Hubby wears 1960's dinner suit, Circa Vintage, Fitroy
Vintage Suburbia wears Black 50's cocktail dress, Frocks and Slacks, St Kilda
(for full details of VS's outfit - see end of post*)
My hubby and I went to the Red Door Burlesque at the Order of Melbourne last night. It was a great evening. The MC Andrew McClelland was very funny (if you like corny jokes!) and the burlesque dancers and trapeze artist (who is called Anna the Pocket Rocket!) were amazing.
One of the lovely Burlesque dancers doing her fan dance - very classy
Anna the Pocket Rocket . Yes, she is on a trapeze!
I wasn't sure what to expect from the evening as I have never been to burlesque before. It was a very tasteful show, the dancers wear fabulous vintage-look lingerie. At the end the dancers do take off their tops, but they have very cute tassells on, its all great fun and tongue-in-cheek. Needless to say, my husband was in seventh heaven! Anna the Pocket Rocket did a wonderful hula-hoop routine, followed by an amazing trapeze act (with no safety net I must add - quite stupendous).
I also met up with the lovely Sophie of Piroska and the Wolf who looked gorgeous in a red and white polka-dot wiggle dress from 'Stop Staring' (I should have thought to take a photo - damn!). She really seemed to enjoy the evening too, as did the other members of the audience.
All in all a wonderful evening!
Event details:
Red Door Burlesque is held on the last Sunday of every month at The Order of Melbourne, Level 2/401 Swanston St, Melbourne. Doors open 6pm, $20 entry
For bookings, phone 9663 6707 or email reddoorburlesque@theorder.com.au The show is perfect for people with children, as it ended at around 9.15, so enough time to get back to the babysitter (there was a DJ coming on later which we could have stayed for though).
*Outfit details
The black 50's cocktail dress I am wearing is one of my favourite outfits. It is one of the first really nice vintage dresses I ever bought and it is one of the reasons I started collecting. It is made of rayon and falls beautifully. It is very flattering. It is also my favourite colour - black, which seems to suit my pale, freckly skin. The only problem is that (a) being made of rayon (which I didn't know until recently is a man-made fibre), it seems to attract moths and so it has quite a few moth holes in it, despite all my preventative measures against this (b) the waist is tiny, so I have to wear a waist cincher which can be a bit uncomfortable - but hey who ever wears vintage for comfort?!
Waist cincher - ebay (they come from Singapore I think, only around AUS$45)
Diamonte brooch - from the lovely Callie at Camberwell Markets (she is usually in the undercover walkway section) - she has fabulous stuff and her prices are reasonable
(she also has an online shop with more exclusive items, at http://www.huntedandcollected.com.au/)
Fake fur wrap - Salvos, Oakleigh
Glomesh bag - ebay Australia
Gloves - Temcare Op Shop, Station St, Oakleigh
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Again, you both look gorgeous! I wanted to go to that last night, but was too, too tired :P I am looking forward to the Dr Sketchy there next month.
ReplyDeleteI love that brooch!
Thanks M, yes there are great off-beat things to do in Melbourne if you keep your eye out. We went to Toff in the Town for pre-show drinks and snacks (as Order of Melb is not so good for wine). I would thoroughly recommend that to you if you haven't already been (great snuggly railway carriages!). Best, M
ReplyDeleteHi Maria, thanks for much for your comment and for stopping by my blog. I love browsing etsy, I have so many things in my favourites. I live in Adelaide but would love to go to Camberwell markets one day. We have the Gilles St Markets here though which I guess is the equivalent =)
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