The finest emulations of vintage erotica and pin-up

The notorious Jazz Age was a cathartic time, a time for shedding the shackles of the old school mannerisms, as evidenced, among other things, by the stark geometry favored by the artistic movement of Art Deco. Sandwiched between two great wars, the Art Deco iconoclasts sought liberation of the oppressive past, while the loom of the horrors yet to come was still too faint to cast a real shadow. The youth of the day ran wild, and it wasn't long before their devil-may-care abandon spread like wildfire throughout society, compelling even the older generation to modify their general outlook. The new women were particularly fast to transform to the max. Having pensioned off the cumbersome corsets and sweltering floor length skirts, the so-called flapper flaunted her powdered knees in short, loose dresses and rolled-down stockings, smoked cigarettes by the dozen, sported exaggerated makeup, danced up a storm on a daily basis and even (gasp!) attended petting parties. She walked tall, dangling her long beads in your face, and spoke her mind like never before, resolved to carve out a niche for herself in that male-dominated world. She cast her vote, held down a job and refused to settle down too soon. In the words of a poet: "Her girlish ways may make a stir, her manners cause a scene, but there's no more harm in her than in a submarine" Just how harmless is a submarine?