So, while photos are still coming in, CD's are being mailed and set shoots are being edited...I just could not wait any more and decided to post round one sprinkling of the fabulous fun had at Viva Las Vegas this year! It was my runway debut for the lingerie, nerve-wracking and stressful to say the least, but in the end I am in love with all of the talented and amazing women (and backstage men!) that helped to pull off such a successful show! Please remember to click on photos for closer detail.
Special thanks to Rockin Kitty Productions for all of their amazing hard work in putting together such an awesome show!
Awesome shot of the wings backstage and all of the hubbub!
I had six looks to feature in the show, and I centered each one around a pin-up girl archetype. I selected each of my models carefully, and drew inspiration from my perceived image each of them gave off.
The segment opened with Miss Erica Vaughn, my "cheescake" pin-up. I noticed Erica is really great at hamming it up in photos, especially on her extended Myspace portfolio, she makes adorable faces and has a really fun and playful air to her. Thus, she came out to the song "Comic Strip" by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. (I was even able to find a version in English, with the same lovable Pops! and Whiz's!)
[Please excuse the "Canada" found behind the girls on screen, there was a mix-up with production and they mistaken labeled my company as being based in Canada. As much as I love our dear friends to the north, and represented them well with two of my models residing there, Dottie's Delights is indeed based in Chicago and I must represent my home town!]
Erica was followed by my two "good girls:" Miss Margie Maraschino as the "sophisticate pin-up" and Miss Amanda Lee as the "sweet and innocent pin-up." Walking to the tune of "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" by Eartha Kitt:
Miss Margie Maraschino had a little bit more well-deserved snobbery to her character...after all, look at that fur! (and fine vintage lace detailing):
And dear, sweet Miss Amanda Lee donning the newest addition to my collection, the one-piece shaper corsolette! (P.S. You must also check out her blog, she is a true vintage aficionado and always has some amazing little ensemble to show off!)
Ah, but the good times can't last forever. So, the two-shoes are soon rudely interrupted by the bad girls, and an old rockabilly gem called "Skull and Crossbones" by Sparkle Moore! Enter Miss Michelle Gateaux, the "bad-ass pin-up!"
Yes, she even pulled a cigarette and lighter from her bustier and took a puff on stage. I hear that there a really awesome shots of this to come....
To back her up, in comes Miss Anna Coquette -- our "fetish pin-up" (yes, character absolutely inspired by the legendary Miss Bettie Page) complete with riding crop in hand, in which she has let's say a "moment" with Michelle before taking center stage:
Ah, at this point you may think the show is over. But you would be wrong. How can you end a show without a little bit of pizazz?
Enter Miss Jolee Blon, my "diva pin-up" coyly hiding our next creation:
Jolee had a beautiful fan dance (the fans are actually hers, she is a professional burlesque performer based out of LA, boy did I luck out on those!) that she taunted everyone with against the background of Mae West's "Love is the Greatest Thing." But, what is she hiding?
And of course, no show is complete without the final walk-through, including a rare appearance by me (no time to doll-up, but I did manage a polka dottie dress for the occasion) and my insanely talented hair and make-up artist Jessi Pagel (check out the "art direction" section of her website, you won't be sorry!):
Mike Basso
Mike Boyce
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Also, a big thank you to Daniel Kibblesmith for helping me edit and mash musics together, and for general awesomeness.
P.S. You want a comic a day about a ghost? He's got it.
