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If you were around back in the ’40s and ’50s, there would have been no shortage ofmodels and actressesgracing posters as “pin-up” girls for a mostly-male audience, often vets healing from war.
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Rachael Aslett, an artist, photographer, designer, and blogger from Perth, Australia, decided they needed to make a comeback in a very unique way…
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Why not pairup the beauties from vintage posters with pictures of cats in similar poses?
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Exactly, there’s no reason not to, so that’s what she did.
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Though the compilations initially came about as a happy accident she ran across a similar image on the Internet shehas since createdher own extensive collection.
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Even though she doesn’t actually own a cat, she thought her collectionwould do well with one of her clients at the time, Hurly Burly, a costume store.
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They needed to find a way of letting consumers know about the companys website, and since the company carriedpin-up style clothes and also sponsors the Miss Pinup Australia Competition, Aslett was inspired to play up this fashionable aspect.
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When she sees an image, she said she knows if she already has a match for it.
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Paint me like one of your French girls…
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Oddly enough, she’s found that male cats are actually the best matches.
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It’s probably because they don’t have to put on a garter belt and heels.
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Then again, that could be her next project…
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