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Live from New York – The Midnight Foxes!

Midnight Foxes Lace V4 by Suzanne Forbes Aug 20209pm in New York is 3am in Berlin, but I stayed up for this Distanced Drawing event!

I finally made it to a remote model session from the wonderful online life drawing group Distanced Drawing, because I just HAD to draw The Midnight Foxes !! I had seen the Foxes in a very filthy show produced by The Brides of Burlesque and been blown away.

Midnight Foxes Lace V1 Suzanne Forbes Aug 2020So little, so pretty, so STRONG, so KINKY!!!

The petite performers Medianoche and The Ivory Fox gave an absolutely marvelous series of inventive poses, all glowing with chemistry and true vintage fetish style. Enchanting!!!

Midnight Foxes Lace V3 by Suzanne Forbes Aug 2020

MediaNoche, left is Miss Exotic World and Queen of Burlesque 2017!

Did you know the famous 1954 Marilyn Monroe nude calendar was also sold in later years with an added acetate overlay of a lace babydoll nightie?

Marilyn Monroe calendar with acetate lace babydoll overlayI did – I was obsessed with Marilyn as an 80s teen, long before Madonna brought her roaring back into the public eye.

Midnight Foxes Lace V 2 by Suzanne Forbes Aug 2020So I created these special censored versions of my Midnight Foxes drawings using nail art lace decals!

You can see Medianoche in a similar look here, using a Playful Promises (sex-worker positive company!) black lace bralette over pasties. She has an OnlyFans where you can support her by checking out saucy looks as well! And don’t miss Damsels in Control, her gallery of gorgeous feminist pin-ups! You can see the original drawings on my eponymous site 🙂

Using “feminine”-coded materials like nail-art decals, which also references the Letraset and Letratype of my illustration youth, is meta, and also pretty.

But you know what? It sucks to censor women’s bodies in order to be in compliance with the TOS of my Patreon account. FOSTA-SESTA is an evil law that has deeply harmed, and continues to harm, the very people it purports to protect. As well as those no one seemed to care about protecting, male sex workers!

Chilling effect is chilling, and the knock-on free speech effects on artists and everyone else have been devastating. I live in Europe, though, and my sites are registered and hosted in Europe, so if you want to see the full glory of The Midnight Foxes – well, you know what to do!

The gorgeous performers of Quaranteasy Speakeasy!

Funa Moreish for Quaranteasy Speakeasy by Suzanne Forbes Aug 14 2020I was thrilled to draw UK burlesque performer Funa Moreish for the first time.

Funa is incredibly beautiful and charismatic and a true muse. Loved her Quaranteasy Speakeasy performance with gold text flashcards which read “Black”, “Beauty”, “Worthy”; I tried to do a kind of timelapse showing them all.

Cadbury Parfait Me Party act by Suzanne Forbes Aug 6 2020I found out about Quaranteasy Speakeasy from the feed of Cadbury Parfait.

Seen above performing her marvelous “Me Party” routine, Cadbury is a friend, muse and Patron who I have drawn many times. She always entertains!

Cocoa Kink for Quaranteasy Speakeasy by Suzanne Forbes Aug 14 2020I was so happy to draw incredible dancer Cocoa Kink.

Cocoa Kink is a wonderful performer who is part of the amazing House of Allure and also has an 0nleeFans!

The UK burly girls are simply amazing, and there’s another Quaranteasy show Sept. 6 – I highly recommend!

I am so grateful to my Patrons on Patreon, whose monthly financial support lets me keep documenting international, intersectional performers while I work safely at home.