Dino Sam

I’m so proud to share this set of photos of my fabulously fashionable friend Sam, for whom I am the personal dress designer.  I love collaborating with Sam and adding to her fun, whimsical dress collection.  For this ensemble we found the perfect co-ordinating fabrics of both image and text dinosaurs.  Sam has a love of dinosaurs and this colourful, cute dress was the perfect addition to her wardrobe.   Please enjoy these photos of Sam in her dino dress!
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Betty Quirk

Today’s model is a truly unique beauty, the purple princess, Betty Quirk!  Not only does Betty have a killer, colourful look, this Nerdlesque performer and producer has a style all her own when it comes to Burlesque.  She is the co-producer of Peepshow TO, in which she has brought together comedy, pop culture and striptease in a series of spectacularly successful shows.  And after a short hiatus Peepshow TO is back in action with their latest show Super Smash Bras: A Nintendo Inspired Burlesque.  You won’t want to miss this incredibly talented lady and her gaggle of hotties (myself included) for this outstanding event!

Hair colour and style by Natasha Kaye

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

I had the pleasure of performing at Kitty Night’s Midsummer Night’s Dream show on August 15th.  It was a wonderful evening of dreamy burlesque.  I performed my Sugar Baby routine in a sugary, sparkly, pale pink robe which I made.  My head was adorned with a lovely bird fascinator from Featherband.  Please enjoy some photos from the evening and one from my friend Lick My Lens Cap photography, of me in this outfit!

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Rubie Magnitude

Burlesque babe and hula-hooper extraordinaire Rubie Magnitude is the model of the week!  Donning a gorgeous red lingerie set from Secrets From Your Sister, the lovely Rubie looks sensual and sweet.  Rubie was a smash hit this past weekend at the Toronto Burlesque Festival, where she debuted a new act in which she multi-tasked hula hooping and feather fan dancing!  I am thrilled to welcome Rubie to the Dolly Shots portfolio with her first set of portraits.  Enjoy!

Hair by Natasha Kaye

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Toronto Burlesque Festival Gold Diggers

Myself and my partner in crime, Betty Quirk, will be performing our Two Little Gold Diggers routine this Saturday evening at the Toronto Burlesque Festival!  We are part of the Glam-A-Ganza show and will definitely bring the Glam in our Gentlemen Prefer Blondes tribute act.  We don’t get to perform this act too often so you won’t want to miss a chance to see it!  Please enjoy these photos are from the amazing photographer Elizabeth Horodnyk!

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Zilly Lilly

I am beyond excited to share this set of photos with you from my second epic photoshoot as photographer for Dolly Shots!

First up is the fabulous, fun, effervescent Zilly Lilly!  I seriously cannot say enough good things about this gal.   Besides being the kind of beauty that you just can’t help staring at, Zilly is a passionate person, immersing herself completely in everything she does.  She is a fireball of energy and endless creativity.  If you want to see that creativity in action you can catch Zilly at the Toronto Burlesque Festival this weekend for their Pop Culture night on Saturday.

I love the personality that Zilly brought to her first photo set and I hope you enjoy looking at these photos as much as I enjoyed taking them!

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Goldilocks in Gloomth

I had another fabulous collaboration recently with the lolita clothing line Gloomth!  This time I was modelling the Waterlily dress and took the lovely teddy on a little park adventure.  Enjoy these photos from Tyrone Islington Photography and Gloomth!

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Beautiful Brittany

I first met Brittany in the summer of 2012.  I had just gotten out of a long term relationship in which I had become increasingly isolated from my friends.  Post-breakup I was feeling very lonely and while I had begun to rebuild past friendships I could also feel an empty void that needed to be filled with something new.  I remember vividly meeting Brittany for the first time.  She was the perfect picture of cool; bleach blonde hair in dreadlocks, lip ring, covered in tattoos and sporting a baby blue repro-vintage style dress printed with cartoon pinup girls.  It was a dress I knew well, as I had been coveting and searching for this exact garment for months to no avail.  There was Brittany wearing the dress of my dreams, the friend I had been looking for.  As we got to know each other we discovered we had more in common than just fashion.  Brittany is sharp as a whip, with a love of history and a Masters Degree under her belt.  She is a kind and compassionate friend with an unending love of animals, reading and baking.  Brittany is the kind of person who will always ask the questions that others dare not broach because she genuinely wants to know about you on a deeper level.  I feel so lucky to call Brittany my friend and happy to be able to share these photos of her with you.  As you can see Brittany is a beautiful lady, but I know that she is even more beautiful on the inside!

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Joan Harris Cosplay

I am thrilled to finally be able to share with you this set of photos from my collaboration with Elizabeth Horodnyk.  This set was inspired by my favourite character on my favourite tv show, Joan Harris from Mad Men.  Joan is a strong, independent, bad ass woman who does it all while looking fabulous and elegant.  On top of all that Joan has curves for days, making her the perfect subject for me to cosplay.  The dress was made by me and the necklace is a replica of the signature necklace Joan wears on the show.  Please enjoy my little tribute to Mad Men and Joan Harris!

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Vintage Baby Doll

I am so excited to share another lovely set of photos from Tyrone Islington!  We were going for a very 60s babydoll look with the styling and wardrobe for this shoot.  This is one of my favourite outfits, which I have featured on here before, but I just can’t get enough photos of it.  I designed and created this little pink playsuit with fabric I got at Mood in NYC.  Please enjoy this sweet little set of pictures from Dolly and Tyrone!

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