Page began her career modeling for amateur photographers. It was a Police Officer who advised Bettie to get her infamous haircut So for Bettie Page, with all her smiley, joyous sexual freedom, to suggest that sex was simply a normal natural part of life, was quite simply revolutionary.Ĥ. There was an enormous amount of fear that the youth of America would be poisoned by delinquency and very visible government controlled campaigns were launched to suppress the distribution of sexually explicit material. People felt that anything that got people sexually excited was a bad thing. But instead, what America got was repression– politically, socially and sexually. She also had no qualms about doing full-on nudity at a time when just talking about sex was a taboo.Īfter WWII, where so many had fought for democracy and liberation, many were hoping for, or expecting a time of celebration like the roaring twenties to follow. Yup, Bettie did Bondage – in the 1950s – and lots of it! The entire career of burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese and Bernie Dexter” would not have been possible without Page.” And here’s Britney…ģ.
Rihanna‘s obsession with all things leather, lace and second-skin binding. Madonna’s Sex book and fascination with bondage gear. Here’s Betty on the left and Beyonce in her “Why Don’t You Love Me?” music video.Īccording to MTV: “ Katy Perry‘s rocker bangs and throwback skimpy jumpers. All of our Favourite Pop Stars can’t stop emulating her either
She never got a penny nor did she attempt to sue them.Ģ.
Bettie later discovered the photographer had stolen the designs from the pictures he and his wife took of her and had them manufactured under Bettie’s name, selling them as Bettie Page’s bikinis. In the documentary, she recalls on one of her modelling jobs, she was asked to bring all the bikinis she had designed to the shoot and pose in every single one. Page had an eye for what was sexy and pushed the envelopes with risqué and revealing designs.
What a woman! This documentary really put two and two together for me as to just how much of a mark Bettie made on our culture. She’s everywhere! I do realise of course that on a website like this, I might be a little late to the party and may very well be preaching to the choir here, but for those of you out there like myself, that never gave the lady more than a passing glance at her perfect pins, these are a few of the most surprising things I learned about Bettie… 1. Victoria’s Secret and most lingerie & swimwear brands borrowed Bettie’s Homemade DesignsĪt a time when bikinis were not even heard of on the beaches of America and most women were sporting swimsuits with built-in girdles, Bettie Page was modelling the skimpy bikinis and lingerie that she had made and designed herself.Ībove, one of her more unusual designs for a party where she won best costume. And boy, what a story I was missing out on. Page herself and that wonderfully thick Southern accent of hers. Now here is the part where I admit that I ‘ve never really paid much attention to Bettie Page as a cultural icon before always just putting her in that category of 1950s pin-ups second to Marilyn Monroe, never really giving thought to her story. Last night, I watched Bettie Page Reveals All, a 2012 documentary about her life history, with much of it narrated by Ms.
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