Beauty – Page 23 – CLASSICALLY CURVY

Sam’s Style: Part 2

June 25, 2014June 25, 2014 missdollymonroe2 Comments

Today I bring you part 2 of Sam’s Style, featuring dresses custom made for my beautiful friend Sam by her personal designer; me! Part 1

Phineas and Ferb
While out fabric shopping together Sam spotted this amazing cartoon printed fabric with characters from the show Phineas and Ferb and instantly fell in love with it. We decided it would be the perfect print for a new summer dress! The colours in this fabric are fantastic and the comic book window style with graphic text and action posed characters bring so much life to it. Because of the loud fabric we kept the design simple on this one. Just a plain black sash with bow at the back and a short t-shirt sleeve. Sam looks stunning in this creation!

Romantic Red
This red dress was the first one I created for Sam. We began with the trim fabric, which is a delectable blackberry print, and then matched the red highlight in the print with a red fabric for the main body of the dress. I love the way the rich red and the purple blackberries balance each other. The cuffs on the sleeves have a little wing with a button that matches the buttons on the bust area. This dress also has some sweet pockets to keep your cell phone and your lipstick in! At the hem of the dress I added a couple of blackberry hearts and matched them on the fascinator that I also made to add to this look.

Sam’s Style: Part 1

June 19, 2014June 25, 2014 missdollymonroe5 Comments

My super cute, super stylish friend Sam commissioned me to make her a series of dresses over the past year or so that encapsulate her fun, colourful style! Each of these whimsical creations is created from the same base pattern, with slight alterations to each, and the choice of colour, pattern and print in the fabric is what really gives each dress it’s own unique feel. Recently Sam and I adventured to a local park to snap some pinup shots of Sam in her very own line of dresses. Today I will share 2 of the styles I created!

Banana-Rama
The Banana dress might be my favourite of the set. The contrasting banana and blueberry fabrics are so fun, fruity and look good enough to eat! This dress has a peter pan collar and long bow in the back. We did a bit of a longer sleeve on this dress with the lovely blueberry fabric again as a cuff. Sam is a knockout pinup queen in the dress!

Button-Up
The Button dress was commissioned by our friend Rena for Sam’s birthday. She found this amazing button fabric and let me run wild with it. For the design of this dress I kept it a little more simple, no collar or tie, but the fun detail is the real buttons I sewed to the front of the dress. They blend in so well that they are a fun little surprise when you see them up close!

Late Night Toon Tease

June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 missdollymonroeLeave a comment

I had a blast this past saturday at the Peepshow TO Late Night Toon Tease Nerdlesque show!! Performers stripped as their favourite adult cartoon characters such as Leela from Futurama, Jane Lane from Daria, Gimpy from Undergrads, Molotov Cocktease from Venture Brothers and so many more. The show was amazing, with so many creative costumes, acts and song choices. The stage, which was set with old school televisions, created such a lovely atmosphere to witness these cartoon characters coming to life. Congrats to Peepshow TO on another wonderful show!

2014-06-14 09.19.58 — Betty Quirk as Leela/Cloberella from Futurama

2014-06-14 09.26.06 — Delyla Hotdamn as Dale Gribble from King of the Hill

2014-06-14 09.48.11 — Maria Juana as Bender/Coilette from Futurama

2014-06-14 09.56.46 — Tits Ahoy as Mastershake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force

2014-06-14 10.04.04 — Leelando Calrissian as Dr. Girlfriend from Venture Brothers

2014-06-14 10.09.29 — Loretta Jean as Jane Lane from Daria

2014-06-14 10.46.13 — Dr Tease as Sterling Archer from Archer

2014-06-14 10.50.21 — Peepshow Fan Ajay Fry getting a birthday lap dance from Betty Quirk and Maria Juana

2014-06-14 10.55.33 — Delicia Pastiche as Cheryl/Cherlene from Archer

2014-06-14 10.59.17 — Sevvy Skellington as Gimpy from Undergrads

2014-06-14 11.05.03 — Ginger Rigby & Helon of Tronna as Joan and Cleo from Clone High

2014-06-14 11.11.12 — K.K Darko as Dr. Rockso from Metalocalypse

2014-06-14 11.23.07 — Zilly Lilly as Molotov Cocktease from Venture Brothers

2014-06-14 11.31.14 — Sky Blew as Xandir from Drawn Together

2014-06-14 11.57.31 — Me with Abe from Clone High

Inspiration: Dirty Martini

June 13, 2014June 12, 2014 missdollymonroe2 Comments

When it comes to curvy burlesque beauties Dirty Martini takes the cake!

Based in NYC, this burlesque performer/pinup model/dance instructor’s style of performance is a combination of classic glamour and raunchy humour. She holds the title of The Reigning Queen of Burlesque – Miss Exotic World 2004, first runner up to Miss Exotic World in 2003 and best fan dance at the Burlesque Hall of Fame in 2002. She was featured in the John Cameron Mitchell film “Shortbus” and the Scissor Sister’s video for the song “FIlthy/Gorgeous”. Dirty Martini is truly a wonderful representation of the curvy girl body-type in burlesque. She has curves for days and proudly shows her figure in the most glamourous burlesque costumes and routines. Dirty Martini is such an inspiration to me as a big girl in burlesque and she really proves it that beauty has no size!

Dolly’s Bettie Page Striptease: Part 4

June 11, 2014June 10, 2014 missdollymonroeLeave a comment

This is the final set from my Bettie Page inspired Striptease photo shoot that I will be posting on this blog. The last few images. which feature a helpless Dolly in bondage, have been deemed too racy to post here but fear not! If You Fall Photography and Classically Curvy are currently working on a gallery show of the full Bettie Page set! Stay tuned for more info and for now please enjoy these final shots!
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Photos by If You Fall Photography

Meryle Trouble’s Psychedelic Floral Dress

June 9, 2014June 9, 2014 missdollymonroeLeave a comment

I love making outfits for Meryle Trouble because she always has such wonderfully creative ideas! About a year ago Meryle came to me with the psychedelic 60s floral fabric and let me run wild with it. The result was this fabulous, fun dress! I love the way this look turned out and Meryle is totally rocking it!

Photo by Who Do You Love Photography

Mermaid Tattoo by Suspiria

June 6, 2014June 5, 2014 missdollymonroe1 Comment

After 3 sittings and 10 hours my beautiful mermaid tattoo from Suspiria is finally complete! It was a long process but totally worth it. I am so happy with how it turned out and I love looking down at my leg and seeing my beautiful mermaid. This tattoo for me symbolizes where I am at this moment. I am going through a lot of changes in my life right now and beginning a new chapter and I love that this gorgeous creation is the marker of that change for me. I thought I would share some start-to-finish photos of the process of getting this tattoo. We made a lot of subtle changes between the original sketch and the final completed tat and it has been really fun watching it grow and change. I cannot thank the amazing Suspiria enough for gracing me with this beauty.

Dolly’s Bettie Page Striptease: Part 3

June 2, 2014June 10, 2014 missdollymonroe1 Comment

In part 3 of my Bettie Page inspired striptease photoset it’s time to strap on some fetish boots and have a little fun!
Part 1
Part 2

Photos by If You Fall Photography

Bunny Yeager

May 28, 2014May 27, 2014 missdollymonroeLeave a comment

On Sunday May 25th 2014 at age 85 legendary pinup model and photographer Bunny Yeager passed away.

Being a pinup model herself for many years Bunny Yeager had a unique perspective as a pinup photographer. Many of the models she photographed enjoyed working with her because, as a woman, she would not exploit them or make them feel uncomfortable during shoots. In 1954 she met Bettie Page and took many of her most popular photos during their time together including the jungle shoot featuring exotic live animals. Bunny, like Bettie, was a seamstress and designed and created many of the bikinis featured by models in her photographs. Bunny was also the original queen of the selfie! In 1964 Bunny turned her series of self-portraits into a book called, “How I Photography Myself”. She released many more books of her photography during her lifetime and had her work displayed in galleries world-wide.

Bunny is an inspiration to any woman working in a male-dominated field. She was bold, brave and talented beyond belief. We have truly lost one of the great legends, but her spirit will live on eternally in her photographs.