Thursday, September 22, 2016

Topless Tales - part viii

Roseanne (7447657066)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Roseanne) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Roseanne (7415379842)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Roseanne) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Sophia Loren

Celluloid icon and star of the silver screen, Sophia Loren, who celebrates her 82nd birthday today, could be considered something of an authority of the subjects of beauty, style, elegance - the list is by no means exhaustive.

Sophia Loren L.A.
By Allan warren (Own work)
[CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

Some quotes that have been attributed to her over the years include the following gems of insight:
"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."
"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."
"I'm not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness."

A little too self-depricating? Perhaps but here, you can judge for yourself:

Era lui, sì, sì! (1951)
See page for author
[Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Sophia Loren topless
By Produzione Film Giuseppe Amato / Rizzoli Film
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Thursday, September 15, 2016

Topless Tales - part vii

Gemma (13927687673)
By Lies Thru a Lens  (Gemma) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Gemma (8447283481)
By Lies Thru a Lens  (GemmaUploaded by tm) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Back in the USSR

These illustrations originate from postcards issued in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the 1920s. The first features two ladies demonstrating the queer tango. The second depicts a woman smoking a cigerette

That is all the information that we have at this time.

Tango NEP postcard 1920s
By unk (paper postcard)
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

NEP Soviet Postcard 1920s
By unk (scanned paper postcard)
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Thursday, September 8, 2016

Topless Tales - part vi

Laying in Wait (15806309413)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Laying in Wait)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Karolina (16446016158)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Karolina)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Karolina (16470934772)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Karolina)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons


Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Erotic Art of Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902)

Siemiradzki-Nimfa
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

1886 Siemiradzki Diana und Aktaeon anagoria
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Henryk Siemiradzki - Amor i Psyche
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Siemiradzki Curtain design for the Słowacki Theatre
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Siemiradzki Judgement of Paris
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Henryk Siemiradzki 002
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Taniec wśród mieczów
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Genrich Ippolitovich Semiradsky - Roma, 1889
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Henryk Siemiradzki - Greczynka przy fontannie
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Henryk Siemiradzki 005
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Siemiradzki Before bath
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Siemiradzki Christian Dirce
Henryk Siemiradzki
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


Thursday, September 1, 2016

Topless Tales - part v

Mollie (15145958049)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Mollie) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Mollie (15329269391)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Mollie)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Mollie (15339796331)
By Lies Thru a Lens (Mollie)
[CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons