Trend Lifestyles Teens-Beautiful Art of Olivia de Berardinis

I am a very assiduous fan of Pin Up art (I think it's not hard to notice, as you see I always post about glamour and vintage stuff). The difference between me and most people that also like Pin Up art, is that I appreciate mostly the contemporary Pin Ups.

Of course I love classic artists like Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas, but definitely my favorite artist right now is Olivia de Berardinis.

The american illustrator started her career as Pin Up artist in the 70's and, still is famous for her sensual and stylish art.

As you can see in the picture above, the sensual and provocative poses are still the main attractive in Pin Up art, but now with less of innocence and more of a story behind a scene. The stories are also far away from the 50's housewives Elvgren used to picture. They are more full of fantasy, naughtiness and glamour.



Beauty also changes with time. Olivia's girls have many types of looks, but mostly they are long legged babes with an Angeline Jolie vibe, not the smiley Marilyn Monroe face anymore. The colors, poses, lingerie, clothes and accessories are also much more creative and artistic... not only about the sexiness, but also about the art itself. It's so different, that even seems fashionable sometimes.


They could even be inspiration for fashion advertisements, or could easily look like a Steven Klein picture for a designer ad.

Olivia (as many other artists) does some illustrations inspired on the classic Pin Up girl Bettie Page. Differently of other artists, she has her own way to make Bettie look more glamorous than ever.


Even when doing something a bit more classic, Olivia still shows the contemporary with the lightnings, poses, colors and structure.

Olivia's art can be found as paintings, calendars, illustrations, books and posters. She also had a few illustration published in magazines for men (Playboy for example) and the cover of a Courtney Love album.

If you liked the few images I just showed in my blog, visit Olivia's official home page:

Or buy her books, posters, paintings and calendars. They are sold in many different online stores (Amazon for example) and also on her official website.

An Icon of Style: Bill Kaulitz

In the end of the 90's there was a strong pop-teen scene making all girls scream. It was the highest point in the career of many boy bands like Backstreet Boys, N'Sync and Hanson. They were made up in styles to fit in many girls taste.

Right now, also a rock-pop band that has been making many teen girls (and not teens too!) scream as loud as they can. This is the German band Tokio Hotel.

They are also, young, cute and stylish boys. What make them surprising different in the pop World is the front man, Bill Kaulitz.

Bill is for sure a cute boy. What makes him special is his unique style. Many people see as strange: he looks like a girl, he wears nail polish, he is kind of too slim and he has a crazy lion hair that makes me think of a Japanese cartoon. It was all seen before, but never all together, or only in the underground scene.


The most interesting thing is that Bill seems so popular exactly because of this different kind of feminine style. Girls are falling in love now with boys that have a strong personality, are not ashamed to show their feminine side and don't care for what others think. The basic good looking boys like the Backstreet Boys are not getting any attention anymore.

Bill's crazy and unique style is so popular that he was cover of one of the most important fashion and elegance magazines in the World: the Vanity fair.

Let's be honest, there is not anything really special about Tokio Hotel's music, or about Bill's voice. All their success came from the way Bill (and also from his brother Tom) make girls go crazy.

So let's hope Tokio Hotel frontman are going to build an even stronger influence in Fashion and possible in some other boys style.