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By Xah Lee. Date: 2004. Last updated: 2014-09-16

This annotated photo exhibition gives you a revealing walk-thru of cultures thru how they regard their flags as exhibited as everyday artifacts, in particular as a piece of swim-wear, and in particular the Anglo-Saxons. (Note to conservative readers: This site contains many photos of naked human body.)

This project is in progress. New photos are added few times a year. As of 2007-08-30, it has 618 photos. If you have quality photos to contribute, full credit will be given.

While you are browsing this site, please enjoy these beautiful performances of the Star Spangled Anthem:

Jimi Hendrix ♪〈Star-Spangled Banner〉

Marvin Gaye ♪〈Star-Spangled Banner〉

Tiffany Bennington ♪〈Star-Spangled Banner〉

See lyrics at: The Star Spangled Anthem

Flag-Adorned Chicks

Star-Spangled Porn

Before i started this project, i'm well aware that there are a lot photos of models wearing USA flag swimsuits, and it always projected a free-spirit image to me. What i did not know is the degree of this infatuation. Since i started this photo collection, i found out, there are in fact a sub-genre of pornography of pussies adjacent to the Red-White-Blue theme. I've collected over a hundred of such photo sets from the web. The following is but a short sample.

Elitist porn: Star-Spangled Playmates and Flag Photogenic Girls.

Women's Apparels

USA flag decorated women's apparels include swim-wear, panties, shoes (flip-flops, heels, sandals, boots,…), purses, sweaters, dresses, gowns, skirts, hot pants, leather jackets, ear rings, hair pins, brooch… and there are even toe-nails so painted. You can often find them in photos of women's magazines, mail-order magazines, and stores, especially around summer because of July 4th. Often, you'll also find Union-Jack decorated ones.

Flag Waving American Media

Corporate America

US Federal Government, State Governments, and big corporations, don't hesitate to use the Red-White-Blue theme, because Americans love it.

We the People

Here, you'll find the love of the stars'n'stripes as exhibited by your neighborhood Joe and Jane.

Starry Americana

Look around. There are star-spangled things all around you.

Other Worldly Affairs

Flag adorned fashion ＆ pop is predominantly a culture of UK ＆ USA. Then, some Western states. Though, they almost don't exist for Asian countries. For most Asian nations, wearing flags is usually a crime and can arose angry mobs.