Picspam: Suit Up, Ladies (various fandoms, SFW)
title: Suit Up, Ladies
compiled by: ilovetakahana
photos: 30
fandoms: Takarazuka Kagekidan, Hollywood, Music, Doctor Who, Granado Espada/Sword of the New World, Sakura Taisen, Sailor Moon
rating: PG; all photos are SFW.
notes: For
kink_bingo. Kink: wildcard [dressup]. My card is here.
Also archived at http://ninemoons42.dreamwidth.org.
Ladies in suits. There's nothing hotter than a woman in a well-fitted tuxedo. There are tropes for that: Bifauxnen, Hot Chick in a Badass Suit.
It's certainly not helping that I used to be in fandoms that were SO good to me when it came to this particular fetish of mine.
So let's kick this picspam off with some beautiful actresses and performers. It's all in the suits, people.
Annie Lennox. Note rakish tilt of hat.
Cate Blanchett. I've always preferred her with her hair short, though I adored her as Galadriel.
Cate in a still from I'm Not There. DAMN.
Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria. Ugh, that hair, that tux. Even the way she holds the cigar screams sex.
Katharine Hepburn. One of the knees-killingly best.
Marlene Dietrich! She of the amazing husky voice, the incredible list of conquests, and the inimitable style. My heroine.
Tilda Swinton, who I would very much like to be when I grow up.
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Now for some characters from the movies and the telly.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, playing Rachel Dawes of the Gotham City District Attorney's office, in The Dark Knight. Still pissed off she's not returning for TDKR.
Rachel McAdams, playing Irene Adler / "the woman" from the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. Tweed and a pistol, what more could we ask for?
Sophie Aldred as Dorothy Gale McShane, better known as Ace, companion to the Seventh Doctor. Damn, girl, you wear that tux almost as well as the Doctor does.
And we can't forget Lalla Ward as Time Lady Romanadvoratrelundar, but we'll simply call her Romana. Companion to the Fourth Doctor. Lovely period suit and I love the color of her coat.
From the latest episode, "A Good Man Goes To War", we have Catrin Stewart as Jenny, intrepid companion to the Silurian swashbuckling adventuress Madame Vastra. Watch that impressive sword!
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Anime and virtual ladies!
Maria Tachibana, Kohbu pilot of the Hanagumi of the Teikoku Kagekidan, from the Sakura Taisen franchise. "Kazuar" rules!
And of course we can't leave out dear Tenoh Haruka, Sailor Uranus, from the Sailor Moon franchise. Why she wasn't in the live-action series I'll never know.
Two views of a character from the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Granado Espada, also known as Sword of the New World. This is my own musketeer, Anthy NineMoons, and you've seen her before [points at user icon]. I would love to have that particular costume duplicated for me in the real world.
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And finally, to the mention of a fandom where ladies in suits are practically the norm. I present the otokoyaku, the male-role actresses, of the Takarazuka Kagekidan. All names from here are rendered in Japanese order: last name first.
From left to right: Shizuki Asato, Makoto Tsubasa, Maya Miki, Asaji Saki, and Todoroki Yuu. In the Kagekidan, the highest-ranking / top-billed actresses are called Top Stars. These five ladies were the Top Stars of their time, with the exception of Todoroki - who is still in the company at this time!
From left to right: Sena Jun, Haruno Sumire, Wao Youka, Todoroki Yuu, Kozuki Wataru, Asami Hikaru. They were the 2006 Top Stars of the Kagekidan.
And here is Todoroki from a recent production of the company's version of Onegin, based on the Russian verse novel by Pushkin.
Other current Top Stars:
Ranju Tomu, Top Star of Hanagumi [Flower Troupe].
Otozuki Kei, Top Star of Yukigumi [Snow Troupe], together with Ranju.
Yuzuki Reon, Top Star of Hoshigumi [Star Troupe].
Ouki Kaname. Not a Top Star, but more of a Top-in-training, member of Soragumi [Cosmos Troupe].
Cosmos happens to be my favorite troupe, and I have been supporting them ever since I fell into the fandom and clapped my eyes on HER:
Wao Youka, who appeared in one of the other photos before this. My absolute favorite Takarazuka actress ever. Doesn't hurt that she's beyond talented and so damn kind.
More Wao goodness, this time together with her partner, Hanafusa Mari. Define "Golden Combination": THESE TWO.
*dreamy sigh*
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Who are YOUR favorite ladies in suits?
compiled by: ilovetakahana
photos: 30
fandoms: Takarazuka Kagekidan, Hollywood, Music, Doctor Who, Granado Espada/Sword of the New World, Sakura Taisen, Sailor Moon
rating: PG; all photos are SFW.
notes: For
kink_bingo. Kink: wildcard [dressup]. My card is here.
Also archived at http://ninemoons42.dreamwidth.org.
Ladies in suits. There's nothing hotter than a woman in a well-fitted tuxedo. There are tropes for that: Bifauxnen, Hot Chick in a Badass Suit.
It's certainly not helping that I used to be in fandoms that were SO good to me when it came to this particular fetish of mine.
So let's kick this picspam off with some beautiful actresses and performers. It's all in the suits, people.
Annie Lennox. Note rakish tilt of hat.
Cate Blanchett. I've always preferred her with her hair short, though I adored her as Galadriel.
Cate in a still from I'm Not There. DAMN.
Julie Andrews in Victor Victoria. Ugh, that hair, that tux. Even the way she holds the cigar screams sex.
Katharine Hepburn. One of the knees-killingly best.
Marlene Dietrich! She of the amazing husky voice, the incredible list of conquests, and the inimitable style. My heroine.
Tilda Swinton, who I would very much like to be when I grow up.
///
Now for some characters from the movies and the telly.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, playing Rachel Dawes of the Gotham City District Attorney's office, in The Dark Knight. Still pissed off she's not returning for TDKR.
Rachel McAdams, playing Irene Adler / "the woman" from the 2009 Sherlock Holmes film. Tweed and a pistol, what more could we ask for?
Sophie Aldred as Dorothy Gale McShane, better known as Ace, companion to the Seventh Doctor. Damn, girl, you wear that tux almost as well as the Doctor does.
And we can't forget Lalla Ward as Time Lady Romanadvoratrelundar, but we'll simply call her Romana. Companion to the Fourth Doctor. Lovely period suit and I love the color of her coat.
From the latest episode, "A Good Man Goes To War", we have Catrin Stewart as Jenny, intrepid companion to the Silurian swashbuckling adventuress Madame Vastra. Watch that impressive sword!
///
Anime and virtual ladies!
Maria Tachibana, Kohbu pilot of the Hanagumi of the Teikoku Kagekidan, from the Sakura Taisen franchise. "Kazuar" rules!
And of course we can't leave out dear Tenoh Haruka, Sailor Uranus, from the Sailor Moon franchise. Why she wasn't in the live-action series I'll never know.
Two views of a character from the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Granado Espada, also known as Sword of the New World. This is my own musketeer, Anthy NineMoons, and you've seen her before [points at user icon]. I would love to have that particular costume duplicated for me in the real world.
///
And finally, to the mention of a fandom where ladies in suits are practically the norm. I present the otokoyaku, the male-role actresses, of the Takarazuka Kagekidan. All names from here are rendered in Japanese order: last name first.
From left to right: Shizuki Asato, Makoto Tsubasa, Maya Miki, Asaji Saki, and Todoroki Yuu. In the Kagekidan, the highest-ranking / top-billed actresses are called Top Stars. These five ladies were the Top Stars of their time, with the exception of Todoroki - who is still in the company at this time!
From left to right: Sena Jun, Haruno Sumire, Wao Youka, Todoroki Yuu, Kozuki Wataru, Asami Hikaru. They were the 2006 Top Stars of the Kagekidan.
And here is Todoroki from a recent production of the company's version of Onegin, based on the Russian verse novel by Pushkin.
Other current Top Stars:
Ranju Tomu, Top Star of Hanagumi [Flower Troupe].
Otozuki Kei, Top Star of Yukigumi [Snow Troupe], together with Ranju.
Yuzuki Reon, Top Star of Hoshigumi [Star Troupe].
Ouki Kaname. Not a Top Star, but more of a Top-in-training, member of Soragumi [Cosmos Troupe].
Cosmos happens to be my favorite troupe, and I have been supporting them ever since I fell into the fandom and clapped my eyes on HER:
Wao Youka, who appeared in one of the other photos before this. My absolute favorite Takarazuka actress ever. Doesn't hurt that she's beyond talented and so damn kind.
More Wao goodness, this time together with her partner, Hanafusa Mari. Define "Golden Combination": THESE TWO.
*dreamy sigh*
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Who are YOUR favorite ladies in suits?