Rare images from the 1950's of the forgotten or neglected world of ethnic pin-up, burlesque, and glamour .

 

The Forgotton Crayons from RICEANDBEANZ on Vimeo.

 

 

This pinup revival thing has gone from counter culture to mainstream, yet the lack of ethnic imagery (new or old) in a country as diverse as ours is quite shocking. During my years of researching for my own pin up artworks, frustration took hold of me at the lack of retro beauty delving deeper than caucasian glamour hinting as if vintage pin-up was exclusive to one type. I could care less about what era or continent a woman is from. Beauty is beauty and beauty is timeless! It encompassing all colors, shades, hues, shapes and epochs.

Because of so much discrimination, women of color had no equal access to the top photographers of the time, so they took matters into their own hands. I have come across so many rare gems in my finding that I feel compelled to share and help fill this vacuum, this neglected part of the pin-up world. I hope to inspire, to educate, expose and provide some history of the colors of beautiful glamour, pinup and Burlesque during the mid century. I hope you enjoy these as much as I do.

• Disclaimer: Due to the realities of that era some headlines may disturb some viewers.


Special thanks to "Vieilles Annonces", Coverbrowser.com and many others.
Music by Little Richard

[Buttercup Clothing]

That was fantastic! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[Time Machine Studios{★}]

Thank you for sharing and finding all of these wonderful photos!!!! They need to be remembered for what they contributed. Yay! <3

[Vintage Vandalizm]

Brilliant my dear friend. Absolutely BRILLIANT. Love you bestie!

[DarlinDesign]

Ohhhhh.. I love this! <3

[Ashley]

YES!!!! thank you, I loved this. HUGE smile on my face. Every image is so precious, and inspiring :-)

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

Awesome video!  I happen to be Caucasian, but I love all the crayons in the box!  Thank you so much for sharing!

[Betty Maraschino {Madam}]

I love this!! Thank you so much for sharing!! Very inspiring to all the crayons :)

[Anita Fixx]

Thanks for sharing this. Us "ethnic" girls don't get to see much of ourselves in the media in general..never mind in these smaller scenes. Love it! : )

[Dee Dee L'Amour]

Thanks for posting.. I love pin-up to see women who look more like me is VERY uplifing.

[Edson Carlos]

I just saw this killer comment by PL member Ashley and had to share: "Santiago's post "The forgotten crayons" has opened up a whole new world for me :-)"

This is EXACTLY what our community is about. Thank you to Santiago once again for the killer thread, we hope to see more of you in our forums bro!

[SANTIAGO]

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[Monica Loren]

I love this, it's so inspiring! Thank you for posting this! <3