I rather like them.  
There are a lot of people who collect "pin up girl" calendars and magazines from WWII and later that feature the work of people like Alberto Vargas, George Petty and others. I've watched in amazement at estate auctions as people bid serious $$ for a single original in immaculate condition.  There are many books of the art form. 
Yes, it's been recycled any number of times but maybe that's because, like some fashions that become classics,  it still has appeal. 

Since KC posted Aguilera's Candyman, and the VH1 Divas look is of the era,  here's the song she admittedly based hers on   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pfCFU3Mqww