vintage / pinup

"Queen of Pinups - Bettie Page" is just what you might guess it to be - a fan page dedicated to one of the most famous American fetish and erotic models of the 50's. The site has sets of galleries showing some of her semi-nude work and bondage pix in black and white as well as colour. Some of the photos are better quality than others, but it's still a pretty big collection. The site also hosts 9 short videos of Bettie, though not all of them work. The videos that do play are only viewable on IE (not firefox) and are quit old, some also have no sound. The site's design is pretty inelegant, but as the header says - it's about "no frills, just pictures" - AAG and Shay

Date Reviewed: 2009-12-07
Cost: free Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Female Bondage, fine art nudes, softcore, Spanking, vintage / pinup

I get hugely annoyed when pay sites make you work to find the members log-in page. If the customer has just forked over cash why should she have to hunt around? To add insult to injury, the webmaster promises in the tour that navigation is "easy and intuitive." Dude, not so much. Probably the easiest way is to click on "site nav", then just pick from the text link list - they all open up a login box. Nevertheless, when you get inside the site you'll find 50+ galleries of gorgeous women modeling pretty, classic lingerie. You'll see nighties, cone-shaped bras, girdles, petticoats and lots of pantyhose. Each set includes 100+ images which can be viewed in a slideshow of smaller pictures or clicked to bring up a huge version. If you're partial to a particular style of photo (such as upskirt) or article of clothing, there's an index which links image numbers of all examples. This could be improved by including thumbnails. There's a model index as well. Several of the models are larger, which is a very nice touch. Additionally, a few short Quicktime clips of modeling sessions are included. These are not nearly as well done as the photos. Updates are posted twice a month. Need a non-recurring option? Pay $19.95 for 30 days or $38.85 for 90 days. Oh, and that missing log-in page? Click on one of the images in the tour -- not the link that says "Preview this gallery" -- and you'll see a dialog box asking for your information. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-12-04
Cost: $18.95/30 days recurring at $16.95 Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Panties/Stockings, vintage / pinup

There's something very special about a well-done vintage erotica site. Fans of decades-old saucy pictures should check out Erotmane.org. If you're not interested in handing over your credit card, there are lots of free galleries organized by subject into a very nice photo viewer. Use the cool minimize feature to shrink the screen quickly if someone's coming who wouldn't much appreciate your viewing habits. Pay a monthly fee and get full access to all the galleries. I really enjoyed viewing images by technique, such as daguerrotype, pen & ink and woodcut. There's even a selection of stereo photographs. All told you'll find many thousands of images on the site. However, watch out for the trial option. It's only $2.95 for the first fourteen days, but then the rate automatically jumps to $15.00 per month thereafter until you cancel. Seriously. A better choice would be the $9.99 / month option. --aag

Date Reviewed: 2009-10-09
Cost: $9.99 / 30 days recurring Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: vintage / pinup

It has probably been about five years since I last visited Seattle photographer Kevin Hundsnurscher's website, Elaisted.com. It's always been a gorgeous site, and that certainly hasn't changed. The photography is stunning, whether it's a shot taken during a burlesque show, a very posed and well-composed shot of a latex-clad model, or a disturbing bondage shot featuring a very large (real? fake? not sure) insect. There is a slideshow of images spanning years of work, in the featured photography section. Then there is the "everything" section, which is as it says: bits and pieces that are sometimes funny, sometimes personal. Check out the photo of the welding shot and you'll see what I mean. I also love the "last frame" section, and the whole concept behind it. It's the last frame of each shoot, taken with a timer so that K.H. and the model/s can have a memento of the time and work completed, and they're really cool. Funny, silly, weird depending on the shoot. In late 2007, he self-published a book, "Silhouettes", which is available at blurb.com in both hardcover and softcover. Many of the book images are in the featured photography slideshow (they are identified as being in the book if they are) so you'll get an idea of the content and breadth of the book before purchasing. It's nice to have a high quality printing of what was previously only available online if you aren't fortunate enough to be in an area where Kevin shows his work. The only thing I'd like to see that wasn't here is maybe a show schedule, assuming that the photographer is still participating in shows. Awesome site for fetish, pin-up, fine art nude photography. - Jane

Date Reviewed: 2009-07-28
Cost: Free Advertising Content: None
Category Listings: fine art nudes, Foot Fetish, Latex / PVC / Rubber, Panties/Stockings, Photographer Portfolios, vintage / pinup

Vintage Erotic Pictures is a site where fans of vintage erotic "post cards" can go to purchase high quality digital copies of said erotic art. So far they haven't set it up so that you can buy single images, instead you must purchase "volumes" of about 25 pictures - for $10. The pictures themselves are quite lovely and beautifully restored. Overall the site has a good concept and a good product, but the website itself is still a little clunky and could use some updating. I also can't help thinking that they should also be offering framed prints of images for sale as well, rather than exclusively digital copies. Still, if you're a fan of vintage porn, you'll def want to check this site out, whether you decide to buy the volumes or not. - Shay

Date Reviewed: 2009-06-26
Cost: $10 per Volume Advertising Content: med
Category Listings: Books / Zines, vintage / pinup

Speaking as someone who thoroughly enjoyed porn through the 70's, mustaches & black socks and all, this site is a pleasant walk down memory lane. The content is constantly changing depending on inventory - men's and sexual magazines from the golden days of porn, for sale, along with a handful of DVDs. Condition varies and they offer the categories of coondition fairly clearly. Price is all in Euro's as is shipping, and they ship to Europe or North America. They have many galleries which in turn link to retro pay sites where you can download the entire gallery or video that they highlight. Shipment is from the Netherlands and contact for queries or returns is via an online form. If you are timely in returns they offer a money-back guarantee. Nice clean site and a lot of fun to see all this old stuff again. - Peter

Date Reviewed: 2009-06-16
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Lowish
Category Listings: Books / Zines, Mainstream Video/DVD, vintage / pinup

I adore vintage erotica. Is it the natural bodies? The delightful clothing? The sense that the photos were handled extensively before coming to rest on the internet? On sites such as Erotica-Vintage.com? Whatever the draw is, you can get your vintage on here. Before handing over your credit card, view a couple dozen smaller images, send a sexy e-card, consider purchasing a vintage movie, and ogle the "picture of the day." After joining, enjoy access to thousands of images, all nicely categorized and slotted into easily viewable sets. I had a great time looking through the "homosexual" section, which included a subcategory of men in posing pouches. Rrowr. A category called "bizarre" features such gems as a woman fucking herself on a replica of the Eiffel Tower and another getting frisky with a wine bottle. I loved the "Erotic Arts" section, which consists of sexy works from 50+ artists. These are absolutely brilliant. Also included is an hour's worth of downloadable MPG movies. Don't expect perfection here. These are old movies shot by amateurs. But that's a great part of their charm. A five-day trial option is available for just $8.95. Keep in mind that the regular rate kicks in though, unless you cancel.

Date Reviewed: 2009-04-15
Cost: $19.95 / 30 days recurring Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: vintage / pinup

John W. DeFeo of 50nudes.com has set himself an intriguing task. He's collecting and restoring pinup photographs from the 1950s, an era in which obscenity laws forced photographers to develop sexy pictures in their own homes. His site features a small but stunning collection of images that he's restored; you can view these for free or order high-quality prints. These charming images painstakingly restored made me smile with delight. - AAG

Date Reviewed: 2008-11-14
Cost: free Advertising Content: nil
Category Listings: vintage / pinup

If you are a fan of retro modern pinups and rockabilly style, you'll love this place! Irish posts fabulous professional and amateur modern pinup pictures and credits the models, photographers, and stylists responsible. You can subscribe and have the content sent to your email, or visit the blog. If you have images to contribute, the process for submitting them is pretty easy. No nude images are allowed. Irish says, "If you love hot rods, kustom kulture and the lowbrow life - then you love these girls as much as I do. I’m sick of the Plastic Fantastic fakes that the dominant mindless mass-consumer mentality has been pumping out at me for decades!" These images really are a blast from the past, and the girls are gorgeous. There is often a short blurb that gives a bit more detail about the images, which is also very nice. All that, and it is free. Can ya beat that? - Vamp

Date Reviewed: 2008-10-03
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: vintage / pinup

Do you like vintage lingerie? Does chiffon make you swoon? This place will keep you busy for a long time! The author posts a lot of pictures of old lingerie ads, current retro lingerie, and such. There is also a nod to vintage erotica and a lot of good humor as well. An example of this was the commentary on an old bullet bra photo, "It's difficult to say which is pointier in this vintage lingerie photo: the heels, bullet bra tips, or the eyeliner corners." I'm sure that if I chased down all the links provided here, I'd be busy for quite awhile. An enjoyable read with lots of neat pics. - Vamp

Date Reviewed: 2008-09-29
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Panties/Stockings, Sexuality Info, vintage / pinup

I love the new trend toward rockabilly hairstyles and vintage outfits, and this blog is written by a woman who adores them too. It is devoted to girdles, bullet bras, pantyhose, seamed stockings, high heels, see through panties, two piece bathing suits, corsets, opera gloves, bikinis, and feminine clothing. Some of the images are from the past, and some of them are quite modern. I really loved the video that showed you how to apply vintage style makeup. A neat blog for men and women! - Vamp

Date Reviewed: 2008-09-24
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: Sexuality Info, vintage / pinup

DeltaOfVenus.com, described by the site owner as "part historical archive, and part enlightened porn website," is chock-full of a century's worth of images, films and stories, digitally restored whenever possible. Dozens of Quicktime movies can be streamed from the site or downloaded. These are absolutely charming, both in terms of action, setting and background music. You'll also find hundreds upon hundreds of images categorized by gender, time period and activity. Rounding out the site are about a dozen fun and informative articles, as well as selections of erotic literature and art (these may have been my favorite things of all). One last awesome detail? The webmaster will do his very best to fulfill specific member requests. How cool is that? Join through CCBill with a credit card or online check; prices are more than reasonable for the enormous amount of truly unique content here. - AAG

Date Reviewed: 2008-08-20
Cost: $9.95/month, other options available Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: fine art nudes, vintage / pinup

One word: Woof! Kelly Abbass is a deliciously pert raven haired beauty that absolutely shines in her photo sets. Her member's area offers over 2000 photographs and over 65 video clips. Her photo sets are amazing; I particularly enjoyed a photo set called Alien Queen in which she has had her body painted to look like a very muscled alien. Photos are all high res and very creative. Her videos are a mix of behind the scenes at photoshoot clips and unique self made clips. In addition, she offers a personal journal and live chat for her members. Kelly is unique, sexy, and damned fine! Highly recommended. - Wolfe

Date Reviewed: 2008-03-13
Cost: $9.95/month recurs @ $6.95/month Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, model / glamour, softcore, Solo Amateurs, vintage / pinup

My first review of the day is a site featuring the very striking Ann, a burlesque and glamour model based out of Chicago. Members get access to over 220 images and 15 videos of Ann in a variety of different outfits ranging from early burlesque to modern fetish photography. Her images are all very good quality, though a tad on the small side. The videos are offered in streaming or downloadable quicktime format and feature Ann performing burlesque dances, playing strip poker, and even going through her bed time routine. Ann also keeps a diary which is accessible to anyone that visits her website. She's made a great start to her site and with more content it will only get better. - Wolfe

Date Reviewed: 2007-11-16
Cost: $12.95/month recurs @ $9.95/month Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, model / glamour, Solo Amateurs, Streaming Video, vintage / pinup

This blog site is perfectly charming. What an enjoyable time I had here. Your hostess, and the site, is named Silent Porn Star - with no doubt interesting and untold stories behind the name. The focus here is in curating - and celebrating - sexual iconography. I browsed the site's last couple of years of archives, hip hopping over such delights as old pulp fiction cover art, black & white vintage photography, occasional contemporary censorship issues, and even - to my delight - a link to a YouTube clip of Cher and Raquel Welch, all glitter-glamoured up in their prime and glory, singing Peggy Lee's "I'm A Woman". If that isn't as iconic as you could ask for, you're not looking. The commentary is smart, positive, and insightful. This is just the sort of unique site we love to encourage. - Peter » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-11-05
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Moderate
Category Listings: Blogs / Journals - Sex, mainstream erotica, vintage / pinup

Inspired by classic pin up style photography, the photos at Pin-up Wow take that classic element and give it a modern twist. The site features gorgeous British models that look like they could have jumped off the pages of a 1950's pin up calendar. Inside the member's area you'll see over 140 photo sets and over 28 high quality windows media videos. The photos max out at about 700x1100 pixels in size, and the videos are offered in high and low bandwidth formats. There is a small selection of 'WOW' photos offered at 2800x4200 pixels. The site is tastefully done and the focus is on the sexy outfits and topless nudity rather than full on pink spread shots. Trust me when I tell you that the content is that much more alluring because something is left to the imagination. They have only been open since March of 2007, but in that time they have amassed a huge amount of content with their very regular updates. Pin-up WOW is a really unique niche site featuring truly original material. You can't go wrong with purchasing a membership. Highly recommended! » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-10-10
Cost: $24.95/30 days recurring Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: model / glamour, Panties/Stockings, vintage / pinup

This blog is both free and a non-stop commercial ad, and somehow I came to enjoy all of it. For those of us who cut our teeth on smut featuring guys who didn't take their sox off and gals who never heard of the phrase 'Brazilian trim', this site is a central clearing house for nostalgic arousal. Now, I gotta warn you - most of the times you look to follow a picture thumbnail, when you click it you won't get an enlargement, but rather you'll get a entry page for a pay site. Often on the various pay sites you'll find short film clips of vintage video. They have continual updates so that you'll always be finding new tantalizing links to yesteryear. I started off irritated by the continual pay site links, but ended up enjoying just wandering around and around and around. I'm giving them a Q just for the many walks down memory lane I took while I was wandering. - Peter

Date Reviewed: 2007-09-27
Cost: Free Advertising Content: As described above
Category Listings: vintage / pinup

Vintage taboo offers vintage porn photos and videos from before 1920 through to the 1960's. The site owners collect material from private collectors and import them into digital format. You'll find everything from nudes and pinups to catfights and hardcore sex scenes. The tour is generous with 39 click to enlarge photo samples and 4 sample video clips in Quicktime format. Members enjoy access to thousands of photos and over 125 downloadable vintage porn movies. The site owners have done a great job of re-mastering the videos and photos. My only criticism of the site is that photo galleries do not open up to a thumbnail gallery so you can choose which images you want to see. Instead, galleries open to a single image and you have to keep hitting the next button to scroll through the entire gallery. Otherwise, the site is a real blast from the past. Lots of fun! - Wolfe

Date Reviewed: 2007-08-15
Cost: $9.95/7days recurs @ $22.95/month Advertising Content: nil
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, Fighting / Wrestling, vintage / pinup

You are going to have to try not to think about your grandparents having sex when you visit RetroPornArchive.com. Try hard. It's a site dedicated to tracking down decades-old smut for your viewing pleasure. A brief tour shows off several pages of montaged pictures and a few short video loops. Basically the tour shows you accurately what to expect in the member's area. Inside, both photos and videos are divided into hardcore and softcore categories. There are hundreds upon hundreds of pictures with no way to search by any particular characteristic ("corsets," for example, or "blowjobs"). You'll find images that look to be 100 years old next to ones from the 1970s; nothing is grouped or organized in any manner. Also, there is no way to click from one picture to the next. However, the images are fascinating. Some are in color but most are in black and white, or even sepia prints. They are sexy and genuine in a way that little current porn can match. The videos, at least the ones I previewed, are mostly dark & grainy, and appear to be ... well, from a retro archive. Don't take that as a negative statement necessarily - speaking as someone who was watching porno films 30-40 years ago, they looked the same to me then! All in all, the lack of labelling or sorting is a nuisance, but if retro porn is your thing [or if you just really want to hunt to see if that wild Aunt Lucille really did on film what the cousins said she did] this place is a fun one to visit. - Peter [and AAG, in a cooperative review]. » More Info!

Date Reviewed: 2007-07-16
Cost: $29.95/month recurring Advertising Content: low
Category Listings: Downloadable Video, Hardcore, softcore, vintage / pinup

Whatever you are doing right now, just drop it and go to this site. I'm not kidding, it is that wonderful! This is a very well organized, classy, and extremely erotic collection of nude, fine art, fetish, glamour, and pornographic photography. You'll find a wide variety of impressive photographers, information about photo books, and even a steamy and dirty-sexy section featuring polaroids. Yummy! This is a really great place to find out about rising stars and old favorites. Highly recommended! - Vamp

Date Reviewed: 2007-07-02
Cost: Free Advertising Content: Low
Category Listings: fine art nudes, model / glamour, vintage / pinup