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A Retro Lovely pinup cover in Bettie Page Lingerie!

Thanks to Retro Lovely, I’m on the cover of Vol. 244 of the flagship! The photography, set, makeup, and hair are the work of the always-fabulous Marilee Caruso, while the wardrobe was provided by Bettie Page Lingerie!

Catherine Morland on the cover of Retro Lovely Magazine
Catherine Morland on the cover of Retro Lovely Magazine.

The Bettie Page set is the Cleo Contrast Stitch Retro set, in stunning pink and light turquoise! Marilee reconstructed her pink and teal boudoir set for the occasion, creating an all-new seamless background with pretty gold stars. We love how it turned out!

The Cleo set is sized up to about 20 US. I usually wear size 18 US in Bettie Page Lingerie bottoms, but this panty and girdle are size 20 US and fit very big on me (we clipped them for the photos). The 40F bra they sent was just perfect (it’s my usual size for most brands, including Bettie Page).

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I’m also in the Bombshell Magazine 2025 Pinup Calendar!

Today I learned that my February/Valentine’s 2024 Bombshell cover – by Liz of Bombshell PinUp Photography – made it into the Bombshell magazine 2025 pinup calendar!

Catherine Morland Valentine's
Catherine Morland by Bombshell PinUp Photography.

The calendar features many lovely models, with Miss Tangerine Dream on the cover…

Bombshell 2025 Pinup Calendar
Bombshell 2025 pinup calendar.
2025 Bombshell pinup calendar with Miss Tangerine Dream on the cover
2025 Bombshell pinup calendar with Miss Tangerine Dream on the cover.

This publication, and all of my other published work from 2022 through the present, can be purchased via my Linktree.

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I’m Miss March in Marilee Caruso Photography’s 2025 Pinup Calendar!

Woo hoo! Thanks so much to my friend Marilee Caruso for including me in her 2025 Pinup Calendar, which is full of twelve fabulous models photographed expertly by Marilee herself!

I’m Miss March, represented by this wonderful photo Marilee took in June…

Lingerie in the Green Room, with MUAH by Marilee Caruso
Lingerie in the Green Room, with MUAH by Marilee Caruso.
Marilee Caruso's 2025 Pinup Calendar
Marilee Caruso’s 2025 Pinup Calendar.

You can purchase this fabulous calendar at a discount through 10/28/2024, using code: 20OCT2024 …it’ll save you 20%!

More on the calendar at Marilee’s blog.

As always, you can order any of my pinup via my Linktree.

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New Halloween pinup by Bombshell PinUp Photography in Bombshell Magazine!

I was very happy to discover that my Black Widow-themed images by Liz of Bombshell PinUp Photography are not only in the Halloween issue of Bombshell Magazine, but on a cover, too!

Catherine Morland on the cover of the Halloween 2025 Bombshell issue
Catherine Morland on the cover of the Halloween 2025 Bombshell issue.

I wanted a retro-spiderweb theme, kind of like the set on the old Vampira show, and Liz totally delivered. She made the bib necklace and the belt, and supplied the dress, hairflowers, earrings, and some of the rings, too. Makeup was by the fabulous-as-always Beauty By Samantha White and hair was by the superb NM Beautybar.

Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine's Halloween issue
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine’s Halloween issue.
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine's Halloween issue
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine’s Halloween issue.
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine's Halloween issue
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine’s Halloween issue.
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine's Halloween issue
Catherine Morland in Bombshell Magazine’s Halloween issue.

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Love Witch set with Lavinia Laced in Pinup Nouveau’s Halloween Volume 1

My friend Lavinia Laced and I co-produced a Love Witch-themed shoot with Marilee Caruso, and the results are in Pinup Nouveau magazine’s Halloween issue, Volume 1!  We even got a cover!

Catherine Morland and Lavinia Laced on the cover of Pinup Nouveau
Catherine Morland and Lavinia Laced on the cover of Pinup Nouveau.
Catherine Morland and Lavinia Laced do the Moon and Star dance from the movie.
Catherine Morland and Lavinia Laced do the Moon and Star dance from the movie.

Love Witch
Love Witch.
Love Witch spell
Love Witch spell.
Lavinia Laced and Catherine Morland as Love Witches
Lavinia Laced and Catherine Morland as Love Witches.

Both of us are big fans of Anna Biller’s 2016 horror-comedy film, The Love Witch, so naturally we wanted to portray our own versions of the titular “love witch” from the movie – Elaine. We collected our spell-casting props and planned wardrobe while Marilee put together a great set reminiscent of Elaine’s apartment in the film.

Marilee’s amazing late-1960’s-inspired makeup and hair work incorporated both of Elaine’s eyeshadow looks – vintage turquoise blue for Lavinia and purple for me! In all, I think the three of us captured the bright, saturated technicolor look of the movie, which is visually reminiscent of the colorful Hammer Horror films of the 1950s and 1960s.

As always, you can order this issue and all of my other publications via my Linktree.

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Laura Palmer Twin Peaks cosplay images in Retro Lovely Masquerade

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.

Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge: Meanwhile
Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge: Meanwhile.

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New publications! Classic diner pinup in The Social Pin and Lucy Westenra cosplay in Retro Lovely Vampyre

Two more pinup publications this year, both with photography, makeup and hair by Marilee Caruso! My Rick’s Dessert Diner images are in the super-duper Social Pin Issue 72 (and on the back cover!) and my Lucy Westenra (of the Coppola Bram Stoker’s Dracula adaptation fame) pics are in Volume 1 of Retro Lovely‘s new Vampyre special edition!

On the back cover of The Social Pin #72!
Lucy Westenra cosplay
Lucy Westenra cosplay in Retro Lovely Vampyre.

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More Retro Lovely Pinup to round out the year!

I have a couple of shoots coming in the new year and a set featuring my 1780s chemise a la reine that’s on the way, but now it’s time to share my last two pinup publications of 2023: Retro Lovely No. 231 and Godiva No. 61!  Marilee Caruso Photography did the photos, hair, and makeup for both shoots! 

Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely
Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely.
Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely
Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely.
Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely
Catherine Morland cemetery shoot in Retro Lovely. That’s Mark Hopkins’ crypt in the background (right).

The Retro Lovely flagship set is another Halloween homage, this time at location in an historic cemetery in Sacramento! This was our third attempt to shoot this set, after tries one and two were postponed due to bad weather. Five months after our first attempt (January), we finally got the weather we needed.

I love the results: black and white, witchy, vintage! The entire outfit is Micheline Pitt, with very cheap (signed!) Manolo Blahnik Camparis I got secondhand.

The Godiva set features Marilee’s boudoir at the studio, freshly-painted green this Summer! I wanted a “New Year’s Eve” afterparty vibe, and Marilee delivered with warm lighting and festive props!

Catherine Morland in Godiva
Catherine Morland in Godiva.
Catherine Morland in Godiva
Catherine Morland in Godiva.
Catherine Morland in Godiva
Catherine Morland in Godiva.

My outfit consisted of lingerie by Dita Von Teese and a Demi Corset, stockings, and garter belt by What Katie Did Demi Corset. The shoes are my trusty Christian Louboutin Piou-pious.

As always, you can order these issues, my 2024 calendars, and any of my recent issues via my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/strangegirl