However, under clothing, you can see they’re really not that extreme and instantly give you that pin up silhouette. The first time you try on a bullet bra can be a bit of a shock, as it does give you a totally different shape than you’re used to. No matter the era though, the thing all pin-ups have in common is that they represent an idealized (and, in some cases, unrealistic) version of the female form. In the 1930s through ’50s, girdles, bullet bras, and waist cinchers were used. In the Gibson Girl era, that figure was achieved through the use of corsets, bustles, and hoopskirts. The quintessential pin-up shape is the classic hourglass figure, with the waist being much smaller than the bust or hips. Actually I don’t think these sweater girls of the ’50s will ever be matched again for pure sensuousness.īut in the ’50s, fashion dictated that a bullet bra was essential as women’s dresses were made with darts in the bust line cut to fit a cone. And what stood out (literally) in these pictures was that pointy bust line made famous by the “bullet bra,” a cone-shaped bra with conical stitching that was to evolve into the push-up bra of today.
Pictures of Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Ava Gardner and many others were made famous on theater posters, airplane fuselages, locker room doors and many other places. We all remember that pinup look from the 1950s.
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