| Essential Pinup Tops from Steady Clothing |
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Stock up on favorite closet staples from Steady Clothing. Dress 'em up or dress 'em down - they look as fantastic with your favorite swingin' circle skirt as they do with a pair of sharp pedal-pushers or high-rise retro shorts! |
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The Steady Harlow Top takes a classic vintage body and makes it wearable for the modern gal. It features a sleek tie at the collar and fitted bodice. Available now in Red, Mint, and Black. |
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The Rockabilly Diamond Cut Shirt combines an eye-catching neckline with a great stretch fabric to make a phenomenally flattering top! This fantastic-quality wardrobe essential is available in 6 colors to coordinate with all of your favorite looks: red, wine, blush pink, ivory, mustard yellow, and basic black. |
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Take 15% off your entire order with code "COMESHOP" Free domestic shipping on every order! |
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Hello dolls and dudes,
Big news: We're now offering digital gift cards! These make great gifts - for others or for yourself (we won't tell! 😉)
Samples have arrived of Ms. Feliz's latest dress design and we are so excited to share a sneak peek with you! Keep an eye on our shop and our Facebook group for your chance to snag one of these beauties soon.
Wishing you all the best, Team GGR 🧡 | |
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| Hello dolls and dudes,
Big news: We're now offering digital gift cards! These make great gifts - for others or for yourself (we won't tell! 😉)
Samples have arrived of Ms. Feliz's latest dress design and we are so excited to share a sneak peek with you! Keep an eye on our shop and our Facebook group for your chance to snag one of these beauties soon.
Wishing you all the best, Team GGR 🧡 | |
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We sat down with the lovely Alys Mae for a quick Q & A! Here's what she had to say:
GGR asks: "As a new pin-up, what brought you to the scene, and what do you think is the most important aspect of your personal pin-up style?"
She says: "I've had a lifelong interest in the pinup scene, since I was a toddler and found my dad's 1950 Lagonda 2.6 Saloon hidden in the garage under my kiddie pool. It was forest green and I would stand for what felt like hours, staring at the curves of the wheel wells. I've been enamored with the 1950s style ever since; how beautiful the women were, how lively the music, how classy the men.
But it wasn't until my friend Ginny Rosewater pestered me to try modeling that I did anything about it. I dressed the part for years, but she needled me until I felt like I had to join Miss Iola 2019 just to shut her up. It was amazing, and I met so many wonderful ladies. They all made me feel so beautiful and strong. I'm in this for life now.
I think the most important aspect of my personal pinup style would be my awkwardness. I've been the square peg in a black hole my entire life, pushing the envelope and never fitting in. I've come to own that now, and it really comes out in my style of dress and accessories and even how I stand. It gives me a sense of power, to wear 7 different patterns or have this crazy pink hair. Maybe not 'power', exactly, but a true and definite sense of Being." |
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| Music Spotlight: Sparkle Moore |
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Sparkle Moore was an influential pioneer of early rockabilly music, despite only being in the spotlight for a couple of years. Notable for the time, she wrote, played, and sang her own material.
With her lilting voice and swooping delivery, she rose to recognition after sending a home recording of an original piece to KOWH DJ Grahame Richards, which led to her releasing two singles with Fraternity Records in 1956 & 1957. | |
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Sparkle, born Barbara Morgan, took her stage name from Sparkle Plenty, a character from the Dick Tracy comic strips that shared her long blonde locks. What Sparkle Plenty didn't share was her unique style. Sparkle Moore always performed in suitcoats and trousers, and styled her curly blonde locks into an impressive pompadour.
At a time when female singers were expected to look and sound more like Doris Day than Elvis Presley, Sparkle stayed true to her individual sense of style and refused to conform to gender norms in her performance. | |
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| Sparkle, born Barbara Morgan, took her stage name from Sparkle Plenty, a character from the Dick Tracy comic strips that shared her long blonde locks. What Sparkle Plenty didn't share was her unique style. Sparkle Moore always performed in suitcoats and trousers, and styled her curly blonde locks into an impressive pompadour.
At a time when female singers were expected to look and sound more like Doris Day than Elvis Presley, Sparkle stayed true to her individual sense of style and refused to conform to gender norms in her performance. | |
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She stepped away from the spotlight in 1957 to raise a family and has kept a very low-key media profile ever since. Much of what I could find on this legendary lady was written by men, comparing her to men, but she did give a fascinating interview to Kicks, a zine-esque music mag, in 1988.
Summarizing her as “the female Elvis” or “the female James Dean” is a high compliment, but it doesn't give a full picture of her unique talents and achievements as a female musician in that particular genre at that particular time. She was inducted into the Iowa Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in 2010 for her influence on rockabilly music and early female rock and roll musicians, and also released a home-recorded album of new material in 2010.
For more about Moore, including quotes and audio, continue reading on GGR's Blog...
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