Last weekend the outstanding performer Aviva the Mirage took the stage at the Toronto Burlesque Festival. I was lucky enough to get to dress this blue-haired beauty for the festival! I had so much fun working on this outfit that included a long flowing robe, tiger print one shoulder leotard, panel skirt, bra and panties. The combination of the wild tiger print with the rich raspberry purple skirt and robe was so elegant with just a hint of Bettie Page sass. I look forward to making more outfits for this burlesque babe in the future!
Happy Monday everyone! Last week I was super surprised to find my photo on a poster of the Toronto street festival Taste of the Danforth! The photo was taken last year at the festival after my friend Kim and I had just purchased some yummy souvlaki. If you are riding the TTC keep an eye out for mini Dolly!
Last weekend I had a wonderful time exploring the insanity that is Atomic Lollipop which took place at the Ontario Science Centre! For those who don’t know what A Pop is, it is a convention that brings together cosplayers, ravers, nerds, gamers, larpers, lolita fashionistas, celebrity guests and so much more. It’s really hard to describe what exactly A Pop is, so I’m going to let this video explain…
Personally, I had a great time going to panels about Gender, LGBT comics, Burlesque, Crossplay and Lolita fashion, seeing performances from Pizza Underground, Illuminair Entertainment and Boylesque TO, performing for Peepshow TO, checking out the amazing vendors, participating in a lightsaber battle and so much more! Check out my insta-photos from last weekend’s Atomic Lollipop Con!
Myself and the amazing Leelando Calrissian who was crossplaying as Catwoman!Pizza Underground played on Friday night. They play Velvet Underground covers but change the words to be about pizza. Oh and Macaulay Culkin is a band member.They gave out free pizza!Then I bought an Alpaca and I named him Al.Bre Poisonne blew everyone away with her amazing Aerial Hoop performance!Scarlet Black did a fire routine as Sailor Mars!After obtaining our free lightsabers, we proceeded to the lightsaber battle outside!So many lightsabers!Brittany tried on a Red Panda Kigurumi!And we saw Macaulay Culkin buy a Gloomy Bear Kigurumi!To end Friday night the Boylesque boys did a little stripping for us. El Toro has a mighty fine behind!On Saturday I returned to hang out with these lovely people.Meryle Trouble, Sevvy Skellington, Leelando Calrissian and Charlie Quinn did an amazing panel about Crossplay and gender swap.Leelando and I make a cute couple! 😉On Saturday night I became my alter-ego Batwoman for the Peepshow TO show!I had to get a photo in the red tunnel!Harley and Batwoman post-showOn Sunday we were a bit more casual with our outfits.We found Zilly Lily!Betty Quirk and Sevvy Skellington did an awesome panel on the ABCs of Cosplay Striptease!Finally I concluded the weekend with a gang of Alpacas! So Kawaiii!
Last wednesday I had the pleasure of seeing one of my favourite photos from my collaborations with If You Fall Photography displayed in the Art Vs Alt show at Rosie the Rebel! It was a wonderful show filled with lots of very edgy, dark and musically inspired paintings, photographs and sculptures. I had a wonderful time taking it all in and was honoured to be included in the show. Thanks to Alex from If You Fall for making me look so damn cute!
This weekend is going to be insanely fun for those attending the convention Atomic Lollipop! From July 11-13 we will be taking over the Ontario Science Centre for a weekend of insane games, panels and shows. On Saturday at 9pm Peepshow TO will be taking over the main stage with a Cartoon and Comic themed show. Come out and see my legendary Batwoman act!
As an avid wearer of corsets I was thrilled to have the opportunity to model for the company Love, Poetry Corsets. Their unique designs come in a beautiful array of fabrics and their shapes hug the body and flatter the figure. I got to model this steampunk inspired, overbust corset with a sweetheart neckline and back lacing.
As part of World Pride and because I am a life long Rocky Horror Groupie, I decided to check out Excited Mental State‘s Pride Show!
As usual the cast was spot on with their shadow casting of the film. In case you are not familiar with the tradition of Rocky Horror, typically a cast will act out the film while it is playing and add their own spin on things. There is a lot of audience participation, including callbacks and the use of props at certain cues in the film. In Toronto we are very lucky to have an amazing cast that has been running for over 30 years and always has a hilarious take on this classic cult movie.
Here are some of the photos I took last Friday night for the Rocky Horror Pride Show!
The beautiful Dixie Rect getting ready for the showRalph and Betty were played by my recently engaged friends Trevor and Sam! Congrats guys!My friend Meryle Trouble started the show as Trixie!
Rena is perfect as Columbia!Sweet Transvestite
Get those tits off my tank!
Oh MyyyThe CrimToucha-Toucha-Toucha-Touch Me!
The beautiful Rubie Magnitude played MagentaDammit Janet
This past weekend I had an absolutely fabulous time celebrating World Pride in Toronto!
As an openly bisexual woman it is so important to me to celebrate Pride and show my support as a member of the LGBT community. I feel empowered being a part of such a humongous group of not just Lesbian, Gay, Bi, and Trans people, but also all the weirdos, freaks, and artistic creative types like myself who were celebrating. It makes me feel like I am part of a much bigger community when I see such vast crowds of like-minded people declaring that they are proud to be who they are. I was so happy that Toronto got to be the host for World Pride 2014 and I feel lucky to live in this great city where I do feel safe to be openly, genuinely ME!
The party started on Thursday evening. I lined up early and got into the Starry Night event at the 519 Green Space where I had the pleasure of seeing Ru Paul’s Drag Race’s top 4 Queens from this season, Darienne Lake, Courtney Act, Adore Delano and Bianca Del Rio, doing their thing on stage. On Friday night I joined my friends at Exicted Mental State (aka EMS), the Toronto Rocky Horror cast, at their pride show. The main event was the parade on Sunday, in which I strutted the parade route in my new self-made mermaid ensemble!
Hanging with my mermaid friend Brittany watching Drag Queens!
Darienne LakeA surprise from behind! 😉Courtney ActAdore DelanoCourtney ActAdore DelanoThe headliner Bianca Del Rio, she was hilarious!Hanging with my friend Meryle Trouble before she played Trixie and Eddie in the Rocky Horror Picture Show!Waiting for the Pride Parade to start on Sunday with BrittanyReady to celebrate!I found some beefy Trojan men!Photo by Moxy FruvousPhoto by Vanessa SargesMy gorgeous gal pals!
On Sunday I attended a 1920’s Gatsby themed garden party at Spadina House in Toronto with the lovely Leelando Calrissian! We had a fabulous time getting all dolled up in our 1920s attire and lounging on the beautiful lawn behind the historical mansion. There were more amazing outfits than you could imagine, some real 1920s vintage, others simply inspired or reproduction. The women were decked out in lace, pearls, bias-cut frocks, cloche hats, beaded bags, with many gorgeous parasols scattered throughout the crowd. The men adorned themselves with boater hats, suspenders, linen suits, sock garters, spats with many pocket watches on fobs. Live bands roared with jazz on the main stage and small groups played the ukulele at the garage stage. The main event was the fashion parade and costume contest with prizes from Malabar, Aviv restaurant and the Rose Emporium. Leelando and I were very jealous of the grand prize winner who will be receiving 2 dozen fresh cut roses every month for the next year for winning! Please enjoy my photos from the Gatsby Garden Party!
Leeland looking regal at Spadina HouseGorgeous Gatsby Gals!
Croquet anyone?Authentic 1920s gown!These ladies were simply divine and playing a round of badminton!The swinging band!This chap had an amazing pair of sock garters!Yep, we ordered a pizza.Fashion parade!More fashion paradersSlacks on a woman? How modern!Costume Contest winners!
CLASSICALLY CURVY 