2015.august 1. - Budapest - Island Margit
The first live burlesque show I've ever seen. I've alway been fascinated by these.. the glamour the created magical atmosphere around the stage and the whole area... and christals and flitters and lights and the music! The choreographies, the acting, every single movement and moment of that show was magical!
Let the pictures talk for themeselves
http://szabadter.hu/programok/item/1894-ooh-la-la-ejszakai-revu-cirkusz.html#galéria
I just sat there and watched and forgot to take pictures of the best productions because i was too amazed at the moment XD I did took photos but they are from mobile and not really good quality.
The event itself was amazing, but the cause because I went there (is this grammatically correct? :D) is the fact that I1m in love with this world, the world of burlesque, the classical Moulin Rouge kind of burlesque, you know. The vintage one!
And thiiiis is the point of the article when it can get sentimental, and I'm gonna write my experiences, so you can get a peek in my life. Also with a hint of educational purpose - if any parent or young kid happens to read this, you can learn something about human nature itself, and how it can be influenced and formed.
Sneak peek in my life: i was an emo kindof kid. Yes I was! More of a punk tho.... Not that hardcore since I didn't had the money nor the courage to express myself fully. As a teenager I discovered metal and rock music and the things and bands that were fashionable and not so fashionable- from Green Day to The Grenma (still loving them). My outfits, my behaviour, taste of music...all punk-ish xd.
But how the hell does this connects to the topic?-you may ask.
Well, even before this 'state/period' of mine I discovered some things. The past, to be precise. My parents and grandparents lived in the 'golden ages' - don't worry they are still alive, and I love them.
By golden ages I mean 40-80/95. From the granparents I learned hell lot of things, like how to sew, embroider and so... their 'fashion' at the time was somewhat traditional hungarian mixed with the grey and brown and... you know what I'm talking about! You may have seen pictures from the time of the WW and after. Well, that boring village people style (sorry granma). It wasn't that important to look good for the people of labour. They still had some pretty stuff to wear, and rare pieces of jewerly and stuff like that. And I absolutely loved that! My great granma (RIP) had an aelephantbone necklace.. a beautiful design *.*
As you can see :)
And a lot of broches and rings too. // I may include some pictures of all everything in the next article wich -what a suprise- will be about vintage style and fashionable self expression.
Besides my grandparents's stuff I found myself one day deep inside my mother's closet throwing out all her clothing to the middle of the livingroom, trying on every piece, and spinning in front of the mirror. This happened when I was a small child.... aaand again right in the middleof thet punk era of mine. At the time, I have to admit, cuz there's no shame, I was a fat kid, I was made fun of several times for it- thanks all of you bullies for making me stronger than I ever imagined ;) . My mother"s clothes weren't too big anymore. In fact, my mother at the time was a 60-63 kg and about 169cm tall, slim like a model, and beautyful as a hollywood star! (She still shines like one ;) ) AAAnndd there I was... a fat fuc with wide ass and even wider shoulders with my also 169cm height and 70+ kgs....
I could'n fit anything, as you can imagine, I felt bad, but I was fascinated by the clothes-not as much as I am now. But even as a punk I could apreciate them.
The oldschool music came just as the clothes, but even before them! We had -still have but not working- bakelite player and looooot of vinyl records. Mostly from the 70-80's but there were older ones too and some classical music. I dind't like that music very much, but there were good songs too. The biggest impact on my music taste was that CD collection of retro pop and rock&roll wich came with the cd-player and the speakers, wich we had. Acdc, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabath, Elvis and bunch of other good old timer collected on those cds... I loved them. I fell in love and I couldn't let go since then. It added a sense of style to my sooohardcore metal/rock/punkockloving xd. I still love all kinds of musics:). But this oldschool style is the best!
My sources of informations at the time were limited without the world wide web in my hands. And when I got it I used it forthings, other than what I'm using it now (then:mostly gaming, watching anime and stuff- it stayed, but less oftime 'wasted' on these things). When I got into secondary education I started to realize that things are changing. A lot of things happened, and my style and fashin sense dramatically changed! I started to like more girly stuff first, as I may have already written in the harajuku article and the personal article about this, which I'm not gonnaget into now and again :
The main thing is: I found music, I found pin-up girls (actually in my childhooddays I found a pin-up illustrated pokercard collection - still haveing it, still loving it ) and makeup tutorials, and swing and jazz and eventually burlesque. I found pictures of models and showgirls, I got excited, I found movies, I downloaded songs, I found new bands, music covers, vintage fashion icons and etc... I already -back at the weeks actually found what makes me really happy, and what makes me confident. I re-visited the style for 4years - 10-30 times/year. But now as a grown up -kindof :D - I realized that ... I can actually pull it off, and embrace the fuck out of it! I mean the style. The vintage, and modern mixture can be my thing. And I also lost weight too -which helped me a lot to be more confident! I'm now proudly the same weight and size and height my mother was at her age of 18 to the end of her 20's mid 30's (i guess). Now I can fit in her old clothing, and I tried them on... I loved them! Not everything but the dresses *.*, and some skirts and shirrts and jackets and gloves..... I borrowed them, and I'm gonna wear them. Not sure if the schooldays worth this much of a glamorous clothing and appearance, but I've done 'wose' XD. Maybe on my university visits I will wear them, or maybe for dates and special ocasions. Dates are special ocasions too xd.
Anywaaayyysss.... the empowering style the red rouge and the feminity of this whole style is like that time when I sat with mymouth open drooling and sparkling on the burlesque show, lipsyncing the songs, feeling the power of the glam's atmosphere. I decided I want to feel it again and again! And I'm telling you I will for sure :) MAybe I ll include some photoes of it.
The BIGGEST ICON who I discovered not a long time ago: Dita Von Teese
She is gogeus and galmoros and inspiring and badass! From her interwievs and fashionsence and stuff, i learned so much. Also tutorials on you tube xd
The point of all of this rambling about vintage and stuff is: Find the things that makesyou happy and powerfull, and do whatever it takes to keep yourself happy! Be selfish a little (or more).
For me the most empowering and mood-changing thing is red lipstic. If I wear that, I'm a badass sexy powerful woman, ready to conquer the world. Sometimes clothing Does makes you who you are, if you find yourself in the pieces you are wearing.
BTW : Happy new year everybody!
