Harald Hellmann Libros

Never show everything "Girls, Gags & Giggles" - this was publisher Robert Harrison ’s recipe for dishing up the American pin-up to the U.S. male. In the 1950s his girlie magazines sold by the millions, before becoming icons of pulp and trash culture. These skilfully illustrated girls with their curvaceous forms and inviting lingerie soon overtook America’s national dessert, in terms of popularity, and even developed considerable potential as a cultural export during the 1940s. "Never show everything," was always the motto. Smiling prettily at the camera, the models exuded just the right amount of sex appeal without seeming too sophisticated or artful. They were the ’girls next door’ whose wholesome attraction soon made one forget the magazines’ deliberately trashy presentation. Their rosy complexions and innocent allures still titillate even in an age when far more graphic material is the norm. For everyone who enjoys pin-ups, push-ups and pulp style! “To look at these pictures is to remember that there was a time when taking off your clothes was a potent gesture, when the mere fact of a naked woman could be thrilling.” National Post , Toronto

"Mädchen, Scherze & Kichern" – so lautete das Rezept des Verlegers Robert Harrison, um den amerikanischen Pin-up dem US-Mann näherzubringen. In den 1950er Jahren verkauften sich seine Mädch magazines millionenfach, bevor sie zu Ikonen der Pulp- und Trashkultur wurden. Diese gekonnt illustrierten Mädchen mit ihren kurvenreichen Formen und einladender Unterwäsche übertrafen bald Amerikas Nationaldessert in der Beliebtheit und entwickelten in den 1940er Jahren ein beträchtliches Potenzial als kultureller Export. "Zeige niemals alles" war stets das Motto.

Présentés dans les ateliers de réparation automobile, les casernes militaires, les chambres à coucher et autres lieux, les pin-ups étaient autrefois l'incarnation de la beauté et de la sexualité féminine "tout américaine". Ce titre rassemble les meilleures couvertures et les moments forts de nos magazines féminins.

When Will Freeman looks for romance he finds a very different kind of relationship. Nick Horbys's amusing portrayal of Will's Friendship with an usual twelve-year-old boy is a modern classic.