Nerdlesque Festival!

I’m so exited to be performing this Friday night in the first ever Nerdlesque Festival in New York City!  If you are in NYC this weekend come check it out! 

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LBD

Every girl needs a LBD in her wardrobe, right? I made this dress from some amazing black cotton fabric I got on sale at Fabricland.  I fell in love with the bottom edge of this fabric which has a lovely embroidered, cutout pattern.  It’s a nice light dress to wear in the spring but has a real dark, witchy feel.  I added a few lace details to play up that gothic look.  Jewellery by Celluloid Sleaze!

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Photos by If You Fall Photography

Spring is Here!

 It’s officially spring and you know what that means?  Snow!  Well, here in Toronto it’s definitely not feeling like spring yet but I’m in the mood to shed some layers and go out in a fun dress like this one; a little Betty Monroe design I made a few summers ago. I’m a sucker for a beautiful rosey floral and a red ruffle and this dress always makes me want to dance.  I hope I help put a spring in your step today!

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Photos by If You Fall Photography

 

Striped Dolly Skirt

I made this skirt with some left over fabric from a Tim Burton, Sleepy Hollow costume I made for a burlesque act.  It’s a nice classic skirt that really adds a lot of punch to an outfit.  I adore wearing long skirts like this.  They give such great body proportion and make your legs look endless.

Hope you’re all having a fabulous monday!

Photos by If You Fall Photography

Pussy Whipped Wednesday

Last night was Pussy Whipped Wednesday at the Boxine Sex Club in Toronto.  The lovely Laura Desiree produced the second monthly Dances the Cramps Taught Us event with burlesque performers and go-go dancers shaking it to songs by the Cramps.  My design partner/bff, Betty Quirk and I did our go-go/cat fight routine.  We were surrounded by lots of talented dancers including Tanya Cheex, Fionna Flauntit, Esther DeVille, Lorretta Jean and Aviva Mirage!

Fringe Goddesses!
Poison Ivy (Sarah Bergman) did a little go-go dancing!
Lux even showed up!
The stripping DJ Aviva Mirage
She-Devil Esther De Ville
Getting ready to shimmy shake!
Tanya Cheex monkeying around!
Laura Desiree looking foxy in her red getup!
Laura Desiree
Laura Desiree

Dances the Cramps Taught Us TONIGHT!!

Come see myself and Betty Quirk GO GO and STRIP STRIP tonight at the Bovine Sex Club in Toronto!  There will be lots of lovely ladies taking it off to the Cramps tonight. Come check it out!
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Bettie Page Reveals All

Last friday I attended the premiere of the documentary “Bettie Page Reveals All” at Toronto’s Bloor Cinema.  To start the show the radiantly beautiful burlesque pinups, Laura Desiree and Coco Framboise did their best Bettie impressions and sensually stripped for a cheering crowd.  The movie was an intimately detailed look into the life of the original pinup girl Bettie Page.  Since Bettie herself narrated most of the film you really got a sense of her fun, sassy personality and parts of the film were like listening to your grandmother tell inappropriate stories from her youth.  Even with a hard and troubled life, Bettie playfully described her love of sex and sexuality in describing her younger self and her relationships through her life.  She was a brilliant model with an unending supply of poses and facial expressions, a perfect pinup figure, and a carefree attitude that comes across in absolutely every photo of her.  Truly an inspiring woman who had a long, roller coaster ride of a life.  I definitely recommend watching this film, check out the trailer at the bottom of this post.

Battling Betties Laura Desiree and Coco Framboise
Battling Betties Laura Desiree and Coco Framboise

Bettie Page and Bunny Yeager

Disney Harlette Princesses

While I was at home watching the Oscars on Sunday the absolutely astounding burlesque troupe The Harlettes were performing in their annual Burlesque Oscars show!  These beauties are certainly not lacking for talent and by all accounts had a brilliantly successful show.  I was lucky enough to get to make a few skirts to accompany their Disney Princess outfits for one of their acts.  Take a look at Maria Juana as Cineralla, Chow Mein as Snow White and Bunny Angora as Belle…

Photos by Stan Trac

Dragon’s Den Audition

This past Saturday I was had the opportunity to model for the amazing Karen Ward and her company Your Big Sister’s Closet at their Dragon’s Den audition.  Our 16 gorgeous plus sized models rocked the audition with a fabulous fashion show and Karen made an excellent pitch to the show’s producers.  We also had a lot of fun hamming it up for the camera guys who were filming the behind the scenes process. Check out these photos of Karen and her angels!

A bevy of beauties!
Cheering for Dragon’s Den!
My beautiful outfit!
Karen Ward looking so chic!
Myself and fashion blogger Irene http://petiteplusmeow.wordpress.com/
Fashion blogger Alexandria (http://www.notafraidtowearheels.tumblr.com/) and the super stylist Kayla
Blogger Celeste http://www.bakingbutterhappiness.com
I am definitely feeling Curvy and Confident in this outfit!

Burlesque Photoshoot

Myself and three of my best gal pals (Betty Quirk, Meryle Trouble and Sevvy Skellington) had an amazing photo shoot on Sunday with up and coming photographer extraordinaire Haley Friesen as part of her thesis project. I can’t say much more except that the shoot was burlesque themed and we were asked to stick with a pale pink/blue colour pallet. We each put our own spin on the theme and we ended up with some really fun outfits. We were also joined by dancer/boylesque newbie Dante Him, who added some masculine energy (and buttocks) to our very girly shoot. I’m so excited to see the final photo results. For now, here are some behind the scenes teasers!

Dolly Monroe, Meryle Trouble, Betty Quirk, Sevvy Skellington
Meryle Trouble, Betty Quirk, Sevvy Skellington, Dolly Monroe
Betty Quirk and Meryle Trouble
Dolly Monroe and Sevvy Skellington
Dante Him and Dolly Monroe
Betty Quirk and Meryle Trouble with boy-toy Dante Him
Sevvy, Dante, Betty
The gorgeous Sevvy Skellington
Betty, Dante and Meryle being posed by Haley
Haley makes us look good!
Bow Chica Bow Wow…
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