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‘Strip, shimmy and smile!’ – Are a burlesquer’s staple moves misogynistic, feminist, or who-damn-cares-ist? My curious mind and adventurous spirit led me down the route of burlesque dancer in September last year, and, though I’m taking an extended break, I’ve never looked back.

The archaic 19th Century artful, mocking striptease show. Why is it back with such a bang? Why do modern women love watching, and performing it so much? Empowerment, fun, comedy, love of theatre, cabaret, self-expression, conveying a political or art-based inspiration, liberation, ecstasy, or just pure damn curiosity – these are all reasons you should try burlesque. Yes, you! Man or woman! Slinky and svelte or carrying a couple of extra pounds and a few dimples! One of my favourite burlesque dancers is the curvy, bouncy, delicious Effie Vescent. I recommend checking her out. Google her, book her for a birthday party. Oh my god, that’s such a good idea.

The key is to take what you want from it, be in control and do it for you no-one else. If you can make a career of it, then wow, go you. I couldn’t. I had a full-time job and was working damn hard at my other – well, main – career: being a journalist. This was my escapism, my glamour, my vice, my awkward-silence-filler. Hey, it was my hobby, like any other. You like horse-riding? I was into burlesque, Lolita Clothing uk.

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They attacked him after recognising him as the “Knight Warrior” while he was on a walk with his fiancée.
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He said: “We were recognised when we were walking through Salford and some lads started punching me. My face was all swollen up.
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My day with my grandson— in a big bear mascot

My grandson was just two years old. And he liked everything that was downy so that my family decided to purchase a bear mascot costume for his birthday. We bought it from a shop online two months before his birthday in order to get the mascot costume in time. In the end, it came in earlier than my expectation and I had to hide it in case my grandson found it.

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To give him a surprise, after he blew the candles, I came up in the brown bear mascot costume. He was so exciting to see the hairy bear and could not help to give a hug to me. He crabbed my leg and did not want to move at all. He kept kissing me and I could feel his happiness inside the mascot.

Finally, he fell in asleep in my or in the bear’s arms. And the next morning, he looked around the house to find the bear. Though I would like to let him being with the bear, I still wanted him to remember his grandfather more. And I had a deal with him that if he could behave himself, the bear would come up at the weekend.

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The 25 Funniest Mascot Videos in Sports

Mascots are to sports, what clowns are to the circus—minus the creepiness and infamous serial-killer connection. The mascot is supposed to play to role of entertainer and icebreaker.

Every sport features intermissions and other pauses in the action, so someone...or something...has to keep whoever is paying attention happy. And when you consider all the forces working against them, it's an admirable—if thankless—job.

Not only does performing this duty usually entail putting on a heavy, hot and ridiculous-looking costume, but they're facing a crowd that is often equal parts angry and inebriated. Furthermore, there are few feats more difficult to pull off than actually being funny when thousands of people know that's your only goal.

Sometimes the guy or gal sweating in the musty confines of a costume can pull it off as planned, but more often than not, success comes in a form as old as mankind: their expense (or someone else's).

Whether falling flat on their foam-rubber face or picking a fight with the only other dude in the stadium with a tail, there is no shortage of moments when mascots achieve comedy gold, even if it wasn't scripted.

These are the 25 funniest cheap mascot costumes videos in sports.

Love Life, love cosplay

Finding a good cosplay uk team and join in may be a dream of every coser. What we are looking for is not neither money nor rank; we simply want to fulfill our goals on the stage.

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One question that we may have asked ourselves for tens of thousands of time is that what drives us fight for?

We may lose our minds when we are facing the problem that the other teams use the same stage property as we do. We are going to be disappointed and upset when we are run out of money. We question ourselves for the reason especially when we fail.

Sometimes failure cannot be avoided. Except objective factors, mentality may be the most important factor. We feel irritable because of the hot weather or money problem. We feel exhausted after rehearse the plays again and again.

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I CASUALLY WORE A HOT PINK WIG TO DINNER AND I THINK IT WENT PRETTY WELL

I spent the weekend before last at Comic-Con in San Diego, California. My pals had a booth there and my dude was on a panel so I went to help out, swim and attend super-fun parties. 

 

With my dude's alter ego, Dr. Rockso at the Adult Swim Fun House. 

 

While walking around the main floor on Saturday afternoon, I was getting a little stressed out because there was still SO MUCH to do -- and I needed to get back to the hotel to wash my filthy hair before I attended a fancy dinner that night. (I'm obviously more than a little obsessed with washing my hair.)

 

So I was thrilled when I strolled by a booth selling tons of inexpensive, candy colored wigs -- because let me tell you, cutting the hair washing portion out of getting ready cuts the total time expenditure in HALF. I instantly planned to just cram my dirty hair up under a wig and sail off into the night. 

 

The Epic Cosplay wig booth at Comic-Con.

 

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I purposely picked a wig that was a somewhat conservative hairstyle -- shoulder length with bouncy curls. I chose one that also had straight bangs because I have very straight hair in real life, so it most "matched" my normal look. Plus the bangs help hide where the wig meets your forehead -- an important detail I only realized later on. (And a few well-placed bobby pins helped the whole thing blend into itself.)

 

The part of the wig that wasn't at ALL conservative was the color -- flaming hot pink!

 

22" fuschia purple long-bang wig, $34.99 at Epic Cosplay.

I've had hot pink hair in the past, so I already knew I could pull it off pretty well.

 

Yes, this is my real hair.

Obviously a huge hot pink wig is not such a subtle look. But luckily I had some simple clothes in my suitcase to throw on with it to tone it down. That's the main reason I stopped dyeing my hair pink all those years ago -- so much of my wardrobe clashed with it, and I had to dress really simply to balance out the mania on my head. It got way boring, fast.

 

I settled on a low-key, slightly prom-ish black strapless dress and a plain pair of platform sandals and took off for dinner. 

 

Sorry for the phone in all these pics -- my not-so-trusty photog boyfriendwas unavailable.

Those sandals I'm wearing are by Dolce Vita -- they keep releasing them every season under different "J" names: Jade, Jude, and now Jury. I love them so -- the wedge provides support and the silhouette really elongates the leg. It’s flattering on everyone!

 

They are also THE MOST comfortable platforms I have ever worn. I walked miles in them at Comic-Con and my feet never hurt. I've bought them in 3 different colors already, and I'd buy a 4th if they made 'em.

 

I almost didn't wear any jewelry with this whole getup, but then I threw on this silly rhinestone "OMG" necklace at the last minute, as I didn't want anyone to think I was taking my look too seriously. 

 

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The whole thing was a pretty big hit. I felt sort of stupid for the first 20 minutes but then I got over it. I got tons of compliments on it, and the wig came off as more of a statement fashion accessory instead of a big obvious scenery chewing deal. The best part was that I didn't feel the need to hit the bathroom every hour or so to make sure my hair wasn't a mess! It was pretty freeing. 

 

I think the slightly formal, party frock vibe of the dress I wore with this crazy wig helped it be a fun, classy look instead of veering into a ridiculous costume.

 

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I also played it safe with my makeup. I considered doing a really simple nude lip, but then I found this pinky-colored Revlon Just Bitten balm stain (#020, Lovesick) in my makeup bag, so I decided to go matchy-matchy for simplicity's sake. I also used the lightest wash of a warm,golden toned eyeshadow, added a swipe of mascara (Benefit's "They're Real!") and called it done. I'm telling you, it's a total snap to get dressed when one part of your outfit is doing all the heavy lifting!

 

The whole look was such a success that I'm considering the purchase of a pastel ringlet rainbow wig next. Gabi succeeded in pulling off cotton candy fairy hair, but I'm way too lazy for that sort of commitment. I need a slap 'n go solution.

 

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The thought of owning a second wig made me wonder how I would store them in between wearings. With a little searching, I found this girl's super clever shoe rack system.

 

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