Uploaded April 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hold onto your bloomers: let's undress the bare facts about pin ups, Edwardian underwear, and... the history of marketing? Thank you Birch for sponsoring! Visit birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress, plus two free pillows. If you’re looking for a mattress for your little ones, also check out the new Birch Kids line!
Pin up photos have shaped our misconceptions about turn-of-the-century dress, and nowhere is this more true than in the realm of undergarments and historical underwear. Old pinup photos are some of the only pictures we have of people wearing Victorian and Edwardian lingerie, so fashion history relies on them heavily to show us what historical underwear was like under those beautiful Victorian dresses. But we have to remember, spicy pin up photos were often highly staged and stylized! They were more art than documentary, much like lingerie photoshoots done by celebrities today.
For a more accurate view of everyday underthings, turn to sources like Sears Roebuck catalog -- although even those depictions of historical underwear were influenced by marketing ideals of the time. We can also look at antique lingerie items like chemises, Edwardian combinations, and corsets, but we have to consider why the antiques we still have weren't worn out! This is why it's so important to understand context when it comes to to fashion history, as with any kind of history.
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Chapters :
0:00 Historical thirst trap?!
0:44 April fools! Time for the history of pin-up
1:58 What is pinup?
4:07 Some pin-up marketing at work!
6:20 Pin up is much older than we think
8:13 Where Victorian pin-up was published
10:26 Pin-up isn't reality!
11:01 Who was posing for pin-up photos?
12:48 Pin-up as part of a career
14:32 The process of making pin-up
17:31 Let's talk about the lingerie!
21:30 So is this accurate historical underwear?
23:43 Hope you liked what you saw!
Hold onto your bloomers: let's undress the bare facts about pin ups, Edwardian underwear, and... the history of marketing? Thank you Birch for sponsoring! Visit birchliving.com/SnappyDragon to get 20% off your Birch mattress, plus two free pillows. If you’re looking for a mattress for your little ones, also check out the new Birch Kids line!
Pin up photos have shaped our misconceptions about turn-of-the-century dress, and nowhere is this more true than in the realm of undergarments and historical underwear. Old pinup photos are some of the only pictures we have of people wearing Victorian and Edwardian lingerie, so fashion history relies on them heavily to show us what historical underwear was like under those beautiful Victorian dresses. But we have to remember, spicy pin up photos were often highly staged and stylized! They were more art than documentary, much like lingerie photoshoots done by celebrities today.
For a more accurate view of everyday underthings, turn to sources like Sears Roebuck catalog -- although even those depictions of historical underwear were influenced by marketing ideals of the time. We can also look at antique lingerie items like chemises, Edwardian combinations, and corsets, but we have to consider why the antiques we still have weren't worn out! This is why it's so important to understand context when it comes to to fashion history, as with any kind of history.
Join my Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates, pattern diagrams, research lists, monthly video chats, and more! patreon.com/snappydragonstudios
Or, you can buy me some Ko-Fi : ko-fi.com/snappydragon
Follow me on IG for more stitchy business : @missSnappyDragon
For business inquiries, send an e-mail to : SnappyDragon at TBHonestSocial dot Com
I do not take personal costume/sewing or research commissions.
Want to send me letters? Send mail to PO Box 11573, Oakland CA, 94611! Letters and cards only please 💚
Chapters :
0:00 Historical thirst trap?!
0:44 April fools! Time for the history of pin-up
1:58 What is pinup?
4:07 Some pin-up marketing at work!
6:20 Pin up is much older than we think
8:13 Where Victorian pin-up was published
10:26 Pin-up isn't reality!
11:01 Who was posing for pin-up photos?
12:48 Pin-up as part of a career
14:32 The process of making pin-up
17:31 Let's talk about the lingerie!
21:30 So is this accurate historical underwear?
23:43 Hope you liked what you saw!
