tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998145973502478568.post6944628705288654233..comments2012-03-25T21:16:56.003-07:00Comments on Burgundy's Bits: The quest for persona and individuality in burlesque.Burgundy Brixxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12762909598904770183noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998145973502478568.post-29374749268887024072011-01-26T16:01:25.561-08:002011-01-26T16:01:25.561-08:00Talk to Satan's Angel about stockings! She'...Talk to Satan's Angel about stockings! She's got a very strong opinion about maintaining a specific look onstage. She loves them and wishes more gals would wear them. <br /><br />Buy yourself a good pair of professional Capezio fishnets to match your skin tone - if you're as pale as I am you'll need to look for "nude" or throw a little bleach in their first wash. You can cut off the waistband without feat of fraying and sew little hooks (inside, facing down)into your g-string or to hook onto the top and keep the stockings from showing above the top of your panty. This is what professional showgirls have been wearing for years in Vegas, cruise ships, etc. They last for YEARS (seriously, I have some that are almost 10 years old now). You'll be amazed at how incredible your legs and bum will look, but how actually naked your flesh appears onstage! Pull the stockings WAY up your bum to sculpt it...but a word to the wise: make sure to wear a small nude g-string underneath or beware what I unpleasantly refer to as "waffle-puss"!Burgundy Brixxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12762909598904770183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5998145973502478568.post-1986874499822582262011-01-21T17:11:41.324-08:002011-01-21T17:11:41.324-08:00Hi, Burgundy! I very much appreciated the last com...Hi, Burgundy! I very much appreciated the last comment in this post, about not letting festivals color what you do in your everyday performance. I had a conversation with my costumer very recently about a piece we're building together, and I'll admit that afterward I felt a little ashamed. We were discussing each piece, from the gown, to the garter, to what would be left after the final reveal. She was fighting very hard for me to end up in a pair of high-waisted, 40s-era panties, rather than removing them at some point for a g-string. After going around and around, I said, "but I want to submit this to festivals, and if I don't go down to a g-string or merkin, I'll never get in!" <br /><br />Here's the truth of the matter, though: I'm not comfortable in a super-skimpy g-string, and I cannot imagine a time or place I'd ever go for a merkin. I have a pretty healthy self-esteem, but like everyone, I have my personal issues, and frankly my ass is one of those things. I want to be able to wear fishnets no matter what, and a teensy g-string isn't going to hide the seams. I have one costume already that just does not work with fishnets, and I hate every single picture taken of me in it. Which makes me shy in my performance, which means I'm not giving the best performance I can.<br /><br />And yet, I was willing to jeopardize giving an amazing performance, because I was so focused on fitting into the mold I see over and over again at festivals. But what's a girl to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com