Costume hire, vintage stores and hair salons

Dressing up is by no means compulsory at White Mischief, but we encourage our partygoers to enter into the spirit of things and in doing so we’ve come across dozens of wonderful vintage clothing emporiums, hair salons, costume hire warehouses and more. So we’re delighted to share the best of London’s costume and vintage scene with you here. Remember, while designer clothes may be expensive, imagination costs nothing and it’s possible to pick up some true style for very little cost at these wonderful locations. Don’t forget to tell them you found out about them on the White Mischief site.
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Steampunk clothing at White Mischief

With White Mischief so heavily inspired by Jules Verne (we’ve had shows entitled “From The Earth To The Moon”, “Journey To The Centre Of The Earth” and “Around The World In 80 Days”, the steampunk aesthetic is one of the dressing-up themes we encourage. (Line-up for June 7 show; details on tickets and group discounts.)

Check after the jump for a magnificent collection of images taken from the last White Mischief show… thank the photographers and congratulate the Mischief-Makers who dressed up in such formidable outfits. We recommend Prangsta as a place from which to hire your steampunk outfit, but our guide to London’s best vintage clothing emporiums and costume rental locations offers many more suggestions.

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Dressup inspirations for March 27 “The Great Exhibition”

Dressing up is not compulsory at White Mischief but we certainly encourage it. If you’re seeking inspiration, this is the place to be – and at the bottom of this article we have a list of suggested dressup looks.

Our March 27 third birthday extravaganza, “The Great Exhibition”, is based upon the wonders of Victorian science. Our compere is a pith-helmeted colonel; on stage a mad scientist will conduct bolts of lightning through a Tesla coil; in the lobby you’ll meet Hodman and Sally, explorers from Oblivia. Throughout the building there will be Victorian and steampunk works of art.

Be sure to read these relevant articles on our site:

• Steampunk clothing at White Mischief
• The neo-Victorian look
• How to get 20% off costumes from Prangsta
• Our guide to London’s best vintage, second-hand and costume suppliers

Here are some ideas for costumes:

• Steampunk
• Neo-Victorian
• Top hats / waistcoats / frock coats
• Bustles / corsets / dresses
• Explorers
• Scientists / Engineers
• Remarkable exhibits
• Discoveries from the Empire
• Zoological phenomena
• Dinosaurs
• Workers
• Prince Albert / Queen Victoria
• HG Wells / Jules Verne
• Businessmen, women and philanthropists

Looking for that particular accessory? For the perfect haircut? For a costume to rent? Or to buy some second-hand clothing? Be sure to read our guide to London’s best vintage, second-hand and costume suppliers.

VIP tickets – access to two parties, balcony, private bar

We’re offering a limited number of VIP tickets for our “Great Exhibition” party on Saturday March 27. Not only do the VIP tickets get you a whole host of advantages at Scala, they also get you in to another party – our “White Mischief Revue” at Proud Cabaret on Friday March 26 – for free.

If you’d rather not spend too much time on your feet and like the idea of being able to find a seat easily; if you’re prone to getting hot under the collar and you’d like a restful spot in which to cool down; if you prefer quick access to the booze or if you’re just a snooty type who doesn’t like mingling with the rest of us, the VIP room is for you.

VIP tickets get you into the private glass bar, with the following advantages:

• A dedicated private bar
• Air conditioning
• A view over the main stage
• Access to the private balcony over the main stage
• Plentiful seating
• Limited capacity only for VIPs

 

Plus! Free entry to the White Mischief Revue at Proud Cabaret, Friday March 26

• All VIP ticketholders are automatically placed on the guestlist for the White Mischief Revue on Friday March 26
• These are show-only tickets worth £10 on their own

VIP ticketbuyers can exchange their ticket for a VIP pass on the door. We will be limiting access to the room so that only VIP pass holders can gain entry. We will be selling significantly fewer VIP tickets than the room’s legal capacity, so you can be absolutely sure that buying VIP tickets will secure you a peaceful refuge, an enclave of calm, as well as a perfect spot from which to view the acts.

This is the ideal way to treat your loved one or to celebrate a birthday. Indeed, if you have a group we are offering group discounts on large batches of VIP tickets, so by all means contact us if you would like to order a group of VIP places. Or to book direct, visit our ticket booking page

Note that the VIP tickets are limited and have sold out early at all previous events.

This week’s tweets – 2010-03-12

• The East Room in Shireditch has (allegedly) burned to the ground. Shame…of the many wanky clubs I've wished to see razed, it wasn't one. #
• Check out the outlandish Hodman and Sally, arriving from Oblivia for our party March 27: http://j.mp/9oH2qO (video) – best walkabout ever! #
• RIP Corey Haim http://bit.ly/bDfBJR – anyone remember when he tried to sell his teeth on eBay? http://bit.ly/9QmRCC #
• Couple allegedly allow real child to starve while absent at webcafe nurturing virtual child http://bit.ly/cOphKg #
• You absolutely must watch this insane Bea Arthur and Rock Hudson clip http://bit.ly/lWpik (thanks to Dusty & Tricity) #
• We've just announced a whole heap of steampunk craftspeople / traders selling amazing stuff at our March 27 "Great Exhibition" party… #
• In trendy East London cafe. I didn't realise that women were still doing that tiny dog thing. #

This week’s tweets – 2010-03-12

• The East Room in Shireditch has (allegedly) burned to the ground. Shame…of the many wanky clubs I've wished to see razed, it wasn't one. #
• Check out the outlandish Hodman and Sally, arriving from Oblivia for our party March 27: http://j.mp/9oH2qO (video) – best walkabout ever! #
• RIP Corey Haim http://bit.ly/bDfBJR – anyone remember when he tried to sell his teeth on eBay? http://bit.ly/9QmRCC #
• Couple allegedly allow real child to starve while absent at webcafe nurturing virtual child http://bit.ly/cOphKg #
• You absolutely must watch this insane Bea Arthur and Rock Hudson clip http://bit.ly/lWpik (thanks to Dusty & Tricity) #
• We've just announced a whole heap of steampunk craftspeople / traders selling amazing stuff at our March 27 "Great Exhibition" party… #
• In trendy East London cafe. I didn't realise that women were still doing that tiny dog thing. #

Art exhibits and craft stalls at “The Great Exhibition”

There’s more than just fabulous on-stage performances and live music at White Mischief’s “Great Exhibition” party on Saturday March 27. You’ll also encounter art exhibits as well as the UK’s leading steampunk artistans and craftspeople. 

Steamdrone, Chocolate Shop and Steam Cannon thanks to the Ingenuity of The Clockwork Quartet -http://www.clockworkquartet.com/

Steampunk Art from the Esteeemed Prof. Maelstromme’s Steam Laboratory 
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ProfMaelstromme

Noted Steampunk Inventor HERR DOKTOR
http://herrdoktors.blogspot.com/

Travelling steampunk curio stall from SYDEIAN CREATIONS 
http://www.sydeiancreations.com/

Art installation from WAYNE CHISNALL - http://waynechisnall.blogspot.com/

Ms. Karla Chameleon’s FLEA CIRCUS

The Finest Victorian Clothing, Exhibited by Ms CHRISTINA DETTMERS of http://www.HistoricalClothing.net

Steampunk jewellery from THE HOUSE OF HIRUDINEA
http://www.natsan.co.uk/ebay.htm

Science-inspired comic madness from GEOF BANYARD
http://www.islandofdoctorgeof.co.uk/

Reading material from Esteemed Publication SteamPunk Magazine
http://www.SteamPunkMagazine.com

Steampunk mods and crafts from CAPTAIN SHIPTON BELLINGER

Sci-fi lighting from CU29

Recommended: Lush Life with Dusty Limits and Tricity Vogue

Lush Life

A Satirical Cabaret in the Private Eye Dining Room

Featuring Dusty Limits and Tricity Vogue
with Special Guests including Tim Clare, Aoife Mannix, Fancy Chance, Nat West & Jo Stephenson

Upstairs at the Coach & Horses, 29 Greek Street, Soho W1D 5DH
Saturday 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th March

Two of London’s most acclaimed cabaret performers offer up a sparkling evening of satire and song in the intimate surroundings of the Private Eye Dining Room, secreted above Soho’s iconic drinking hole, Norman’s Coach & Horses. Dusty Limits – the love-child of David Bowie and Tom Lehrer – and Tricity Vogue, the elegant and hilarious songstress, deliver intelligent, low-fi, live entertainment that’s the perfect antidote to brainless celebrity culture. They will be joined each week by a different special guest plucked from among the nation’s finest poets and troubadours.

“The remarkable Dusty Limits: beautiful to behold, with West End-worthy vocal cords and a masterful grasp of the emcee’s role, teasing, flirting and haranguing us until we ate out of the palm of his hand.”
(**** The Scotsman)

“Anyone else a massive fan of the divine Miss Vogue..? Thought so.” (Time Out London)

http://www.dustylimits.com/
http://tricityvogue.com/

Dinner from 7pm, Cabaret at 9pm
2 course set menu £18 + £10 for the show
Cash tickets sold in the pub.
For credit card bookings call 020 7437 5920 10am-5pm.
Full ticket price – £28 pp + £2 booking fee per credit card transaction
Reservations taken in advance – minimum deposit £10 pp + £2 booking fee per credit card transaction

Recommended: Tricity Vogue at Pizza on the Park this Sunday

Tricity Vogue invites you to her star-studded jazz show at Pizza in the Park this Sunday night – and we have a discount to encourage you!

The Lost Supper presents: Tricity Vogue
Sun Mar 7 Pizza On The Park, 11 Knightsbridge, Hyde Park Corner, SW1X 7LY

Cheeky, soulful, a little bit blue and a whole lot of fun, Tricity Vogue is celebrating her sixth birthday with a special one-off gig she describes as ‘a cabaret Desert Island Discs’, as part of MMP’s Lost Supper Season. Expect some sources of inspiration, some of her own numbers, some blasts from the past and, with any luck, some filthy gossip. Introduced by Paul L Martin with a star-studded cast of special guests including Jonathan Cohen, Dusty Limits, Rosa Conrad, Lana Shelley, Tom Mansi, Pete Saunders, Roy Young, Adam Lucas, Nick Trepka, Nick Field and Richard Link.

Nearest Tube: Hyde Park Corner

Telephone: 020 7235 7825
http://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/poplist.aspx
Doors 6.30pm, show 8pm

full price £15

RSVP to pizza@tricityvogue.com for £12 guestlist

Facebook event page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=473396190213&ref=ts

This week’s tweets – 2010-03-05

• Headline of the week: Vatican chorister sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for papal gentleman-in-waiting http://bit.ly/dae6xN #
• http://blippy.com/ is a site that uploads your credit card purchases to the web for your mates to read. Some people have too much privacy. #
• Flash offer: if you want to see @tricityvogue and her jazz stylings on Sunday at Pizza In The Park for just £12 please contact her or me. #
• All I want for Christmas is 600 followers. I'm within 14 people of having 600…can you help? Please retweet. #
• If only all those people who are petitioning to save 6Music actually *listened* to 6Music… #
• Yes, strange old man on bus. Please do test out all your monophonic ringtones. That one's nice. And that one. Now JUST CHOOSE ONE damnit! #
• Culture jamming in London: "Suck My Goldman Sachs" beneath a picture of… (check photo link) http://twitpic.com/16ci8h #
• Isn't it nauseating reading those updates from people saying how hard they're working? No you're not: you're on Twitter all bloody day. #
• Hoodie next to me on bus playing hip hop loudly on speakerphone. I am responding by playing Radio 4's "Thinking Allowed" podcast full blast. #
• I just noticed that my number of followers has increased by about 40 in a few days. Who are you? Introduce yourselves, damnit! #
• Party people: did you SHORTBUS? If so check out my pals from San Fran http://j.mp/9BqeaP / @kinkysalonuk – Sat 13 party over 75% sold out. #
• Wouldn't it be great if there was a bus that could be directed to any destination? Hop on, tell them where you'd like to go, pay at end. #
• For the last week I woke every day with "Umbrella" in my head. Today: "Merry Christmas Santa Claus" by Max Headroom. http://j.mp/9ex7X3 #
• Switch your computer off and come to the White Mischief Revue at Proud Cabaret…six brilliant acts inc Marawa from La Clique + DJs, piano #
• McDonalds's strawberry milkshakes are delicious. Not sure how I know that as the machines are always broken. Good thing really. #

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