feminine sexuality, such as burlesque performances and Hollywood films, before evolving into the classic Varga girls of the World War II era and the bombshell gatefold images that came with the introduction of Playboy in 1953. For a much more complete treatment of the female pin-up, see Maria Elena Buszek’s Pin-up Grrrls: Feminism, Sexuality, Popular Culture (2006). 3. Hot Metal Centerfolds, November 1990, 47. 4. Superstar Special Poison Color Spectacular (October 1990), 61. 5. Walser, 110. 6. Ibid., 134. 7. Metal Edge ( January 1987), 20.
Your Body is a Temple 1.Worthy members of the church, above the age of 18, undergo an Endowment through the temple that prepares them to become kings and queens in the afterlife. Through this sacred ritual, Mormon members receive “all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary…to walk back to the presence of the Father.” See Brigham Young, Discourses of Brigham Young, ed. John A. Widtsoe (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1954), 416. 2. The Quorum of the Seventy is a group of the church’s authorities that are collectively known as “general authorities,” which are comprised of the Frist Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the Quorum of the Seventy. The First Presidency consists of the prophet and his two counselors. These divisions are comprised entirely of men, none of whom are trained for these positions, in other words the LDS Church has no professional clergy. See Carlos E. Asay, The Temple Garment: ‘An Outward Expression of an Inward Commitment (Las Vegas: Ensign, 1997). 3. Asay 1997. 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 78 FASHION STUDIES JOURNAL 1.1
6. Ibid. 7. Ginger, interview by author, Sandy, Utah, March 1, 2012. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid. 10. Ibid. 11. Douglas Davies, “Gestus Manifests Habitus: Dress and the Mormon,” Dressed to Impress: Looking the Part, ed. William F. Keenan (Oxford: Berg, 2001), 123-138. 12. BYU, Brigham Young University, is a LDS-owned university in Provo, Utah. 13. Betty, interview by author, Provo, Utah, March 1, 2012. 14. Matthew Bowman, “Why is it So Hard to Figure Out What Mormons Believe?” April 4, 2012, blog post (Accessed April 4, 2012), http://www.patheos.com/ blogs/peculiarpeople/2012/04/why-is-it-so-hard-tofigure-out-what-mormons-believe/. 15. Ibid.