Who is Bettie Page you ask? "Bettie Page was the best known model and pin up girl of the 1950s. Her iconic style influenced fashion in her time. Page had an interest in fashion and actually designed and sewed many of the bathing suits and lingerie worn in her most famous pin up and bondage photographs....Her dark coal colored hair, thick bangs and naughty girl next door image earned her the title "The Dark Angel." In her heyday of the 1950s, Bettie Page's image was seen on every newsstand...After remaining tremendously popular throughout the 1950's, Page converted to Christianity and remained out of the public eye for many years. The fifties style and Bettie Page experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980's and Page found a new generation of fans....Bettie Page died December 11, 2008 at 85 years old. Throughout her later years, Page never allowed herself to be photographed. She said she wanted her fans to remember her as the young and beautiful pin up girl."
While quite provocative, Bettie Page's outlook her body is what has inspired me to embrace my own. After years of struggling and never feeling quite comfortable, I have come to a place where I feel it is my responsibility as a woman to show just how at home one can be. While usually self-conscious and how others view me, I decided to go all out and work that leopard print dress, pile my ravine locks into a modern day bee-hive, and walk the red carpet at the finale of Omaha Fashion Week. An unforgettable night filled with fashion, friends, the who's who of Omaha, and several "CELEBRITIES."
My new mantra and advice to women everywhere "A body is a terrible thing to waste."~Bettie Page.
You are so beautiful and these are words I needed to hear and need to remember.
ReplyDeleteDang! You WORK that dress, girl. Bettie would be proud!
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