Vivian Velvet - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm an artist, vintage fashion fanatic, and burlesque performer in Chicago. I'm basically not happy unless I'm creating something... a performance number, a costume, a piece of furniture, a sculpture, a garden, whatever sparks my interest. I'm lucky to be happily married to a great guy. I'm here to meet other dancers and artists. There are a lot of interesting people out there, I'd like to meet you. I work a lot, (yes I have a day job) :( and so I don't get on here every day...don't be offended if I don't get back to you right away.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Burlesque, vintage clothing (especially 1940's), sewing and costume-making, vintage magazines and catalogs, retro hairstyling, gardening, live music, White Sox games

I'd like to meet:

Other creative people

Music:

Blues, swing, rockabilly

Movies:

I don't have much time for movies. But I love the old classics. Gene Kelly, Fred and Ginger, Jimmy Stewart.

Television:

Not much time for TV either...

Books:

I cannot read. No, not because I don't know how...but because once I start a book I cannot stop! Seriously...I will stay up all night to finish a book. Luckily I read very fast so I can finish most books in one night. But then I don't get any sleep. The last book I read was "Live fast, die young...the wild ride of making 'Rebel Without a Cause'".

Heroes:

Well, they're not exactly heroes, but artists I admire include Gene Kelly, Ella Fitzgerald, Alphonse Mucha, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Sally Rand, James Dean, and Ginger Rogers, (to name a few)......

My Blog

Maple Syrup

What are you eating? No, really, do you know what's in most of the food you eat? Probably not. There are so many chemicals and additives in our food today, it can't be good...
Posted by Vivian Velvet on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 07:48:00 PST

Thanks a LOT, Kelly!

Kelly tagged me and made me do this. Here are the rules: The first player of this game starts with the "6 weird/things/habits about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog (or bulleti...
Posted by Vivian Velvet on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 08:35:00 PST

Rules for shoes

So, a blog is where you can rant about you pet peeves, right? Well, my first blog is about shoes. There are so many people out there in bad shoes, I can't stand it. I love shoes.&nbs...
Posted by Vivian Velvet on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:58:00 PST