Monday, June 11, 2012

Dolores

I guess it’s about time I introduced Dolores, the new Snapshot Sailors model.  Perhaps new is not the right word. I’ve actually been using Dolores for a couple of months now, though I guess I’ve been enjoying perpetuating the myth that those were still my legs in my bag photos.

Dolores has fantastic legs. I love her feet, because they fit into the blue anchor high heels, and I love her ankles and knees, because they can tolerate those heels for hours and hours and not ache one bit.  My ankles and knees are not so tough.  They’ve had a hard life. (Including an encounter with a pickup truck a few years ago.)   They deserve a break.  Well, no, a break isn’t what they deserve-they deserve a rest.

I had reservations about using a mannequin as a model.  Mannequins just don’t have the same quality that a real live person has, but Dolores is the most workable solution for me right now.  I was overjoyed when I found her.  She was in a seated pose, which was essential, and she was also the featured mannequin of the month, and so she was on sale!  When I was choosing her hair, I toyed with the idea of getting the Amy Winehouse wig.  For better or worse, Amy Winehouse was a gifted musician, and I admired her sense of style too.  But can a mannequin get a tattoo?  Probably not.

I’m looking forward to working with Dolores. 

But every now and then, when I think she isn’t looking, I’ll put on those blue shoes.  Just like old times.

 

9 comments:

  1. She is a leggy beast isn't she?

    And a bit on the racy side, in her sailor boy's top and heels!

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  2. That's too funny Cam! Leggy beast! I'm writing that down in my little book of favorite writing ideas.

    Though she's just a mannequin-I get the feeling she has a wild streak in her;)

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  3. Remember that 80s movie Mannequin?

    She does look like trouble...

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  4. Lisa-I do remember that movie-it was pretty bad as I recall, wasn't it! I hope this mannequin won't be too much trouble to work with:)

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  5. I bet your Dolores and my Frances would have a lot to talk about if they ever got together...of course Dolores has arms and legs and Frances doesn't, but Frances has never lost her mysterious smile...:-)

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  6. Have you heard of the song, "Delores"? Frank Sinatra has a great rendition of it. :)

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  7. Dawn-they would get along well. In fact, Dolores thought it would be fun if Frances could be her pen pal, but under the circumstances...;)

    Agreed, Melissa!!

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  8. I had no idea there was so much more going on beyond those sailor-shoe shod legs! Dolores is gorgeous. And I loved the ending, when you say you bust out the shoes when she's not looking :)

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  9. I had no idea those were Delores' legs:) What a great find she was!

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