Tori from Bettie Page Fitness has written two books on Bettie Page! Click on a book to learn more about it-
by Tori Rodriguez; Foreword by Dita Von Teese
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A lifestyle guide inspired by the Queen of Pinups — Bettie Page — The Little Book of Bettie offers real advice on fashion, makeup, fitness, and more for today’s modern woman who loves a little dose of retro.
The celebrated Queen of Pinups styled her own iconic hair, did her own makeup, fashioned her own swimsuits, and was ahead of her time in endless ways, making her a source of inspiration to stars like Madonna, Beyoncé, and Katy Perry. Against the backdrop of the conservative 1950s, Bettie Page was an advocate of pleasure, fun, liberation, and body-positivity. There’s so much to be learned from her!
Within The Little Book of Bettie you’ll find:
Bettie’s remarkable backstory
Retro fashion and styling tips
Vintage hair and makeup lessons
Bettie-inspired fitness routines
DIY pinup accessory how-tos
Advice from “Bettie Babes” like Dita Von Teese, modern-day pinups and entertainers, and everyday women who love Bettie!
Filled with both color and black-and-white images, The Little Book of Bettie is a beautifully gifty, celebratory look at the groundbreaking style of one of the greatest icons of pop culture.
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~ An Intimate Look at the Queen of Pinups, through her Private Letters & Never-Published Photos ~
By Tori Rodriguez & Ron Brem; foreword by Tempest Storm
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I had the enormous honor of writing this book with Bettie's nephew, Ron Brem, based on letters from Bettie to Ron's mom, Goldie! Includes tons of never-published photos from the family archives. I can't wait for you all to read it! Here's the scoop:
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When the documentary Bettie Page Reveals All was released in 2013, it would have been easy to assume we would never again hear directly from the adored icon. After all, the film is narrated by Bettie Mae Page herself, and she spills on lots of subjects that she had previously kept private–even in her authorized biography–though she does maintain her own decades-long, no-photos rule in the movie. She loathed the effects of aging, said it made her sad to see her own celebrity idols when they were older, and wanted people to remember her as she looked in her pinup days.
Fortunately for the hordes of Bettie fans worldwide, a bounty of unreleased Bettie material awaits. For years–since before Bettie’s death from heart failure in December 2008 at the age of 85–boxes and file folders of Bettie mementoes have been gathering dust in the closets of Bettie’s nephew’s house.
Ron Brem, a musician living in Bakersfield, California, is the only child of Bettie’s beloved sister, Goldie Jane Page. Bettie never had kids, other than three stepchildren during one of her four marriages to three men (she married one twice). Goldie was also an aspiring model and actress but later settled into housewifery before eventually becoming an art teacher and gallery owner. She died during the summer of 2004, but in the several years before her death, she had carefully stored heaps of incredible family photos, the bulk of which feature Bettie as either the sole subject or part of the shot.
None of these hundreds of photos has ever been published until now, and few people even know they exist. Goldie also saved approximately 29 letters from Bettie spanning the years 1949 to 2000, ranging in length from note-size to 18 full pages, which tell the unknown story of Bettie’s “lost years” following her retirement from modeling in 1957.