This is my very first blog post, so please bare with me okay! It was probably about 8 to 9 years ago when I first discovered Pinup Girl clothing, only I was a teenager who lived at home and had no money to buy anything. So I just looked and dreamed one day I could freely purchase whatever I wanted! Well I can say I can freely do so now. When I was that teenager dreaming of wearing those dresses I saw on my computer screen I had a lot of baggage. I had severe body image issues. My older sister and my mother are both very thin, and I am not and never have been. Well growing up I was routinely picked on and made fun of for my weight and how I looked. I spent my nights on the computer looking at beautiful pin up models and all the silver screen vixens, and just hoped I could look like them one day. I started to do my hair and make up like I saw in the movies and even started to shop at vintage stores in my area. Well the wonderful reactions I received from people boosted my confidence 100 fold! So I kept doing it and figured out what looks good on my body and what made my body look good. I feel that modern clothes only accentuate the areas I still have image issues with, but when I put on a high wasted skirt or a flowing circle skirt I feel on top of the world and that nothing could ever bring me down!! All of a sudden all those image issues all dissipate! To this day I will always pull out all the PUG stops if I am having a bad day with my image issues to just show myself that I do look good and I look damn good! With out me Discovering Pinup Girl I dont know what  would have happened to me, but I am so glad that I did because it gives the  confidence I need to over come a terrible mental state that no female or actually any human being should ever have to endure in their lives. We are all created as individuals and we should embrace that and not care how others see us. One of my idols RuPaul once said " what you think of me is none of my business."

Thank you for letting me vent slightly and to get some of that baggage off my chest. I love the PUG community and all the girls here! Thank you.

Hugs and Kisses

-Vickie