Okay, now you\u2019re feeling your sexy again and want to show it to the world, so let\u2019s start casting your clothes aside to join your inhibitions.\u00a0 Contrary to what people may believe, creating a memorable striptease requires some true skill and hopefully some forethought.\u00a0 Yes, most men will be happy when you end up naked, no matter how you got that way, but we want our audience to be stupefied into submission and not just satisfied.\u00a0 So, let\u2019s plan your striptease out, even if it will just be you and your mirror spending some quality time together.\u00a0 Since this is a burlesque column, I will talk about creating a striptease as if it will be performed on stage, but trust me, this attention to detail translates just as strongly to the bedroom, maybe even more so because it will be so unexpected.\u00a0 What a great birthday surprise for that special someone!\u00a0 In this first segment of the four-part series, we will talk about all of the things you should consider when gathering and creating the \u201ccostume\u201d that you will be stripping out of.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Generally a routine consists of several components, any of which can be your first point of inspiration:\u00a0 a costume, a particular song, choreography, a prop(s), and a theme.\u00a0 For the sake of simplicity, I\u2019m going to assume that you know the song you want to use.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have one already, start researching and going through your collection and try to find one that winks at you.\u00a0 When looking for inspiration, it may help to think of the tone of the piece you hope to create \u2013 will it be slow and sultry, upbeat and flirty, down and dirty?\u00a0 Now that you have the song that makes you move in ways that you just can\u2019t help, let it tell you the character that would dance to this.\u00a0 Is she a strumpet, a 40\u2019s film star, a dominatrix, a Catholic school girl, a wood nymph?\u00a0 Knowing your \u201ccharacter\u201d will go a long way towards picking out and creating the costume for your piece.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now that you know the character you\u2019re dressing, start to think of your act as a game of strip poker:\u00a0 the more items you start with, the more you have to play with.\u00a0 Unless you are planning to be a real tease on stage, I\u2019m assuming you plan to strip down to pasties and a G-string (or maybe your birthday suit at home), so let\u2019s think of all the extra items you can put on so that you can have fun taking them off later.\u00a0 Some typical burlesque costume items are:<\/p>\n
These are just some of the basics, but of course you should pick pieces that create the image you are looking for and that are unique to your act and character.\u00a0 For instance, maybe your character is a hardworking corporate lawyer, dressed in a white button-down shirt, silk tie, and pin-striped suit, with leather bondage pieces underneath it all.\u00a0 Again, keep in mind that burlesque focuses more on the tease<\/em> than on the strip (even if you will end up pretty naked), so the more you have to take off, the longer you can keep your audience panting for more.\u00a0 Now is also the time to consider how hard an item may be to remove and how much practice it will require to do it well before adding it to your ensemble.\u00a0 Sure a corset is a burlesque staple, but taking it off in a way that doesn\u2019t devolve into you looking down at your hooks in frustration requires some real skill and practice.\u00a0 Ditto with a dress.\u00a0 Yes it might be all slinky and glamorous when you have it on, but pulling it over your head to take it off probably won\u2019t be.<\/p>\n Once you have your items selected, or know what needs to be created, start making them your own with alterations and embellishments.\u00a0 As of yet, I have little experience in this area, but there are legions of videos on the internet on creating pasties, adding fringe to bras, dying costume pieces, gluing on rhinestones, you name it.\u00a0 Again, this is what makes it \u201cburlesque,\u201d that element of glamour and luxury, even if you\u2019re going to portray a garbage man.\u00a0 This is also the time to add bigger hooks to bras, Velcro to skirts, zippers to dresses, etc.\u00a0 If you do add Velcro to a costume piece, try to dye it to match the material so that it doesn\u2019t stick out when your clothing is discarded.\u00a0 Likewise, make sure to cut the tags out of any off the rack pieces.\u00a0 Nothing is more distracting or dissolves the element of illusion more quickly than a lingerie tag peeking out from where it shouldn\u2019t be.\u00a0 Finally, keep in mind that a lot of these adornments are frenemies, often seen in company together, all sparkly and pretty, but just waiting for the right moment to fight with each other.\u00a0 So keep this in mind, for instance, when adding Velcro or sequins to a costume piece that needs to come in contact with fishnets \u2013 you may be courting a performance disaster.\u00a0<\/p>\n You should have your work cut out for you this week, coming up with a song, character, costume ideas, and then gathering and creating the necessary pieces and making them yours.\u00a0 Come back next week and we\u2019ll talk all about timing out your striptease so that you keep your audience breathless with anticipation : )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, now you\u2019re feeling your sexy again and want to show it to the world, so let\u2019s start casting your clothes aside to join your inhibitions.\u00a0 Contrary to what people may believe, creating a memorable striptease requires some true skill and hopefully some forethought.\u00a0 Yes, most men will be happy when you end up naked, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ravynlunatique.com\/wp2\/feelosophy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}