2/23/2018 0 Comments Dedication in pinup?Today's topic. Dedication in pinup. Success in pinup does NOT mean dedicating your entire life to pinup! If pinup is just for fun, there's still some form of dedication involved. Many of us find it fun to research and gain pinup knowledge. Many of us find it fun to set goals and actually achieve them! Many of us find it fun to develope skills and improve. Plenty of us find it fun to be featured in a pinup magazine and feel a sense of accomplishment. It can be fun being proud of your work, of yourself, and proud of your success. Most of us dedicate our time, money and passion in other areas. School, careers outside of pinup, family, children, spouses and other hobbies or responsibilies. Rarely do I come across a gal who has no job, no career, aren't in school, have no kids, no husband, or no responsibilies that require dedication. Debbie Reynolds, Mary Frances "Debbie" Reynolds was an American actress, singer, businesswoman, film historian, humanitarian, and mother of the actress and writer Carrie Fisher. A cabaret performer and in 1979, she founded the Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio Maybe you thought pinup would be easy, as far as achieving goals, creating a solid pinup look, gaining knowledge, experience and skill, but it's not. Maybe you thought you'd have overnight success, but it's not realistic. Maybe you realized you can't take rejection, aren't good with taking advice well. Maybe you decided pinup and the way the industry operates isn't for you. Sophia Loren, singer, dancer, model, beauty pageant contest and, actress, fashion icon, wife and mother, fashion icon, Grammy award winner, Golden Globe winner and Academy award winner. Let's begin. Ok so 1st let's talk about vintage starlets and vintage pinups. All of the vintage dolls so many of us adore and copy their iconic styles, were so much more than models. All of my personal favorite vintage starlets were many things. Most were wives and mothers. Many were clothing designers, stylists, actresses, professional dancers, burlesque performers and singers. These women were highly skilled not only in pinup modeling but in other professional fields directly related to the pinup industry. Many were highly intelligent, educated women that modeled, but did and accomplished so much more. Many were or became humanitarians, activists and went into fields outside of the pinup industry. If you research you'll easily find this to be true and easily proven. Jayne Mansfield, actress, singer, dancer, pinup model, mother and wife. Now let's talk more about dedication. Dedication to your craft, your career and your career goals, within pinup. Levels of dedication depend on so many different things. It all depends on the person. Dedication stems from motivation, inspiration and passion. Some people have nothing but time, but a low budget. Others have a budget for investing in their pinup goals, but have very little to no time to invest. Some have both time and money and others have little of both. Once YOU decide to enter pinup and want it as a career, have goals and have created a solid, realistic plan to achieve them, dedication, passion and drive WILL play key factors! It's a completely different ball game to set goals, want pinup as a career, engage in competition, and become marketable. Pinup is fun and that's with anyone and everyone. If it's a hobby, if it's a once a year or a few times a year treat, that means you're only actual goal is having fun. Getting dolled up, dressing up, wearing new wardrobe, taking pictures, talking, laughing and relaxing,... it's fun to us all. Begin setting goals, then there's a biz side. Pinup is a real industry filled with several career fields. There are beginners, aspiring and amateur pinups. There are part time pinups. There are those who do it as a fun hobby. Then there are those that are actual pinups and professional pinups at different levels. Dedication plays an essential role in any level of the pinup industry, within all pinup career fields! Doris Day, singer, dancer, model, actress, fashion icon, wife and mother, fashion icon, animal welfare activist. Someone may very well have more dedication, which is why they also have determination and passion! No doubt, the more dedication you have will be the reason why YOU MAKE the time to research and train! Why you get turned down for things, yet never quit the biz. I've seen people who are dedicated, have the time and the funds. They also set goals and accomplished them because of that passion, that dedication and that inspiration. A solid pinup look is mandatory to achieving success within the pinup industry! Dedication is needed. Investing is needed. A back bone is needed. Knowledge and skill directly in pinup is needed. How much time you dedicate to gaining knowledge, to gaining experience and to gain skill, is TOTALLY UP TO YOU! Marilyn Monroe, singer, dancer, pinup model, actress, fashion icon. I know gals brand new to pinup that, if they had more time, could be very successful or more successful. I know other dolls that could be successful in this industry, if they had more money to invest. And there are many that have the time and money, but they need to train and improve before they can ever achieve success. Those that have lots of time, because it's their career, have the money to invest, have researched and gained tons of knowledge on pinup, have lots of experience, highly accomplished, and are highly skilled are called PROFESSIONALS! Say it with me people, " professionals ". Pinup is a real industry, so therefore logic would dictate there being professionals within each career field, in the industry. There would be no word, " professional ", if every gal was knowledgeable on pinup, experienced, accomplished and skilled. Obviously what comes with the title of a professional pinup model is someone accomplished within pinup! Magazine publication in the top pinup magazines, covers of top pinup magazines, established brand and fan base, known within the pinup industry, skilled to a high level, awards, articles on them, and sponsors. Professional pinup and vintage model's are often clothing models. They work for companies, boutiques, etc., or receive products to model in or review. They often get paid plus wardrobe. There are pro pinups that represent a brand name, a company or a photographer, they may represent a pinup event or clothing line. Elizabeth Taylor, singer, dancer, model, actress, fashion icon, wife and mother. Now let's get back to dedication. There are dolls of all ages, sizes, races and social class, including those with more time and more money than other's. Bottom line is, if you're brand new to pinup or advanced, investing will NEVER stop! Making money won't come right away and no success will occur overnight! It takes years and years to obtain knowledge, experience, build skills and become established, YEARS! Years of success and failure. My returning academy dolls that have achieved the success they wanted within pinup, are all totally different. Some of them only have pinup in common and nothing further. Some have a few things in common and similar pinup goals. All have different levels of skill. I have styled and managed a gal that 1st came to me brand new to pinup, never done a single pinup shoot. I began managing her pinup career once she began to set goals and book several shoots on a regular basis. This was 4 years ago, 3 years managing her. She's been published countless times in several pinup magazines. She has graced the cover of a pinup magazine. She has done shoots with top pinup photographers, as well as many professional photographers. Pinup is part-time for her, yet she set many goals, aside from just having fun, and achieved them! She is high ranking in the Navy, a single mom and family woman. Her main focus and dedication is on her family and her career. It shows. But so does the dedication she's shown towards pinup all these years! I have another gal who I've styled and managed like a year now. She did some pinup shoots years ago, she's passionate about pinup. Now she has a career, is a wife and mother, all of which takes sheer daily dedication. Set began to gain publication and set pinup goals, then I began managing her. Since then she has succeeded at so many goals that she set. Talk about researching and gaining skills! This gal had shown major improvement in a year's time! The 3rd gal I currently manage. Went to college, got her degree and had been working as a professional in her career field and industry, for several years. Single, no kids and doesn't live near family. She began pinup as a once a year, once in awhile treat. Always having fun but only wanted that plus images. Long story short, she began booking shoots and I went to her about management. She started setting goals, investing in them and achieving them. She has a plan, just like the other 2 gals. She researches, which SHOWS! She has gained experience and developed skills by doing. Every shoot she shows more confidence and more skill. Just like the other 2 gals, their dedication level is high and they all have a plan and improve every shoot. Audrey Hepburn, fashion icon, academy award winning actress, model, professionally trained ballet dancer and dancer, wife, mother, humanitarian. The person that said something to the effect of, having to dedicate your entire life to pinup to be successful, is misguided, misinformed, clueless and emotional because of THEIR lack of confidence, lack of skill and not achieving goals THEY set! Everyone I adore and work with on a regular basis that's had success, all have different levels of dedication, different amount of time and money to invest, different lives outside of pinup, many important responsibilies, and they all have a different level of skill, within pinup. What they do have in common is a solid pinup look, and a back bone. They all take professional advice, feedback and constructive criticism VERY WELL! They appreciate and value my advice, and they take it! Lucille Ball, singer, dancer, model, actress, fashion icon, wife and mother, fashion icon, comedian. If you're not passionate about pinup, not dedicated enough to research and train to DEVELOPE AND IMPROVE ON SKILLS, haven't created a plan to achieve goals, can't take rejection well, can't take and follow sound advice, and aren't improving after years in pinup, OBVIOUSLY YOUR level of commitment and dedication is low or non existent. Proofs in the pudding folks. Those who are pro pinups may have very well dedicated and sacrificed more, but they have lives filled with other aspects and other achievements they are proud of! Regardless to your age, dress size, race, financial status, etc., dedication will undoubtedly and will ALWAYS be essential in achieving any level of success!!!! Sophia Loren, singer, dancer, model, actress, fashion icon, wife and mother, fashion icon. Jealousy is deadly in modeling and in the pinup industry. If you see someone succeeding at things you'd love to achieve, note that it took knowledge, sheer passion, dedication, drive, self motivation, inspiration, SKILL, and things like researching, training and having a damn back bone!
More to becoming a successful pinup than being cute, pretty, beautiful, or even drop dead gorgeous! More to developing actual skills WITHIN pinup, than paying to be photographed! Pinup Talk host Dianna Prince
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