Life Is A Cabaret

Honestly, most of the time when I sell a dress, I have no idea what it is going to end up doing. Go to a party? A show? Sit in the closet? I like to think that all of the dresses that pass through my hands are off to big bold adventures.... I whisper my intentions into their seams, of course, so that their wearers might find themselves suddenly having a good time that they weren't expecting. (You didn't realize that was part of my customer service?) Really, I have always associated a new dress with a special event, and I think most women do. Imagining ourselves at the special event is half the fun, anyway, since our imaginations are utterly unencumbered by realities like finding parking or trying to dig our lipstick out of our purse (or out of our husband's pocket, if you are a purse-o-phobe like I am).  

This dress, which you might remember as the "Speakeasy", is going on the coolest adventure that I can imagine. It is being worn by my beautiful friend Nicole, who was kind enough to send me these pictures:

She is pairing it with this jacket, also from my shop, the "Opening Night":

With the hair, the earrings, and the shoes- pure perfection, I must say!

So where is this ensemble off to? Nicole is taking a trip to the East Coast this month, with a stop in Cambridge to see a stage production of Cabaret (many of you know the film version with Liza Minnelli, of course)-- featuring Amanda Palmer as the emcee!

If you don't know who Amanda Palmer is, well, I am here to tell you right now! Her first project was The Dresden Dolls, who championed a Vaudeville/Steampunk/gothic/musical theater/just plain weird sound, to an utterly obsessed fan base. A great place to start with The Dresden Dolls would be this incredibly catchy song "Coin Operated Boy".... the video is awesome, too.

Amanda Palmer has had a phenomenal solo career over the past several years, marked by a staunch independence and a refusal to cowtow to industry "standards" (such as her former record label's attempt to ban one of her videos because they felt like her muscular, healthy frame looked "too fat").

Amanda recently released an album covering Radiohead's hits, all played on the ukulele. She also became engaged to one of America's premier forces of imaginative creation, Neil Gaimen (The Sandman, Stardust, Coraline, etc.). I can't wait to see what these two come up with together! 

More Amanda Palmer awesomeness...

One of my favorite songs, "Ampersand":

A huge thanks to Nicole, both for supporting my shop, and for being the one who turned me on to Amanda Palmer (and who keeps me supplied with all kinds of great mix CDs and rare tracks from her)!

Comments

[Nicole]

You are my hero. <3

[bella vintage]

it's neat seeing customers in the vintage they bought and how they style it! i like peoples different perspectives..

[cynthia]

Geat post! The dress looked fab on Nicole : )

[Tanya]

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Daphne]

She's so awesome. I LOVED seeing her this summer!!