Bettie Page, RIP

Many of you will have already seen the news, but I couldn't let it pass without comment. Bondage pin-up queen Bettie Page has passed away at the age of 85. A full obituary is here, and some interesting commentary can also be found here.

I didn't discover Bettie until well after she had "retired". I saw her pictures in some old bondage mags I found in Times Square shops in the late '60s and early '70s and only later found out her history. But like so many before and since, I was captivated.

Rest easy, Bettie.

A Few New Pix

Got dressed yesterday for most of the day and took some more pictures to close out the year (may have time for another set on Friday, but that will undoubtedly be the last until 2009).



I converted the portrait here to black and white for effect. There's something elegant about monochrome sometimes.



Last shot is an attempt to get some more "animation" into the pictures. I wish I could have somebody just take shots while I moved around, creating a more candid look to these.

More pics are here.

"Male Lesbian"

Check out this post on Transvestite Faggotry Addict for an academic look at what I have always considered myself to be.

Second Year Begins

This week is probably my last chance to dress for 2008 (kids are coming home from school next week), so I threw on a few things this evening. I realized I'd never done either of these outfits with the blonde wig:






And since this is my first dressing after my "birthday", these are saved into a new album called "Dani Year 2"

Women We'd Love to Be--Round Two, Week 17

Even when I first saw her as the young tomboyish Sam on Who's the Boss?, I suspected Alyssa Milano was a beauty about to blossom. I was right. There's something about watching such lovely young things grow up that makes them individuals to emulate, isn't there?

Dani's First Year

One year ago today, I completed my first outfit of female clothes in 30 years. From this point forward, I'm considering this "Dani's Birthday". To celebrate, I've created a slideshow of my various looks throughout the last 12 months:

I intend to post one of these every year on this date.

Playing the Sissy Slut

Unexpectedly got the chance to dress today (it's a long story) and I was feeling especially sexy, silly, and slutty...so out came the pink miniskirt and fishnets.





How turned on was I? Well, let me put it this way--there's nothing artificial or enhanced about the bulge in that skirt! (Have to remember to wear tighter panties with it!)

More pics are in this album. And speaking of albums, I've also started an album on Flickr...since it seems that place gets a lot more traffic than Photobucket. So far, only the "portraits" are over there.