pin-up posters

Tacked glamour images

Pin-up posters are large printed images featuring attractive people in alluring poses, designed to be pinned or tacked to walls.

The term dates to the 1940s when servicemen decorated barracks with glamour shots of actresses and models.

Classic pin-ups showed women in bathing suits or suggestive poses, stopping short of explicit nudity.

The style has nostalgic associations with mid-century Americana: She collects vintage pin-up posters from the war era.

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