Primping Our Pubes

Is it our imagination, or does it seem as if the pubic area is preparing to go public? Those who are already there, now aspire to be the Pubic Goddess!

It's not just personal hygiene anymore, it's a whole industry of primping passion and pubic fashions. And it is creating quite a show.

Perhaps the trend was initiated by exotic dancers and strippers, taking hold as risqué swimwear & underwear have crossed over into mainstream fashion. Ultra skimpy clothes, micro mini skirts and bikinis beg to show off our most intimate parts, a "fashion statement" started by Sharon Stone & updated just recently by one of Britney's very pubic display.

The trend really took flight when HBO's "Sex and the City" aired a show that made reference to pubic grays, lightning bolts and dye jobs. And so, a service once associated primarily with strippers, models and playmates has gone mainstream -- including corporate women and even those in their 60s.

Today, bikini grooming is all about your genital image and how it can profoundly impact self-confidence, sexual expressiveness, and openness to new ways of increasing pleasure.

In 2004 the \"Landing strip\" was dubbed Pubic Fashion of the Year for women and girls by Carpet & Curtains magazine. \"It was a very tight race again this year between the strip and the full shave,\" said C&C
magazine editor-in-chief Maxine Nevins. \"Although you might see the full shave celebrated more in the media these days, we believe that regular working-class women of this country are sticking with the refined elegance of neatly trimmed one to one-and-a-half inch vertical line of hair covering their pubis.\" Pubic hairstyling, like most fashion trends, notes Nevins, are pendulous in nature. She predicts that the \"full bush\" look, popular in the 60s and 70s will be back in style by 2012.

At the same time, the hot Hollywood look in hair down there was the \"Tiffany Box,\" where the bikini area is waxed into a small square, bleached out and dyed powder blue like the jewelry store gift boxes.
Who DOES this? Is it HOT? or Freaky? or just a, as
Vulva of the Day writes (link: http://journals.aol.com/hestiahomeschool/HomeschoolingJournal/entries/2004/09/08/vulva-of-the-day-creating-pubic-art-article/2359): \"personal expression of our most private selves...\"

Many spas already offer the option to create special bikini designs when getting a wax service. The Blue Medical Beauty Spa (http://www.bluespa.com/about.php) for instance, offers bikini line styles from the aforementioned Tiffany Box to adding Swarovski crystals for that special touch of bling bling.

Think Outside the Box - Creating Pubic Art

For those do-it-yourselfers, LoopNYC’s (link: http://www.loopnyc.com/) PerVersion Pubic Stencil Set comes complete with “bling” rhinestones [in the fashion of as-seen-on-tv Bling It On]. Try the Heart Shaped Pubic Hair Stencil for bikini line and pubic hair trimming
(http://www.amazon.com/Shaped-Pubic-Stencil-bikini-trimming/dp/B000ASGZ8S) or our favorite; Jenna Jameson Hot Trimmer found at Siren\'s Secrets.

Begin your quest for pubic information. And if you want to really explore all aspects of pubic fashion -- from its history of women adorning themselves with precious stones and flowers to cultural perspectives -- be sure to pick up a copy of Hot Pink: The Girls\' Guide to Primping, Passion, and Pubic Fashion, and go on, girl, get some bling bling on your thing!

And finally, incase you don\'t believe that pubic fashion shows will never happen, it\'s too late...

Stefane Monzon features a pubic fashion show.