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Sunday, November 8, 2015

The Many Faces of . . . ALLURE

in 1892,  a rude image like this would not be displayed in public
      
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her vague expression was highly charged erotica in 1828
her vague expression was erotic in 1828,  from an old book about allure
      
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coquettish beach girls 1897
some 1897 fashion advertisements infantilized women ...  maybe that was
only intended for the beach  (a sexually charged madhouse where anything
goes,  even naked arms)
      
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Beauty Cigar box 1905
a 1905 cigar box  "Smoke Beauty Cigars"       see full size
      
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a 1905 cigar box, Smoke Lilliy Cigars
a 1905 cigar box       see full size
      
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1905 Cigar Box Art for Golden Belle Cigars
1905 cigar box
      see full size
      
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woman's boudoir caps 1920, an illustrated advertisement, vintage erotic

women's boudoir caps,  1920

      
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a moustache band for sleep, a photograph
a men's mustache band for sleeping
      
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a 1933 erotic illustration
a 1933 erotic illustration
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a funny photograph of Olive Ann Alcorn
"Miss Olive Ann Alcorn ... wore a costume weighing three ounces." 
Olive Ann Alcorn was a famous comedy actor
      
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1934 fishing lures, a large color illustration
a lure to excite and weaken the judgement of fish in 1934
      
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an Edvard Munch painting 1893
an Edvard Munch painting,  1893
      see full size
      
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1942 light erotica dinner triangle
comedy from a 1942 men's magazine
      
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1944 men's aftershave lotion, a color illustration, Sportsman Shaving Lotion
1944 men's aftershave lotion
      
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Brut aftershave bottle classic, 1966 Faberge
by 1966 men had progressed to a phallic-shaped aftershave bottle
      
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Jerry Lewis operating without a licence
a good path to male allure is to be a respected
professional,  such as a doctor or lawyer
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angry mob of men, male allure example, angry men with clubs
the male mystique       see full size
      
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Mario De Biasi photograph 1953, a crowd of men staring at a passing woman
a 1953 Mario De Biasi photograph       see full size
      
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1970 old school chauvinist ad large
from a 1970 women's magazine
            
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Robert Williams painting of Matahari
a Robert Williams painting of historic international spy 'Matahari'
see full size
                  
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a woman is speaking with poor language skills
he don't care ... a woman is speaking with poor language skills
     
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Leopold Rothaug, stag meets deer
Leopold Rothaug
     
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Natalie Wood in a photograph
Natalie Wood       see full size
     
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a 1627 lovers group
1627       see full size
    
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a 1920 fashion illustration from France, Cora Marson
a 1920 fashion illustration from France
     
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Miss Jimmy Olson from the comic book Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson, Jimmy goes undercover reporting as a woman

Miss Jimmy Olson from the comic book Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson, Jimmy goes undercover reporting as a woman
"Miss Jimmy Olson"  from the comic book  "Superman's Pal Jimmy Olson" 
news reporter Jimmy goes undercover as a woman 
     
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1908 showgirls in a photograph
1908 showgirls
     
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an Alfred Mazure illustration of a sexy woman walking, The Case of the Fugitive Nurse by Earl Stanley Gardner
an Alfred Mazure illustration
    
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a 1900 coquettish performer
a 1900 performer       see full size
     
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a 1928 cartoon about flirting on transit, Herb Breneman a 1928 cartoon
    

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