Glamour takes time. A video portrait of the beautiful Marlene von Steenvag

While preparations for STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 4 at Berlin Fashion Week in January 2014 are running already, more and more reviews of and links to our project are being published. Last January film director Arthur Paul Heisler accompanied our dancer MARLENE VON STEENVAG at STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 with his camera, from her flat and her journey to the venue to beautiful scenes in the small backstage-room to her gorgeous performances on our stage at Grüner Salon der Volksbühne at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, where our event happened that time. Out of these wonderful scenes and with music of the R & B act BEΛR//FVCE from Northern Ireland Arthur has created a video, which is just as glamorous as that evening and the artist herself. In the backstage-room you can also see our artist Nora Below, fashion designer Gregor Marvel and Tommy Dollar (Thomas Dellert Dellacroix) for a very short time. What an amazingly beautiful video!!! ♥

Während bereits die Vorbereitungen für STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 4 zur Berlin Fashion Week im Januar 2014 laufen, erscheinen immer wieder neue Rückblicke und Verweise auf unser Projekt. Der Filmer Arthur Paul Heisler hat unsere Tänzerin MARLENE VON STEENVAG vergangenen Januar bei STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 mit seiner Kamera begleitet, von ihrer Wohnung über die Anfahrt bis hin zu schönen Szenen im kleinen Backstage-Raum und ihren großartigen Auftritten auf unserer Bühne im Grünen Salon der Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, wo die Veranstaltung damals stattfand. Aus diesen wunderschönen Aufnahmen hat Arthur zu Musik des nordirischen R & B-Acts BEΛR//FVCE ein Video zusammengestellt, welches genauso glamourös ist wie der damalige Abend und die Künsterin selbst. Im Backstage-Raum sind auch kurz unsere Künstlerin Nora Below, der Mode-Designer Gregor Marvel und Tommy Dollar (Thomas Dellert Dellacroix) zu sehen. Was für ein wunderschönes Video!!! ♥

BEΛR//FVCE - Taste My Sad feat. Marlene von Steenvag

from Arthur Paul Heisler on Vimeo.

Inofficial music video

STYLE.DE (VOGUE PARTNER SITE) recommendation for STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2
Berlin Fashion Week, January 2013 (photo by Paul Green)

★ 

MARLENE VON STEENVAG

Germany's most glamorous Burlesque Artist
http://marlene-von-steenvag.de/
http://Berlin-Burlesque-Festival.com/
http://salon-kokett.com/

performing Fashion Design by

★
MISS MOSS CORSETS
Custom Corsets and Handmade Couture in Berlin

www.corsets-in-berlin.com/

http://de.dawanda.com/shop/MissMoss
www.facebook.com/miss.moss.corsets

MARLENE VON STEENVAG performs MISS MOSS CORSETS
@ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 (18. Jan. 2013) (photo by Lux Artifex)

More about MARLENE VON STEENVAG in this blog:

Photos by Lux Artifex / Atelier 'et Lux' of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Photos by Jarka Snajberk of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Video-Cuts by Robert Stefan of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird Of Paradise / Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Video-Cuts by Martin Fürstenberg / Platyn Filmproduction of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird Of Paradise @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Photos by Lux Artifex / Atelier 'et Lux' of MARLENE VON STEENVAG performing MISS MOSS CORSETS * Bird of Paradise @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Photos by Jarka Snajberk of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird of Paradise @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 
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Gallery with beautiful pictures of MARLENE VON STEENVAG

Magenta & Jenny tragen KNOTH KOUTURE

@ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 - Night of Fashion, Performances & Music /
Grüner Salon der Volksbühne / Berlin-Mitte / Berlin Fashion Week 18. Januar 2013

STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 Cover:

Marlene von Steenvag in her Miss Moss Corset

Cover & photos by Atelier 'et LUX'

 

Zum Abschluss meiner Photo-Strecken zur zweiten STYLE! IT! TAKES!-Nacht im Grünen Salon der Volksbühne möchte ich Euch ein paar Bilder mit mir selbst beim Ansagen der Shows nicht vorenthalten. Da anscheinend leider niemand DJ André in seinem KNOTH KOUTURE-Overall photographiert hat, bekommt Ihr so wenigstens mein tolles Kleid zu sehen, das die ansonsten auf Männermode spezialisierte Modedesignerin JENNY KNOTHE designt und genäht hat.

KERSTEN in dem wunderschönen Kleid von KNOTH KOUTURE

(während der Ansage von MARLENE VON STEENVAG's Show 'Bird of Paradise' mit einem Korsett von MISS MOSS CORSETS. 
Im Hintergrund Marlene's riesige rosa Straußenfeder-Fächer)

KERSTEN im KNOTH KOUTURE-Kleid beim Vorstellen der Mode-Designer*innen Thea und Jasa von DEGENEROTIKA (rechts)
vor dem Live-Auftritt von POPSIMONOVA (Mitte, alle drei in Outfits von DEGENEROTIKA)

Sisters in fashion / Mode-Schwestern

KERSTEN und POPSIMONOVA in Mode-Designs von KNOTH KOUTURE und DEGENEROTIKA checken die Technik

(vor dem Auftritt von NORA BELOW)

KERSTEN in dem wunderschönen KNOTH KOUTURE-Kleid mit den markanten dreieckigen Schnitten

während der Ansage von MARLENE VON STEENVAG's zweiter Show 'Opium & Bondage'

 Auch die Designerin selbst trug KNOTH KOUTURE: Jenny Knothe (zweite von links) und GregOr Marvel (rechts) in ihren eigenen Outfits.

 

FUCK YOU! I'm FRIENDLY

KERSTEN in KNOTH KOUTURE stellt den Mode-Designer GregOr Marvel von der FRIENDLY SOCIETY vor, die zehnjähriges Jubiläum feiert.

GregOr Marvel trägt sein eigenes Mode-Design und hat NORA BELOW für ihren Live-Auftritt eingekleidet und frisiert.

             

NORA BELOW wears GregOr Marvel (FRIENDLY SOCIETY), POPSIMONOVA in DEGENEROTIKA fashion design (standing in the background), GregOr Marvel wears GregOr Marvel (FRIENDLY SOCIETY) and KERSTEN dressed in KNOTH KOUTURE

Photos by

LUX ARTIFEX / Fotoatelier 'et LUX'
http://www.stylished.de/fotografen-berlin/fotograf-lux-artifex-122815.html
http://www.facebook.com/Atelier.EtLux.Artifex

except the 3 not indicated with his logo (the square one and the last two) by

RUBY VENEZIA KAINU

http://weacttoday.info
www.spreecast.com/channels/cultur-elle

Fashion designs (in order of appearance in this post) by

★ MISS MOSS CORSETS

Custom Corsets and Handmade Couture in Berlin

www.corsets-in-berlin.com/ 

http://de.dawanda.com/shop/MissMoss

★ KNOTH KOUTURE

Fashion and Costume Design

http://knoth-kouture.com/ 

www.facebook.com/KnothKouture 

http://de.dawanda.com/shop/knothkouture/ 

★ DEGENEROTIKA

Violent Avantgarde Fashion from Berlin

www.degenerotika.de

http://degenerotika.carbonmade.com/ 

www.notjustalabel.com/degenerotika 

★ GregOrMarvel / FRIENDLY SOCIETY

www.friendlysociety.de 

www.facebook.com/friendlysociety 

www.youtube.com/friendlysocietytv 

        

Details: back side and front

Last 3 photos by Inka

★

Mehr KNOTH KOUTURE in diesem Blog / More about KNOTH KOUTURE in this blog:

MAGENTA trägt KNOTH KOUTURE
CAMERA meets KNOTH KOUTURE
CAMERA wears KNOTH KOUTURE (Style! It! Takes! July 7 2012)
 AFTERHOURS

Mehr Outfitposts mit MAGENTA / More outfit posts with MAGENTA:

Frühe Photo-Session mit dem KNOTH KOUTURE-Kleid (Mai 2012)

Weinrote Lack-Heels (November 2012)

In den Gärten der Welt (August 2012)

Lola Cruz-Schuhe (Juni 2012)

MARLENE VON STEENVAG Bird of Paradise & POPSIMONOVA live Video

Martin Fürstenberg hat diese wunderschönen Video-Aufnahmen am 18. Januar 2013 bei

STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 - Night of Fashion, Performances & Music im Grünen Salon gemacht.

Dankeschön, Martin!
Platyn Filmproduction
www.platyn.de

Contains outtakes of

MARLENE VON STEENVAG Bird of Paradise

wearing MISS MOSS CORSETS

KITTY WILD on stage wearing LITTLE NEMO

KERSTEN wearing KNOTH KOUTURE
introducing Thea and Jasa from DEGENEROTIKA and POPSIMONOVA

POPSIMONOVA live wearing DEGENEROTIKA

(so this covers important parts of the programme till about midnight;
the second performance of Marlene von Steenvag and Nora Below live featuring Namjira
are missing here)

MARLENE VON STEENVAG performs MISS MOSS CORSETS

@ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 - Night of Fashion, Performances & Music /
Grüner Salon der Volksbühne / Berlin-Mitte / Berlin Fashion Week 18. Januar 2013

Germany's most glamorous Burlesque artist MARLENE VON STEENVAG opened the second Night of Fashion, Performances & Music performing MISS MOSS CORSETS with an amazing show called 'Bird of Paradise'. In the middle and center of this performance Marlene showed a breathtaking handmade corset by our great designer Miss Moss from MISS MOSS CORSETS.

Marlene started her dance with huge white-transparent Egyptian Love Goddess ISIS-style wings reflecting all the colours like a rainbow, in a wonderful white dress and with beautiful white flowers in her hair...

 Osiris Ounnefer and winged Isis, Isis Temple, Philae Island, Egypt (pic by Rémih) 

Beside being Goddess of Love, ISIS is also recognized as Goddess taking care of the Dead, as Goddess of the Sea, Mother of the Sun and Goddess of the Moon, to mention just a few...

With her phantastic wing dance (greatly to be seen in the video by Martin Fürstenberg, see link below), Marlene showed her wonderful white dress wearing beautiful white gloves and gorgeous jewelry...

 

Blossoms everywhere...

And then we got to see her amazing MISS MOSS CORSET - breathtakingly beautiful...

The phantastic colours reminded me a bit of the movie Marie Antoinette, and I wasn't far off, as fashion designer Miss Moss cites historical costumes as her main influences... Meeoooooow!

The underbust corset of pink satin covered with luxurious blue lace was handmade by Miss Moss and has so many wonderful details... so lovely! ♥

Making the corset, Miss Moss and Marlene von Steenvag worked very closely together:

“The corset was tailor made to Marlene's measurements.

Marlene really likes to pull her corsets tightly so I had to pay special attention to the size of the waist – making sure it could be small enough for her to tight lace if she wants to!
Marlene and I pretty much chose the fabrics at the fabric shop, we worked together to find out what she needed and what she fancied!”

(Miss Moss / MISS MOSS CORSETS)

In addition to Miss Moss' corset (in the picture above you can see the beautiful inside of it), Marlene used the rest of the fabrics Miss Moss and Marlene chose before to create these fitting dessous herself: a holder-neck bra with wonderful details, a beautiful slip with bows at the sides, nipple pasties plus a belt with garters.

In the last phase, Marlene turned her performance into a wonderful feather dance with huge pink ostrich-feather fans, but ending in a mussel. Is the Goddess of Love after transforming into a princess, a queen, a dancer, a stripper, a bird finally returning to the sea or is she turning to stone in the palaces, gardens and parks of the world...?

 

ein Rausch der Sinne

Photos by

LUX ARTIFEX / Fotoatelier 'et LUX'
www.stylished.de/fotografen-berlin/fotograf-lux-artifex-122815.html
www.facebook.com/Atelier.EtLux.Artifex

Here you can watch great video cuts of this performance:

Video von Robert Stefan

Video von Martin Fürstenberg / Platyn Filmproduction

★ MARLENE VON STEENVAG
Germany's most glamorous Burlesque Artist
http://marlene-von-steenvag.de/
http://Berlin-Burlesque-Festival.com/
http://salon-kokett.com/

 More about MARLENE VON STEENVAG in this blog:

Photos by Lux Artifex / Atelier 'et Lux' of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2

Photos by Jarka Snajberk of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2
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Video-Cuts of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird Of Paradise / Opium & Bondage @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 by Robert Stefan

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Video-Cuts of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird Of Paradise @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 by Martin Fürstenberg

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 Photos by Jarka Snajberk of MARLENE VON STEENVAG * Bird of Paradise @ STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2

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Gallery with some of the most beautiful pictures of MARLENE VON STEENVAG


performing Fashion Design by

★ MISS MOSS CORSETS 

Custom Corsets and Handmade Couture in Berlin

www.corsets-in-berlin.com/ 

http://de.dawanda.com/shop/MissMoss
www.facebook.com/miss.moss.corsets

Küss die Hand, liebe Marlene, das war wunderschön!!!

Danke Miss Moss für Dein atemberaubendes Modedesign!!!

XXX

♥♥♥

Eine phantastische Nacht in Berlin! ♥

 

STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 - Night of Fashion, Performances & Music

18. Januar 2013 - Grüner Salon

ein wunderschönes Video von Robert Stefan

"alle auf der bühne sehen gut aus"

feat.

Kersten Haines

Kuratorin / Moderation

wearing fashion design by

Knoth Kouture

 

Marlene von Steenvag

Germany's most glamorous Burlesque artist

wearing fashion design by

Miss Moss Corsets

 

Popsimonova

Amazing Croatian Electro Diva

wearing fashion designs by

Degenerotika

Nora Below

New Wave singer, musician, artist

wearing fashion designs by

GregOr Marvel / Friendly Society

Namjira

Gothic Tribal Fusion / Gothic Belly Dance

wearing fashion design by

Lukas Theodor Völkel

DJ André wearing fashion design by Knoth Kouture

DJ VOiN wearing fashion design by Degenerotika

Danke unserem netten Helfer*innen-Team, den Filmer*innen und Photograph*innen,

dem freundlichen und kompetenten Personal des Grünen Salons und

unseren wundervollen Gästen!!!

Danke an Euch alle, es war eine großartige und unvergessliche Nacht...

♥

ein Film von Robert Stefan

Allerherzlichsten Dank für diese tolle und liebevolle Arbeit, absolut großartig!!!

♥

Video & Flyer STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 ★ NORA BELOW Thanatos

Music
NORA BELOW - Thanatos
Bootlegged live at AKC Medika in Zagreb * 5. Oct. 2012

The video

Teaser-Video von Kersten Haines für

STYLE! IT! TAKES! # 2 - Night of Fashion, Performances & Music

Berlin Fashion Week 18. Januar 2013 * Grüner Salon

I know there are some little mistakes in this video towards the end. Also the name of the song is "Thanatos", not "September Rain" as mentioned at the end (nice title though, too :-)) I'll replace this video with an edited version after finding time to do this. But still love this combination of Nora Below's wonderful song and these amazing pictures of our great artists and designers... Thanx so much to everyone of you!!! XOXOX

The flyer

Nora Below, who is not only a phantastic musician and singer as you heard in the video above, but also a great artist and drawer, did this lovely drawing of herself (left hand side), Popsimonova (middle) and Marlene von Steenvag (to the right) for our flyer, too. I asked her for that and suggested my ideas and she made and drew it.
So I finally just had to do the rest of it (ok., 'just' is a bit of nothing. To get the flyer into print, still many steps had to be taken (above you can see an example of what happened getting it into a printable form...)). (^.^)
But that's how we wanna work - together and in cooperation.

Thanx so much Nora, your illustration is so lovely!!! ♥

NORA BELOW
www.norabelow.de
http://norabelow.bandcamp.com/
www.facebook.com/pages/Nora-Below/234358343316237

More about NORA BELOW in this blog:
NORA BELOW and the devil performing MASKENZAUBER, D & G and LILY CUT @ Style! It! Takes! # 3
Video of NORA BELOW performing MASKENZAUBER & LILY CUT live @ Style! It! Takes! # 3 
Nice pics of NORA BELOW on our flyer for Style! It! Takes! # 3 
NORA BELOW in our Manifesto
Video Outtakes of NORA BELOW live @ Style! It! Takes! # 2
NORA BELOW live with NAMJIRA dancing @ Style! It! Takes! # 2
NORA BELOW wears GregOr Marvel / FRIENDLY SOCIETY @ Style! It! Takes! # 2
NORA BELOW live in Zagreb with Zarkoff, Le Chocolat Noir, Popsimonova

Self-portrait of NORA BELOW, playing live in Zagreb

Painting of Elke Graalfs by NORA BELOW

Afterhours
NORA BELOW performing AMF KORSETS @ Style! It! Takes! # 1 (Part II)

 NORA BELOW performing AMF KORSETS @ Style! It! Takes! # 1