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Hypnotize Me And Tie Me Up: High Tales At The Wam Bam Club!
By Nonita on October 18, 2010
I am oh so excited – literally – as last Saturday at Wam Bam we had one of my favourite acts, the fantastic guys from High Tales – a group of fabulous aerial performance artists!
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Courtesans: Money, Sex, Fame and Burlesque
By Nonita on October 12, 2010
Image: Georgian ‘Pleasure Garden’ at the Museum of London. Nothing quite catches the eye like the promise of sex and that is exactly what these lovely ladies called courtesans came to be known for. I stumbled upon this brilliant book by Katie Hickman called ‘Courtesans: Money, Sex and Fame in the Nineteenth Century’, which gives you [...]
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Exclusive Interview: Lady Alex on Burlesque, Performance, Style And Fashion at Model Management.com
By Nonita on September 27, 2010
Our fabulous Lady Alex, the creator, main host, comedienne, Burlesque star and ring mistress of the most fabulous Burlesque and comedy show in London: The Wam Bam Club at Cafe de Paris did a fabulous exclusive interview on Burlesque and fashion for the Blog of the online fashion giant Model Management.com The interview makes such a great read that we had [...]
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Top Hat And Swing Burlesque Time!
By Nonita on August 23, 2010
At The Wam Bam Club we love fashion as much as we love a Burlesque show, so it doesn’t really come as a surprise that we are all huge fans of the highest of all fashion statements: The Top Hat!
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Sex, Drugs and Moulin Rouge: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Can-Can Inspired Art
By Nonita on July 30, 2010
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was the enfant terrible of the art world in fin de siècle Paris. The father of today’s modern poster, Toulouse-Lautrec lived a decadent and bohemian lifestyle in the city which, at the time, was a magnet for young artists from all over the world. He shot to fame becoming one of the [...]
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Haute Couture? More Like Hot Couture! – When Burlesque Meets Fashion
By Nonita on July 15, 2010
© Image courtesy of Paula Harrowing Being a lover of both, a burlesque show and a fashion show, I am in actual heaven when I see the two arts meet. First, it was Immodesty Blaize who wowed us at Ziad Ghanem’s Fall 2010 collection, where in a sensational and very dramatic mini show on the [...]
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A Wam Bam Burlesque Night in London!
By Nonita on July 4, 2010
When the fabulous Lady Alex invited me to come along to Cafe de Paris to see the ‘Wam Bam Club’, I was not even half-expecting what I was really about to let myself into.
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Was Blaze Starr – The Inspiration Behind Beyonce’s Latest Video?
By Nonita on July 3, 2010
What do you mean Blaze who? Blaze Starr, as in “The Hottest Blaze in Burlesque”!!! Born Fannie Belle Fleming (already sounds like a Burlesque star name don’t ya think?) in January 1, 1932 Blaze is one of the star icons of the Burlesque scene. She was a femme fatale, a sex symbol and a very talented actress and [...]
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