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Costume As Burlesque Choreography
So you’ve got a concept for your act and you need help with costume ideas? Or perhaps you’ve already got your costume key pieces and need some pointers when it comes to mapping them in your routine…...
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Glitter? Why it’s a yes from us!
So you think glitter is just a burlesque cliche? You think there’s nothing more to it’s use in a burlesque performance than just being excessive with sparkly stuff? Well think again! Glitter has many,...
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Pastie Tips
No one wants a pastie to fall off during a show – so here’s a few tips that might help keep them solid during your performance (originally posted on our Bluestockinglounge.com sept 2012)…...
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Burlesque History: Gloves
We love a bit of historical info on a sunday (who doesn’t, quite frankly?) so we thought today, we’d look into the history of the glove… Not quite a history of burlesque, as in our previous posts, but...
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Performer Tips: Gloves
Glove Tips Well, now you know where gloves came from and how symbolic they are, we thought you’d like some light relief by way of things you can do with your gloves to make removing them more...
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Tassel Washing Tips
As Lilly makes costumes, she sometimes gets asked for help on how to care for them. For instance, can tassels be washed? We often love putting loads of tassels on costumes – eg, on the zip pull to help...
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Costume Tips: Washing Corset, Beaded Costume and other ‘unwashable’ items…
So you have an amazing costume that you’ve taken ages to rhinestone and it’s smelling a bit stale after a few wears… Perhaps your corset needs a bit of a clean or your fringing is getting a bit funky....
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Getting The Right fitting Bra
So here’s one for today, and something that can be very confusing… Did you know that more than half of us are wearing the wrong size bra at this very moment? And also, did you know that the tension...
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Costuming Your First Act
Today’s post is inspired by the ladies currently on the Bluestocking Lounge advance burlesque course. We are at the stage where talk of costume and act theme is important and the look of panic over...
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New Performer Tips: Thinking Big!
We know that, in everyday life, the motto is ‘less is more’. We all want to look naturally lovely, with beautiful barely there make-up, hair flowing naturally, with a gentile persona but when it comes...
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Make Yourself Some Professional Pasties pt2: Odd Shapes
If you’ve read our Pasties ‘how to’ Make yourself Professional pasties Pt 1 then you already know how to make yourself some basic (un-decorated – we’ll get onto that in the last part!) pasties with...
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Piercing The Veil… Why A Belly Dancer’s Prop Can Be Your New Costume Friend!
We all know that burlesque and belly dance are linked… Since belly dance first entered the Western World’s imagination at the Chicago World Fair in the 1880s (you can read about the history of...
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Make yourself Some Professional Pasties pt3: Getting Stoned and Other...
So, if you’ve followed our pastie making series – part one – the basics here and part two – odd shapes here, you must be itching to get at those rhinestones and decorate them! Part 3 is all about the...
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Ruffling Your Feathers: All You Need To Know When Purchasing Plumes and Being...
We love them, you love them and burlesque, cabaret, showgirls and dance are heavily linked to them… Yes, we’re talking plumage today! But when it comes to buying feathers, it’s not as straight-forward...
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Getting a Wig-gle On! Taking Care Of Your Wigs
Have your synthetic wigs gone a bit fuzzy on the end? Have they started to whiff a bit for all the wrong reasons? We caught up with Lilly Laudanum to find out how she cares for hers… If you’re like me...
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Getting The Right fitting Bra
So here’s one for today, and something that can be very confusing… Did you know that more than half of us are wearing the wrong size bra at this very moment? And also, did you know that the tension...
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Costuming Your First Act
Today’s post is inspired by the ladies currently on the Bluestocking Lounge advance burlesque course. We are at the stage where talk of costume and act theme is important and the look of panic over...
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New Performer Tips: Thinking Big!
We know that, in everyday life, the motto is ‘less is more’. We all want to look naturally lovely, with beautiful barely there make-up, hair flowing naturally, with a gentile persona but when it comes...
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Make Yourself Some Professional Pasties pt2: Odd Shapes
If you’ve read our Pasties ‘how to’ Make yourself Professional pasties Pt 1 then you already know how to make yourself some basic (un-decorated – we’ll get onto that in the last part!) pasties with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Piercing The Veil… Why A Belly Dancer’s Prop Can Be Your New Costume Friend!
We all know that burlesque and belly dance are linked… Since belly dance first entered the Western World’s imagination at the Chicago World Fair in the 1880s (you can read about the history of...
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