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I’m proud to announce that my Dorothy Vallens cosplay images, inspired by the David Lynch film Blue Velvet, appear in the new Atomic Beauties David Lynch memorial special edition! We even got a cover!

Catherine Morland's Dorothy Vallens Blue Velvet cosplay — Catherine Morland’s Dorothy Vallens Blue Velvet cosplay.

The photos, makeup, wig styling, and lighting are all by the fabulous Marilee Caruso! Fittingly, Isabella Rossellini wore a similar wig during production, so I think we really could not have done better in replicating Dorothy’s big 80s performance hair.

I put together the outfit, featuring the Golden Era gown from Vixen by Micheline Pitt and vintage 1980s earrings that are a pretty close match to the ones worn by Isabella as Dorothy in the movie.

I’m super-happy with how these photos turned out!

If you want to support Atomic Beauties, please purchase a copy of the issue and/or a cover poster via my Linktree.

Marilee Caruso and I shot some fun Black Lodge-themed cosplay images earlier this year, featuring me as Laura Palmer from David Lynch’s and Mark Frost’s quirky Twin Peaks TV show. We went for a slightly 1930s-1940s Laura as the show is known for its frequent retro visual callbacks, and – as I was 48 at the time the photos were shot – an older Laura, which is more in line with the third season of the show. The final season aired in 2017, featuring versions of all the characters aged 25 years from their original appearance during the early-90s run of the show.