Happy Birthday Bettie Page!

One cannot speak about lingerie without giving tribute to one of its icons, Bettie Page, one of the leading pin-up models of the 1950’s. On her birthday, April 22, I decided to give tribute to this powerful beauty many of us love, appreciate, and admire , and to the lasting impression she made on lingerie fashion.

 

I’m not sure quite what it is about Bettie that draws me to her. From her shoots you know that she was a powerful and unapologetic woman totally confident in her femininity, during a time when women were considered by most to be negligible. She knew what she wanted and who she was, and did exactly as she liked! Personally, that’s a viewpoint that I strive to have every day.

This leopard print piece was made by Bettie herself specifically for her shoot! She actually made a lot of her own lingerie which is quite inspiring. Who knows, maybe I’ll dig out my own sewing machine from my closet one of these days!

Whether or not I am the sexiest thing on the block, every day I attempt to be confident in the woman that I am. Of course knowing that underneath it all I am wearing some great lingerie helps me to be a Bettie Page in my own way!

– Azucena