The first issue of the first Finnish burlesquezine Paljettipommi is here!

Here it is folks! The first Finnish burlesque magazine Paljettipommi! 

 I wrote a little article about the (probably)most well known burlesque song, "The tripper".

There's also recipes of the Cointreau cocktails made for me, Kiki and Bettie by Cointreau bartender back in 2011.

Read Paljettipommi online here.

Listen to the burlesque classics playlist i made for the first issue here.

DJ's of the #helbf14

 Two nights of dj'ing, two guest dj's, too looks.

The first night i had the pleasure to play with Dr.Hirschfeld from Berlin! This is the firts but hopefully not the last time we were dj'ing together. What a sharp dressed, lively guy! And since he is the doctor, i was dressed as a nurse. Wearing vintage ofcourse. The lovely vintage nurse hat is from Pepper Sparkles.

The second night i was companied by my frequent partner in rhythm, Atom Of Finland! We play so well together! I was wearing a headpiece by Fiona Timantti Millinery and a dress made for me at my old school, the school of theatre costumes in Espoo.

GIVEAWAY time... x 2

Almost forgot...to give away this wonderful green tassel necklace from Ansa! The winner of this giveaway is Sara! Congrats!
Thank you everyone for comment and emails.

But wait! There's more! 
I also wanna give away one two-day HELINKI BURLESQUE FESTIVAL ticket! Yes! Free entry for one for friday AND saturday! Check out the amazing line-up here.
To take part in this giveaway, like my facebook page and tell me, what would be your favourite theme for the festival? This year it is Burlescopolis (in the spirit of silent films like Metropolis).
Leava a comment here os send me email fionatimantti(at)gmail.com

Metropolis programme, 1927

Pics from retronaut, there's more!

I'm so excited that the theme for the Helsinki Burlesque Festival 2013 is "Burlesqopolis"! Our dance group is performing there too! Can't wait! :)

Helsinki Burlesque Festival + Atelieri O.Haapala = LOVE

I was dj'ing at the Helsinki Burlesque Festival, as usual. This was my outfit. A week before the festival i had no clue what i was going to wear..then my friend Rhia showed me this. It's perfect! The golden orchid headpice is by me.
This was the 5th HBF, so we had quite a party! I'll post more photos later...

My fellow DJ, Atom of Finland and me

Headpiece by me, dress is a fleamarket find, shoes from a thrift store in New York 

Sakari and me

More Atelieri O.Haapala photos from the festival here.

Diamond Stash Speakeasy 2!

Few weeks ago it was time for Ravintolapäivä once again. I was hosting a cocktail party"Diamond Stash Speakeasy" at my atelier. I was so glad that so many people came, especially many of my dear friends and customers. Unfortunately i didn't really have time to chat because i was mixing drinks all the time...

Photos were taken by Ville Kekäläinen.

That black wig is my favourite. The beaded dress is from Ansa and earrings by Tyra Therman.

It was fun to let people try on my hats and tell them about Maria (the founder of the place) and her work.

Some of the guests even danced. I was playing jazz, swing, little bit of electro swing etc.

Cointreau was a smash hit! Just like last time.

And my friend Allu was kind enough to come and make me a "Fiona Timantti" drink!

Here's the Cointrea brochure with our drinks

Yep, my drink :)

For a Fiona Timantti you'll need:

2 cl Cointreau

1 cl Bols Melon

1 cl Rémy Martin Coeur de Cognac

1,5 cl lime juice

1 cl sugar syrup

1/3 vanilla stick (decoration)

Shake and strain into a martini glass and decorate with the vanilla stick.

Drink Me!

I love the green colour of the "Fiona Timantti" drink!

"Sounds too good to be true!" That's what i first thought when i heard about this opportunity Cointreau was about to offer us (me, Bettie B. and Kiki H. from Helsinki Burlesque). They were gonna give us our own drinks! Yes, even though i'm pretty much a total "nobody" in this big world, i have my own drink, haha! And i love Cointreau!

Tomorrow we are having this Ravintolapäivä (restaurant day) here in Helsinki and i'm hosting my Diamond Stash Speakeasy again. So if you are in Helsinki area, come join us! Last time i had hundreds of guests.. Come, Drink Me!

Also check out Cointreau website for more delicious drinks!

Some of the best things in life: Friends, Brunch & Helsinki

..and men in suits!

Sakari and Lassi

Be kind whenever it is possible - It is always possible. -Dalai Lama

Om nom nom nom...

Caught!

Helsinki Burlesque DJs, Miroslove Satan & Fiona Timantti

LouLou & Aino

Lassi & Petra

Ulrika

After the burlesque brunch, me, Sakari and Lassi went to Torni.

Helsinki <3

The wonderful HBF weekend

Helsinki Burlesque Festival, my favourite of all festivals! I was dj'ing, as usual.
We had amazing performers, wonderful party-night and fabulous audience! Thank You all! Here's some photos...

The warm up club. Waiting the show to start. I'm the ghost lady on the stairs, can you see me?

A weird (but cool) picture of me by Aiju.

Bettie and me. Bettie is wearing a fabulous vintage feather hat and i'm waering a mask/headpiece and costume by me. My wonderful vintage earrings are from Vintage Ansa, but i'll tell you more about them later...

The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret Photo Laura Kansanen-Stavale.

Bent van der Bleu. Photo LK-S

Kiki Hawaiji. Photo LK-S

The Evil Hate Monkey. Photo LK-S

More photos here, for example. Helsinki Burlesque photos here.

Here i am on stage with the one and only miss Astrid who was the hostess that night.

I also had one special task at the festival. I was asked to choose the best cointreauversial costume" for Cointreau! The prize was pretty nice, the Cointreau coffret!

Here's the lucky winner, Lilli! She made her costume herself.

Dj Miroslove Satan handing the coffret to the lucky lady.

The coolest t-shirt! Bettie B!

The coolest Bettie Blackheart t-shirt by Petteri Tikkanen! And she is wearing a headpiece by me in that pic! Wow! :D She is amazing!

Glitter Grill

Yet another new burleque event in Helsinki that i was happy to be participating, Glitter grill!
Dj Fiona Timantti.

Bent van der Bleu

Itty Bittys, Vera, Tinkerbell and Lola.

Jackie O'Lantern

The Itty Bitty Tease Cabaret.
Photo: Rik Stavale