#350 - Fantastique 2 Sheba Pub Co Bettie Page
Fantastique, Photo Album No. 2
“SHEBA PUB. CO., N. Y. C.”
c. 1960
optimized in two ebooks
Dr. Bienvenu's dissertation does not mention Fantastique magazine or Sheba Publishing Company. This may have been an ad hoc partnership between publisher Ed Mishkin and photographer Sam Menning, who specialized in fetish photography. Our guess is that all of the photos were taken in the same home or studio set up to look like an apartment.
The content of Fantastique 2 serves an assortment of fetish delicacies, with an abundance of lacy undies, full-fashioned hosiery and exotic footwear. High-heeled shoes and boots, garter belts, long leather gloves, corselettes, and fishnets fit nicely on curvaceous cuties with cheerful smiles. Some of these lovelies seem to know that they're wearing ultra-sexy deshabille and get a kick out of it while a few brazen beauties seem to ask, “What are you waiting for?”
The cover describes the magazine as “A New Publication of Fancy-Fashion – Fantasy,” and bras and panties delight with ornate patterns, frilly trim and floral lace. Shoes and boots appear in varied styles, many with high heels. The overt fetishism of this publication shows in pictures that depict models holding high-heeled shoes within licking range or being surrounded by pairs of pumps. For heel fetishists, Fantastique in its day was as conscientiously focused as any magazine on the west side of the Atlantic.
Competent photography develops few undesirable shadows typically produced with inept use of flashbulbs. We could reasonably infer from the scarcity of dark shadows that rooms were lit with flood lights, which would most likely be owned and used by a professional photographer.
Many pages in the 64-page booklet show the exotic charmer of the cover. She shows off her firm figure in full-fashioned stockings, knee-high leather boots and a satiny corselette. Bettie Page and Joyce Miles appear appear in assorted shoes, boots and hosiery.
No text on any page. No nudity.
Photographs have been adjusted and cropped; most specks have been re-touched. When feasible, an enlargement of legs, high heels, boots or other tasty detail shows next to the complete picture or on the following page. Pictures are clear and bright.
All new scans.
The optimized ebook shows pictures on more than 80 pages. Computer hardware, not image editing software, fills screens from top to bottom, reducing the need for zooming and scrolling.
In the booklet, three pages arrange about a dozen photos that look like amateur snapshots from earlier decades. To make the most of these small pictures, a second optimized ebook with smaller pages presents them. Generally clear and bright, a few of these images have rough textures. Ebook proportions present images in convenient fetish albums that will please fancy fashion fans.
A fetish gem, Fantastique 2 shows us seductive sirens in lace, nylons, leather, satin and high heels. The optimized ebooks make it all easy to enjoy.
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