THE STOP STARING DRESS

Dress - Stop Staring via Garageland
Shoes - the customized ModCloth ones

I should go out more often so I'd get to dress up all fancy and fine! I haven't been out for real in ages since we've had shows every weekend this winter; the day before I'm usually just taking it weasy and the day after Iäm too tored to go anywhere. But oh, I have too many dresses just waiting to be worn and I feel them hanging in my wardrobe shouting "wear me, wear me!". So, last Friday I went to the warm up party for the main event of HBF all dressed up fancy and fine of course, wearing my Stop Staring dress that had been hanging there all sad and unworn for half a year (oh my).

Next Saturday I'll go dancing at a Valentine's ball! That will make some other dress of mine very happy (and me look all fancy and fine in return). Oh yes!

SHADOWS

My internet at home is not working and I'm busier than a bee until next week so for now I'll leave you some with old pictures taken from around last year's Burlesque Festival.

Have a great weekend and see you at Gloria if you're lucky enough to have a ticket :)

MONDAY IN PICTURES

I’ve always enjoyed reading other’s ‘a photo an hour’-posts. Lately I’ve been a lot about glitter and shows but of course my life is not all about that. My days differ a lot depending on weather I work from home or weather I go to work or just have a day off. This is what my Monday looked like.

08:00 I wake up - very early for being me - and take it pretty easy with coffee and the morning paper


09:00 I start unpacking my bags from Friday’s show – my flat is always a mess of clothes, make up and shoes after a burlesque gig (I’m really slow with those things; it’s the same with unpacking after a trip).


I store my stage stuff in hat boxes. At my place it’s close to impossible to try to put anything in bags or boxes without having to remove a cat first…


10: Work!


11:00 Still working. The winter weather looks really nice and crisp outside.


12:00 I go to a business lunch with my friend K and a long term client of ours.



13:00 Some burlesque-related shopping in the sewing store. Lots and lots of glittering stuff.


14:00 I drag my lazy behind to the gym. For someone who used to work out eight times a week (which is too much btw) I nowadays find it rather hard to get there, so I had to stop by some stores just to postpone the whole thing… I do enjoy working out in general and the gym I go to is really fresh and all but I have a slight hidden attitude problem with some of the other that exercise there; posers, hysteric anorectics or women that actually spray and fix their hair and apply makeup before working out.Hmpf. (I guess this was the whine-moment of the day then...)


17:00 Back at home. I sew a bit on my stage outfit for Saturday’s show. (I also do the dishes and some laundry, take out the trash and clean up cat puke but that wouldn’t make very nice pictures now would it).


18:00 I start making dinner (rather proudly since I tend to eat out quite a lot otherwise. I even bake a bread goddamit!)


19:00. I get company, and that’s the end of the picture taking for that night.



Todays HBF happening: exhibition opening of works from past Dr-Sketchy's as well as burlesque portraits from Paule Saviano.

IT STARTS NOW!

Photo : Laura Kansanen-Stavale © Helsinki Burlesque

The Helsinki Burlesque Festival week starts now!
(Or kind of started already with the tease party last Friday, which btw went great for our part). It will be a week filled with workshops, burlesque photo- and Dr.Sketchy's art exhibitions and, well of course, parties, fabulous parties! Oh oh, it really annoys me I have to go to work in between...

For those of you elsewhere who'll miss out on all the fun, here's a little treat for you too: You can now buy Minna Parikka shoes online from her own web store! And the bags are back!
www.minnaparikka.composer.fi/eshop