Tag: Steampunk / Burlesque

It has been a while since we didn’t mention Burlesque on the Sama Gazette and we had to do something about it. So here is a great news for any Burlesque lover: for its fourth year, BurlyCon will be held in Seattle the weekend of October 20-23. If you don’t know what BurlyCon is about, here is a hint: BurlyCon is an annual Burlesque Educational convention that provides educational offerings, professional growth and in-person social networking ...

If you live in France, there is no way you could not know Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec opens today. Louise Bourgoin (playing Adèle Blanc-Sec) and Luc Besson are on every channel, promoting the film. Even Max Dana posted about it on her Blog; so we had to add our small contribution to the buzz for our dear Sama Readers living abroad and who may not already know about the last movie produced by EuropaCorp. The plot (from IMDb): ...

Our Twitter friends @coolhunting published an article on their website about Kitsune Noir, Dan Funderbergh and Furni‘s subversively modern take on the cuckoo clock. We also read the news on Kitsune Noir’s blog and when we saw the retro/classic Bavarian cuckoo clock style of the Neverend Clocks, we thought: ‘It would be perfect to hang on the walls of the Sama Gazette!’ Here are the details about the Neverend Clocks: – ...

We were browsing the Internet (not that our daily job exclusively constists in browsing the Internet but we actually spend a lot of time browsing the Internet…), and the iVictrola – iPhone Phonograph caught our attention for many reasons. The first one is because the design looks a lot like one of the Sama sculpture produced last year by Max Dana. The second reason is because the ‘concept’ is close to one Max is currently working ...

If you are a member of the Sama Epicurean Fraternal Society, you definitely appreciate good (red) wine. And if you do, you probably already have a wine rack at home. And if you do, you might be interested by this one: the Metal Wine Cage. A dozen bottles of your prized vintages rest within the safe confines of our padlock-equipped wine cage. Built of hand-welded and fabricated iron Features a rustic finish Approx. 40 lbs. Dimensions: 37-1/2″W x ...

English fashion designer Alexander McQueen is very creative. When we saw the photo of the skull clutch, we (2 of us actually) immediatly thought: ‘This clutch is great, it could make a great gift to someone we know very well’. We suppose you guess about whom we are talking about. Max Dana has been working at her atelier lately and we didn’t have the occasion to show her the skull clutch yet, so we thought it could be a good idea ...

Whether you’re into jewelry or not, sometimes you can fall for a ring. On a totally different style from the Milly Carnivora created by Victoire de Castellane for Christian Dior we presented you this Summer, the Onyx Skull Ring created by Wendy Brandes is awesome and we know someone who will be very interested by this kind of dark onyx jewelry when she will read this post… Ring description: One-of-a-kind, hand-made 18K ring with large onyx ...

It’s Saturday and we couldn’t leave you until next week without sharing with you a crucial information: a member of the Sama Team had the chance to see Dita Von Teese‘s show at The Casino de Paris last week. We already talked about this rendezvous: Dita Von Teese ‘Queen of Burlesque’ in Paris!, and this Sama Team member really enjoyed the night, in every way… But if you’re still unaware about the Burlesque thing we are ...

Dita Von Teese will be performing in Paris next week.  If you don’t already know the ‘Queen of Burlesque’ , here is what we can read on her officiel website: She is one of a kind. She is the biggest name in Burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee. She tops international Best Dressed lists. She is a modern day Fashion Icon. She inspires designers from Marc Jacobs and John Galliano to Jean Paul Gaultier and Zac Posen. She is credited for bringing ...

The annual Coney Island Rockabilly Festival presented by Cockabilly Records will take place on Labor Day Weekend, September, 04, 2009 – September, 07, 2009. As usual, the festival is about live Burlesque, sideshow and Rock ‘n’ Roll with more than 100 acts during the week-end. More info on Cockabilly Records’ Myspace page. I wish I lived in Brooklyn! Get your tickets, you lucky ones!