Kaciee

“CHAMPAGNE!sparkling couture” For MVW

I can not thank Enzo Champagne enough for the stunning costume he designed for me for my MVW Cuba outfit. In his creation I was one of the showgirls at the Tropicana in the Cuba of old. He took my vision and made it reality like only he can. Thank you Enzo. I wore it to honor your artistry

Cuba Costume Story

Stepping out of the Cuban past into the smoke filled stage of the Tropicana Club, Kaciee glitters and shines in her pulsing red costume made by the famous Enzo Champagne. The showgirls at the Tropicana, known collectively as “Las Diosas de Carne” (or “Flesh Goddesses”), were renowned the world over for their voluptuousness, and the cabaret showcased a kind of sequin-and-feather musical theater that would be copied in Paris, New York, and Las Vegas. The lavish shows Headliners included Xavier Cugat, Paul Robeson, Yma Sumac, Carmen Miranda, Nat King Cole, and Josephine Baker. Once Liberace took the stage with mambo star Ana Gloria Varona. Heralded as a “Paradise Under the Stars”, the Tropicana became known for its showgirls. Pretend for just a minute that we were back there and watch as she struts the runway, looking for all the world as if time has stood still and it was still 1950.

Cuba Costume
Style Card:
Costume: (C) Champange (Enzo Champange) –  Tropicana
Shoes: Pixel Fashion – Eve
Shadow: Mock – Winterberry 1
Shadow: Ricielli – Diva
Blush: Madrid Solo – Shena
Hair Tatto: A&Y Cyro
Eyeliner: Glam Affair – Couture
Lashes: Noya – Vamp
Lipstick: Lara Hurley – Fae

MVW FINAL OUTFIT

Story

Kaciee shopped many stores, down dusty streets to find the pieces of her final outfit. But now she is ready to shine.
Kaciee steps onto the stage wearing an avant garde outfit reflecting Cuban fashion.  Cubans have a magnificent and fashionable lifestyle and their artistic attitude is also reflected through their creative designs in their traditional outfits.  For many decades, the trend was to wear ruffled skirts, overemphasized sleeves and bright colored blouses. Many Cuban designers feel the romance and mystery and color of their country and you can see all of these in the outfit Kaciee has chosen to wear today.   Because Cuba is an island with approximately 11.2 million people, designers can think big. Their designs can be more abstract and visual with a sense of color and climate with a mood that feeds the fantasy of the “forbidden island”. That has been an endless inspiration for designers with actual ties to Cuba. Like Adolfo, Narciso Rodrigues, Isabel Toledo and Alejandro Ingelmo.  Get lost in the colors and shapes of the new Cuba that Kaciee presents for you today.

Final Outfit

Style Card:
Bolero: Diram – Brigitte
Shirt: SoliDea Folies – Zero Tre
Pants: Angel Dessous – Symphony
Skirt: SoliDea Folies – Zero Tre
Boots: Maitreya – Thigh High
Hair: Exile – Walking On Sunshine
Headpiece: Swallow – Flower Power
Bracelets: Lazuri – Nayomi
Earrings: Lazuri – Nayomi
Shadow: Mock – Fall
Shadow: Mock – Dark Winterberry
Lips: Essences – Endless Night
Blush: Madrid Solo – Shena
Lashes: Noya – Vamp
EyeLiner: Glam Affair – Couture
Hands: Slink
Eyes: Ikon – Eternal

THE STORY

I remember as a little girl going to the fair and the one thing I wanted more than anything was Cotton Candy. I could smell it as soon as we got close and looking at Kaciee, all in pink, she looks like that cotton candy. The wings by Gizza surround her in that heavenly sugary sweetness. Her corset by Champagne sparkles in a sugary delight. The headpiece and the candy floating on her hips is from another of Champagne’s amazing outfits. She glides down the runway in her boots from Bax. Can’t you almost smell that sweet enticing smell? She has been nibbling on her candy necklace and bracelet. If she is not careful she will float away on a sugary ride of wings.

STYLE CARD
Wings: Gizza – CottonCandy
Corset: (C)Champagne – Gilded
Headpiece: (C)Champagne – Candy
Lower Ornament: (C)Champagne – Candy
Boots: BAX – Regency
Hands & Feet: Slink
Hair: Diva – Air
Jewelry: Violet Voltaire – Lollipop Guild
Shadow: Mock – Fall Festival
Shadow: Mock – Arton
Blush: Madrid Solo – Shena