Giveaway Alert!
It’s My Birthday
It’s Kiki Lou’s birthday!! To celebrate we are doing our first official giveaway on Instagram!
We have TWO prize packs to giveaway head over to enter.
Each winner will receive a copy of our next edition, ROAD TRIP and a little goodie bag of prizes.
Giveaway ends Friday, August 28th at 11:59 pm MST, and the winners will be announced Sunday, August 30th. For CANADIAN RESIDENTS ONLY.
Submission Requirements
Hello lovely dolls,
I have had a few emails from you asking what we are looking for, so I thought I would make a quick post and let you in on the details so you can plan your best shoot ever.
As with all of our submissions we require
You to live in Canada.
6-8 high resolution professional photos. Not all photos need to be from the same shoot. The more you send within the current theme the better your chances are of being published.
A bio of yourself. Minimum 250 words. Tell us about your journey into pin up, where you’re from etc.
A media release signed by yourself and the photographer
It’s a pretty short and quick list.
Check our new page dedicated to our submissions here.
Inspiration: ROAD TRIP 2020
So this theme is pretty broad but I would love to take a Road Trip across Canada. Due to the current restrictions on travel I would love to do a photographic road trip from coast to glorious coast. So get outside and show me your province or territory.
My Big, Shiny Vision
We are Road Trippers; we love to take the back roads, explore quirky towns and just meander around. I want to see that across every page of the magazine. Oceans, forests, cities, towns, back roads, natural wonders; find what sings to you and explore it.
First things first, LOCATION. This is the most important detail so here is some ideas:
BC- Ocean, forests, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, vineyards, orchards.
Alberta- Mountains, lakes, fields, farms, rivers, Hoo doos, all those quirky “World’s Largest” roadside attractions.
Saskatchewan- the never ending skies and province of lakes. North Saskatchewan River,
Manitoba- The Forks, Ukrainian Village, fields, lakes, rivers
Ontario- The Great Lakes, cottage country, Horseshoe Falls, Toronto waterfront
Quebec- Old Quebec, the St Lawrence, Sugar shacks, La Grande Roue de Montreal, Oratoire Notre-Dame-Du-Mont-St-Joseph
Nova Scotia- tall ships, the harbour, light houses, Cape Breton, Peggy’s Cove
PEI- red earth, Anne of Green Gables, Cavendish Beach, lighthouses
New Brunswick- Ocean, Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, Sawmill Creek Bridge, wharf, harbours, cities and the quaint towns
Newfoundland- Row houses, Viking settlement, everywhere! You live on a really cool rock.
There are so many gorgeous places all across Canada and I want to see them all!
What to pack:
Picnic
Gorgeous blankets
Record player and records
Umbrella
Maps
Suitcases
Camera
An amazing GLAMPER?!?
All the amazing quirky things you would bring on a road trip
Here is some previously submitted ideas for you. Enjoy your planning and have fun!
Stay safe and healthy
Kiki Lou
Model and Photo Credit:
Image 1: Model- Mandy Mae. Photographer- Rocknema Photography
Image 2: Model- Luna Bella. Photographer- GD Photograhpies
Image 3: Model- Evie Assault. Photographer- Dano Tanaka
Image 4: Model- The Silver Flapper. Photographer- JA Photographic
Image 5: Model- Ruby Valentine. Photographer- Jana Doucet Photography
Image 6: Model- Dahlia Storm. Photographer- RenGPhotography
Image 7: Model- Unknown. Photographer- Kelly Tarala
Image 8: Model- Unknown. Photographer- Vintage and Vogue Photography
Image 9: Model- The Silver Flapper. Photographer- Unknown
ROAD TRIP 2020 SUBMISSION DATE CHANGE
BIG NEWS! 👇👇👇
We have adjusted our submission deadline for ROAD TRIP 2020.
New deadline: AUGUST 15, 2020
Due to the restrictions in place currently we are finding it impossible to get any work done. We want to release the best content and we feel that we need to wait until you’re able to get out and build your submissions.
This has been a challenging time for us all, however, we can look at this one of two ways. One, this is super awful, desperately isolating and full of fear. Fair point. Two, use this time of stillness to plot to take over the world. Walk out with new hairstyles mastered and dripping in glamour.
I vote we own the second choice and be the ultimate force of strength, resiliency and beauty, both inside and out.
So all you gorgeous doll and dapper dudes, we can’t wait to see your submissions. If you need some inspiration and advice on how to get your glowing face into the magazine send us a quick email or DM we are more than happy to help info@truenorthpinup.ca.
Kisses and good health to you loves. 💋💋
Kiki Lou - Doll in Charge of the Revolution
Photo credit: Kelly Tarala Photography
GEAR UP 2020
Happy Spring Beauties!
We are always looking for a reason to celebrate.
With the upcoming empowering holiday of INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY on March 8, we decided that is the PERFECT day to release our Spring 2020 edition of True North Pin Up.
So hold on to your hats and get ready, we are gearing up for spring.
To PRE ORDER your copy at our special discounted price (until March 8) go here —> ORDER UP
On a side note, we want to endeavour to help the environment, so with that we are only printing a limited number of copies. To help limit potential waste we won’t be printing until March 15. So order yours now!
It's Launch Day!
Canada’s Premiere Pin Up Magazine has officially arrived, True North Pin Up Magazine is live!
Please go read our first edition which we are launching for FREE to share the love.
Thank you so much to all our contributors for this edition. All of the Pin Up girls who have submitted you blew our minds! Keep submitting for our next edition.
Happy December Dolls!
Welcome to True North Pin Up
Photo from the amazing Shutter and Flash YYC http://shutterandflash.ca
Well Hello Dolls,
Welcome to the website for True North Pin Up Magazine!
I am so excited to bring this dream to life. I am quickly learning that dreams happen when you set goals and smash them with actions!
I realized this summer how disconnected Canadian Pin Ups are. We are the second biggest country and Canada is a vast and dynamic nation. It wasn’t until I scoured the internet looking for a Canadian Pin Up magazine to subscribe to I realized how disconnected and reliant on our Southern neighbours we can be.
My journey to Pin Up has been long and winding. I have always loved vintage everything. I was collecting vintage goodies from thrift and antique stores for years before pin up. The 50s has always been a favourite era for me; all the colour, the glamour, the hair, *swoon* I can go on. Oh please, lets talk about Pyrex and kitchen things!
In the never warm “spring” of 2016, I bought my first pin up dress and heels at a wicked little place in Calgary called Blame Betty (oh how I miss you!). For anyone that knows me that was a big deal. I used to be a lulu and big hoodie typical undone Mom. Then I bought a second dress and set of heels in the winter. In 2017, I entered my first ever pin up contest at the annual car show in my small town. I was looking for community, empowerment and acceptance; that came in the way of the other pin ups who graced the stage.
2018 rolled in and I had relocated back to Calgary as a new single mom and was looking for some pin up fun, I was told about the local A&W and their weekly Cruizin’ the Junction Friday car show. I was hooked. I have found the community I was searching for. Every weekend became car show related, sometimes 4-5 shows in a weekend. I roped my bestie Amanda into the Calgary scene from our little town and the weekends got even more fun.
I was starting to feel like me and I was starting to feel alive again. Something I hadn’t felt in years. After only 2.5 months of planning in September 2018 my business partner and best friend Tracy and I planned, coordinated and hosted our own fundraiser car show to help women fleeing domestic violence. Rides For Relief is now an annual celebration car show fundraiser happening in the Calgary Alberta Area. (I’ll drop all the details about that later).
Now here is where the fun really begins! So thank you for joining me on my next big leap in the Pin Up world!
Next stop Vegas we will put it all on black and spin that wheel!
Love, kisses and empowerment!
🖤 Keri