On November 13th at the Wise Hall I nervously and excitedly took the stage for the first time as burlesque dancer Rufflesilkskin. For the past two months my classmates and I worked away on our solos piecing together music, costumes and characters with a huge boost from our teachers Melody Mangler, April O'Peel, Voodoo Pixie and Violet Femme.
In the end my pieces were the Pink Panther theme song, an array of reversable costumes and me playing a nervous bank robber. The number seemed to go over well with the audience and I was relieved to hear laughter in all the right places! A few people asked me how I decided to put together that number. My response is Aya Tsukioka, a Japanese fashion designer who designed clothing to help protect from attackers. One of her pieces was the vending machine skirt.
That's where I got the idea to make all my costume pieces disguises. Melody and the gang told us to create a reason to take our clothes off and disguises became mine!
My costume consisted of:
- A forearm/moustache
- A shirt/stop sign
- A bra/glasses
- A skirt/vending machine
With help from a handy glue gun and my mummy I was able to put my first burlesque costume together!
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| My version of the vending machine skirt |
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| Double the bra, double the fun! |
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