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Post by Mary on Jul 12, 2004 23:12:09 GMT -5
Fashionistas!!!!!!! I need some serious, bizarre fashion advice pronto! How, in the name of god, does one dress for a .... punk rock drag neo-burlesque show?!?!?!?! Yes, you read that correctly. See, I've been seeing a boy for a few weeks. It's not particularly serious at this point, but I like hanging out with him. It's mostly been a weekend thing, I'm dreadfully busy during the week lecturing every day, and he works in the South Bay and doesn't get back until pretty late on weeknights. But anyway this weekend we are going to this famous SF institution, a burlesque revival at this old downtown hotel that's kind of an ironic punk rock take on burlesque with drag queens and tattooed gals and such. It sounds like great fun, but the catch is, I was just talking to the boy and in a moment of foolish bravado, as we were joking around about how amusing it was going to be to observe the outfits worn by the audience, I said "oh yeah, well, just wait until you see what I wear!!!" And he was like "ohhhhh, really? This better be good!" Alas, I was talking completely out of my ass. I have nothing to wear to this, I don't even know how one is supposed to dress for such a thing, and now I've got a bloody boast to live up to! So Thursday after class I'm dragging my ass to the city for some serious thrift store shopping. Any advice desperately sought. Not just what to wear, but how to accessorize, and what on earth to do with makeup!! I am a makeup-novice. I barely ever wear any. I don't even know how to identify half the weird contraptions in makeup aisles at stores. So please, help a clueless would-be fashionista in need!!!!  NP: The Undertones - The Very Best of the Undertones (song: Julie Ocean) Cheers, M |
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Post by phil on Jul 13, 2004 6:23:19 GMT -5
Borrow Tunes' wedding dress ... !!
(that oughtta rattle his cage ...)
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 13, 2004 7:36:34 GMT -5
punk rock drag neo-burlesque. damn.
neon fishnets. opera gloves. fringe and satin. a strip-panel skirt, or maybe pants/sleeves with big drag queen circles at the ends? flapper hair and goth-punk-slut makeup. goddamn. that's a tough one.
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Post by riley on Jul 13, 2004 7:46:48 GMT -5
Hold on ... I think I see it... naked.
Glad to help.
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Post by riley on Jul 13, 2004 7:50:27 GMT -5
Is it weird that Mary and I have seemed to simply cross paths with numerous pleasant exchanges over the years, yet I just recommended her attending a gathering in the nude.
Okay maybe it's just weird to me since I went to an identically themed gathering not one month ago, and my nude interpretation was well received. People just kept laughing and laughing. We all know how much I appreciate making people laugh.
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Post by RocDoc on Jul 13, 2004 8:40:20 GMT -5
Hey, it's San Francisco!
So if she did the naked thing, no-one would bat an eyelash...more likely she'd be berated for a LACK of imagination.
Oh honey! The au naturel thing is SO 5 years ago! Done to death! Pa-leeeeze! Pay attention!
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Post by tuneschick on Jul 13, 2004 9:06:13 GMT -5
Good god, samples, that was impressive.
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Post by lumencandle on Jul 13, 2004 9:40:34 GMT -5
Mary, I love everything samples said...especially the neon fishnets (!) and the fringe and satin bit! it'd be great if you found a black fringe skirt. been looking for one myself, although a lengthy one to wear anytime. Been thinking it'd be easy to make one, you can get fringe at a fabric shop....YES! a fringe Mini for Mary!
AND, i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but IMO, you need false eyelashes, well at the very least black liquid eyeliner and mascara...what does everyone think of truly red, red, lipstick to complete the retro look?
Last of all: if a corset, corseted top, or bustier was worked into this oufit, well, then that would just be IT.
Geez, I wish I was going to this show. All that's on my calendar so far this weekend is a joint yard sale with some friends...
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 13, 2004 10:55:48 GMT -5
Yeah, a corset would make the outfit. I dunno how hard it'll be to find all this stuff in thrift shops -- maybe SF is abounding with burlesque fringy satin skirts. As for makeup, yeah, go heavy. This is not the time to do the understatement thing. Heavy black lashes, green shadow maybe, red-red lips... Shoes.... Maybe you could bring the punk element in, or ooh, punk AND drag queen if you got those giant cartoonish looking stomper boots. Something outlandishly platform.. hm.
Or yeah, naked.
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Post by Mary on Jul 13, 2004 17:13:40 GMT -5
Wow, I knew I could count on you guys—proving yet again that the Fashion Catwalk is the coolest board at RS Castaways  I don't know if my phobia about eye makeup can really be overcome that easily, so I might have to forego some of the heavy eye makeup, but I'm definitely using the occasion to finally buy that pair of deep red and black cross-hatched (I think that's what it's called!) fishnets at Buffalo Exchange that I've been eyeing for months. Lucky for me I still have a pair of long black opera gloves from a theme party a few years ago, and a pretty cool 40s-esque hat as well. Fringe and satin would totally RULE my world if I could find such things in SF thrift stores! I swear, I'm writing a list of stuff and putting fringe and satin right on top. And my ridiculous punk rock boots with the giant multi-pronged silver buckles, to nod to the punk element of it all. The real question will be what I wear on top - like I was saying before, I'm not very creative with my shirts, I tend to get creative with skirts and pants instead, so that will be a challenge for me. I'm really regretting having sold this black shirt I had a few years ago with long netted sleeves. That rocked. What jewelry would you guys wear? (Please note, by "you guys" I'm referring to samples and lumencandle - rileydog and phil, your recommendations have been duly noted and ignored  ) Actually, the naked suggestion is a good one, it's just that I want to keep this guy for a while, not send him screaming in the other direction, you see. NP: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground (song: The Murder Mystery) Cheers, M |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 13, 2004 17:30:19 GMT -5
That's one of my very favourite VU songs. Don't you love it when someone is listening to a song you just adore?  Actually, the naked suggestion is a good one, it's just that I want to keep this guy for a while, not send him screaming in the other direction, you see.Oh, Mary. I think for the first time since I've known you I have the urge to pat your little head and shake mine at you. Self-deprecation coming from you is just silly. You're the bomb in all respects. Think you could find an old corset top at a thrift store? That would solve your top problem. You could throw something around your shoulders too.... a feather boa, yeah. I wanna go too now! NP: Nazi Girlfriend - Iggy Pop |
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Post by Mary on Jul 14, 2004 16:07:17 GMT -5
That's one of my very favourite VU songs. Don't you love it when someone is listening to a song you just adore? Actually, the naked suggestion is a good one, it's just that I want to keep this guy for a while, not send him screaming in the other direction, you see.Oh, Mary. I think for the first time since I've known you I have the urge to pat your little head and shake mine at you. Self-deprecation coming from you is just silly. You're the bomb in all respects. Aw samps, this totally put a smile on my face, really!!! You are unreasonably sweet Honestly, I was just engaging in a little self-deprecating humor, it's the Anglophile in me perhaps... I don't really have serious body self-image issues or anything. Any dude who can't deal with the fact that I'm not a size 4 isn't worth my time anyway... ...but oh, I must say, on my very favorite board, I haven't really mentioned this boy around here at all - seems like whenever I mention a boy on rs.com, I instantly jinx everything and wind up unceremoniously ditched. But really, he's been quite wonderful thus far. Funny and smart, encyclopedic knowledge of movies, black hair. I knew he was a good catch the first time I was in his car and he had both Bjork and Sepultura CDs on his dashboard!!!! Like I said, thus far it's been a pretty casual weekend thing, but it will be interesting to see what happens in a few weeks. That is assuming I live up to my bold and wholly unsubstantiated boasts about my burlesque outfit for the weekend—that's the kind of thing where you have to rise to the occasion, or run off tail between your legs! So tomorrow, look out Thrift Stores of San Francisco, I'm coooooming.... ;D NP: The Vibrators - Pure Mania (song: Into the Future) Cheers, M |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 14, 2004 16:20:08 GMT -5
Denver is so good for my ego. Any time I'm out walking somewhere I get guys coming onto me (!) and sometimes even specific compliments like "Baby, you've got great thighs." lol. Must just be Big City, because it sure as hell doesn't happen in Smalltown Kansas.
Good luck with the current Boy, Mary. Get your kicks, who knows how long he'll last, eh? I've really got to start dating if I don't find a job soon.. How else am I going to eat?!
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Post by Mary on Jul 16, 2004 0:03:48 GMT -5
Wow, I love San Francisco. You can find anything in a thrift store in the Mission District. I picked up: --a black satin jacket with this crazy boa-like fringe all around the shoulders --a deep, blood-red low-cut no-sleeved dress with this cool skirt that's just kinda layers and layers of red lace with a jagged shape along the bottom --black and red fishnets that match the dress and jacket perfectly --an equally perfectly matching red choker with some kind of onyx-looking gemstone in the front surrounded in silver and i've already got punk rock boots at home. just gotta figure out my makeup now.... Yeah samps, it's alway a bit of an ego boost when guys seem to notice you in the city (well, provided they aren't garishly obnoxious and slimy about it, like the fuckin jackass who wheeled his bicycle around in front of me to completely block the sidewalk so he could sidle up to me and inquire about where I was going and if I needed a "escort"....yech!!!) And I'm sure they are right and you do have very sexy thighs  Cheers, M |
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Post by samplestiltskin on Jul 16, 2004 11:08:08 GMT -5
Jeez, that stuff sounds perfect, Mary! If I didn't know you better I'd be disinclined to believe you.. Damn. How much did you pay for all that? And have you decided what you'll be donig with makeup?
Oh, and last night we got to talking to my neighbor, and he says the reason I get hit on all the time is because I'm walking on Colfax and they think I'm a hooker. Apparently all the people who aren't actually from this area think Colfax is Hooker District, which is.. really not true. Maybe extreme E Colfax. Whatever!
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I don't know if my phobia about eye makeup can really be overcome that easily, so I might have to forego some of the heavy eye makeup, but I'm definitely using the occasion to finally buy that pair of deep red and black cross-hatched (I think that's what it's called!) fishnets at Buffalo Exchange that I've been eyeing for months. Lucky for me I still have a pair of long black opera gloves from a theme party a few years ago, and a pretty cool 40s-esque hat as well. 
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