The History of French Lingerie

The Lingerie Addict has taken us back to school with this article on the history of French lingerie.

At the beginning of the 20th century, sitting on Thonnet chairs, the joke circulated that the recently built Eiffel Tower represented a woman’s leg in a fishnet stocking and its four pillars were garter belt fasteners. The Guimard metro stations emerged from the ground. The “S curve” became fashionable. Paul Poiret arrived at Worth in 1901. Garter belts succeeded garters. Stockings were black.

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Looking for a Show in NYC?

There's a few theaters that are scattered across NYC. One of the most well noted is  The Box. If you're looking for some entertainment during the week and it happens to fall into their hours of operation we suggest you take a look. To see what The Box has to offer check out their website here.

Some Tips on Hair

Here's some tips offered by Squidoo.com, on how to achieve the hair style you're looking for in your next act, or just going out . From the Pompadour, to Flat top

The burlesque hairstyle is based on waves and beautiful curls and swirls. You can get inspired from Betty Page, Dita Von Tesse, Katy Perry, Reese Wintherspoon, and all the retro finger waved hairstyles you can find. The main idea is to emphasize your feminine features with gorgeous tights waves match with a perfectly polished makeup.

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Stormy Leather

For those of you who don't know, Stormy Leather is a New York City burlesque dancer, and a great one at that. This past week she was featured in an article in The Villager, about a new variety show that is hosted by Faceboy called Faceboyz Folliez.

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Calamity Chang!

Check out this video of Calamity Chang showing off for us while wearing American Shapewear by RAGO

Some entertainment!

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Ever wonder what you’d get if you mixed Mexican wrestling with Burlesque? You get something called Lucha VaVoom.  Check out their website to see if you can catch a show! Http://luchavavoom.com/

A how to tip

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Here’s a how to thanks to the the good folks at  Fashionising.com . Giving you some tips  to do a  sixties double French twist.

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A how to!

For those of you who are interested in making your own corset here's an article to help you out!

http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/free-articles/288-how-to-make-a-corset