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Sneak peek.....

2009-09-23T14:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a peek at the new flip DVD cover... Just went to the premiere and it is out of this world..
Be on the look out at your local skateshop...

Snake Charmer

2009-09-02T06:03:00.001-07:00

New jewellery in Circus Circus!!!
Many styles... Bees, bugs, spiders and tempting snakes...

Enoch Bolles... Nice shoes...

My favorite! Snake enamel bracelets in black and white...

Angelique Houtkamp

Extremely Sorry teaser...

2009-08-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Click on the picture... and listen to one of the tunes from the soon to be released Extremely Sorry soundtrack!

This Saturday!!!!

2009-08-24T09:52:00.000-07:00

As we posted earlier Le Fix is having a streetparty this saturday and we we're going to host a best trick contest...
Sadly we couldn't close the street so due to traffic we have to cancel the contest...
-there's still a party though so come by and celebrate!!!

Street Party!!!!!

2009-08-20T12:24:00.001-07:00

Join the party!

SALE

2009-06-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

Big Summer Sale in Circus Circus right now!

Hurry, hurry!!!

Go Barbi go!

2009-06-24T04:55:00.001-07:00

My dad gave me all of his old records last year and one of the albums that stood out was Barbi Benton. I never actually heard him play it, but she looks beautiful on the cover.
I googled her and found this crazy picture...
She used to be Hugh Hefners girlfriend and has been on the cover of Playboy several times
-she was never a playmate though...
But now I know why he had the album...

New Jewelry!

2009-06-18T04:18:00.001-07:00

Get ready to outshine the sun with these lovely new items in Circus Circus now!

Every lady needs a red lipstick...

Sugar sweet cupcakes are always a favorite...

Tasty, glittering Swarowski Crystal watermelon -what else do you need this summer?!

Much more in store, come on down!

New Insight!!!

2009-06-03T08:16:00.001-07:00

Just in.. new Insight dresses and shorts for the ladies.

Old School Girl

2009-05-22T08:22:00.000-07:00

New decks from Girl with old school boards.
My dad had the green one...

Guy Mariano

Alex Olson

Eric Koston

New blog

2009-05-19T11:58:00.000-07:00

I've made a new blog . It's going to feature all of the girly, frilly stuff I usually post on this blog and therefore the Circus Circus blog is from now on going to focus more on our shop and skateboarding just as it was meant to be from the get-go but my life long passions sneaked in somehow....
So if you liked the Circus how it was you're going to enjoy 'Ketty' even more....
http://ketty-doll.blogspot.com

Vintage Cazal Sale!!!

2009-05-19T11:39:00.001-07:00

These lovely, rare vintage Cazal's are now on sale in Circus Circus!
Visit our store for more styles -but remember there's only one of each pair....
Hurry up ladies!!!

The Incomparable Sally Rand

2009-05-13T07:16:00.001-07:00

Sally Rand was a burlesque dancer and actress most famous for her ostrich feather fan dance and balloon bubble dance.
She ran away with a carnival as a teenager, and later pursued such career opportunities as night club cigarette girl, artist's model, and cafe dancer.

She was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck and she also performed under the name Billie Beck.

During the 1920s, Sally acted on stage and appeared in silent movies. Cecil B. DeMille gave her the name Sally Rand, inspired by a Rand Mcnally atlas.

Balloon bubble dance...

Famous feather fan...

Full body makeup...

I have this card at home...

...autographed by Miss Sally herself!!!

Sally in Tex Avery's 'Hollywood steps out'. Apparently she's wearing a barrel behind the bubble.

Her most famous appearance was at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. She had been arrested four times in a single day during the fair due to perceived indecent exposure while riding a white horse down the streets of Chicago, but the nudity was only an illusion... She was wearing a full body suit.

Protesters at the World Fair in 1933

In 1936, she purchased The Music Box burlesque hall in San Francisco, which would later become the Great American Music Hall.

She starred in "Sally Rand's Nude Ranch" at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1939 and 1940.

Sally continued to appear on stage doing her fan dance into her sixties. She died in 1979 aged 75.

Birds in the Spring

2009-05-12T05:03:00.000-07:00

Flip's Summer Boards Out Now.....

2009-05-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

Come on down and get your super Flip board and pop your way into stardom...

We are the robots

2009-05-01T13:39:00.001-07:00

Robot necklace from Circus Circus.

Forbidden Planet, great movie...

I need a robot to brush my hair and dress me up..

The Pepsi Challenge

2009-04-24T08:14:00.001-07:00

I'll take Pepsi before Coca Cola anyday.... afterall you get more bounce to the ounce...

Apparently Betty preferred Royal Crown Cola... I choose to believe she preferred the money she got advertising it rather than the actual drink;)

I have an ice cold Pepsi waiting for me at home... and a homemade burger with lots of guacamole....Uhmmmm...

New jewelry in Circus Circus!!!

2009-04-22T07:50:00.000-07:00

I had to have one of these myself...

CPH PRO 09

2009-04-20T12:54:00.001-07:00

June 26, 27, 28 the Circus is coming to town... We can't wait!!!!
Get your tickets and join the fun!!!
Summer days filled with popcorn, cotton candy and skating galore... What more can you ask for?!

This sunday on TCM.. Ziegfeld Follies!

2009-04-17T02:31:00.000-07:00

I wrote about this movie earlier and I am glad to say that it's on TCM this sunday...
Finally! - I've been waiting for it.
Here's some teasers...

The Panther Tamer! Meow...

Behind the scenes...

Thank you Snaps!!!

2009-04-14T10:39:00.000-07:00

After a wonderful "Paaskefrokost" at Jimmy and Mette's last Thursday we decided to ride our bikes home... Bad idea...
Mischa broke his collarbone -damn curbs!
Don't drink and drive!!!!

What happened?!!

2009-04-13T05:53:00.000-07:00

They were young and beautiful...

Made sweet, sweet music...

Why??

Happy Easter!

2009-04-08T02:45:00.001-07:00

Atlantis

2009-04-05T12:10:00.000-07:00

Rune looking for the missing Atlantis bowl...

Hands on...

2009-04-01T04:55:00.000-07:00

Beautiful hands by George Petty...

Kittens...

2009-03-24T07:16:00.000-07:00

I'm getting a new tattoo..someday..
-and I really want a kitten in some sort of outfit 'cause I love dressed-up animals ...not in real life though only in pictures...
These are a great inspiration..

Shoes in Circus Circus!!!

2009-03-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

Just in today... The first shoes in Circus Circus ever! The special edition DC collab with Darren Brass from Miami Ink. Do you want peaches or wino? Ladies only...

Ahh...Moomin...

2009-03-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

The Snorkmaiden... I can almost smell the flowers...

...and taste the berries...

I love these illustrations...and the stories off course.. I just found out that Carlsen has published the three first stories of Moomin in one book (in December actually..better late than never...) -about time -they've been sold out for years!

Searching for summer...

2009-03-18T04:07:00.000-07:00

The sun is shining!!! Spring is here and soon to follow..summer! I can't wait!!!
I've begun the search for a bikini and a bathing suit...
I must have about 20 bikinis already but I need at least one new every year as a summer celebration...

I feel quite inspired by these lovely ladies and I'm considering making the bathing suit myself so I can get excatly what I want.

Not sure my hair will stay that way after a swim in the ocean..

Oh..Betty... nice shoes too..

I saw a bit of 'The Girl From Missouri' the other day and Jean Harlow wore this bathing suit on the beach in Miami in 1934..

..and Lana wore this in 1946 in 'The Postman Always Rings Twice'.
Oh, those summer days..and nights..

Into the mystic...

2009-03-13T05:37:00.000-07:00

We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
Hark, now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home
And when that fog horn blows I want to hear it
I dont have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
Then magnificently we will float into the mystic
And when that fog horn blows you know I will be coming home
And when thst fog horn whistle blows I got to hear it
I dont have to fear it
I want to rock your gypsy soul
Just like way back in the days of old
And together we will float into the mystic
Come on girl...

Marvel 70th Anniversary!

2009-03-12T04:28:00.001-07:00

This year Marvel celebrates it's 70th anniversary. All the heroes that helped us during the years are still going strong...

Ahh..Wolverine... The come hither-look always works for him...

I think it's time that some of the super-heroines had a comeback...
Sun Girl was a top acrobat and skilled in both judo and jiu jitsu. She also had a "sunbeam ray" gun, which could produce a bright blast of light. She also appeared to have some level of superhuman speed.

...and The Blonde Phantom. She didn't have any superhuman powers but she was a very athletic woman, and handled the handgun she carried really well, she also had excellent secretarial skills...

..and killer looks...

We girls can do anything!!!

2009-03-09T05:15:00.000-07:00

Barbie turns 50 today!!! My mother was born in 1959 as well but she never actually got a real Barbie doll only the knock-offs...poor her...
My mother bought me a lot af Barbies and being a very political correct woman she would also buy the black Barbies and the brunettes and redheads and give me 'working' outfits for them... My favorite was the blonde Barbie though and my favorite outfits were the huge tulle wedding dresses my mother would make for her...

My first one was dressed in a running outfit -blue shorts and a yellow and white tank top with the number 102 writting on it... I still have the ones from back then, my favorite was a Christmas gift from 1985 the beautiful Super Hair Barbie wearing a white jumpsuit and silver belt, my mother bought that one for me because she's a huge Elvis fan and thought the jumpsuit kinda looked like one Elvis would wear...

It's the girl from Poltergeist....They're here... Barbie has never looked as great as she did in the 80's...

I still collect Barbie dolls, my favorite is Astronaut Barbie from 1985 still in the box, she has a space helmet and her spacesuit can be transformed into a party outfit with thigh-high pink boots.
I really want to open the box and try the space helmet on her...maybe today is the day...
Happy Birthday!

This is where it all began...

2009-03-05T03:54:00.000-08:00

This monday the most important 50th birthday party of the year goes down (except for my mothers off course)... In the meantime here's a little history lesson...
Lilli was a German cartoon character, created by Reinhard Beuthien for the German Bild-Zeitung.

In 1953 they decided to market a Lilli doll and contacted Max Weissbrodt from the toy company O&M Hausser. Following Beuthien's drawings Weissbrodt designed the prototype of the doll which was on sale from 1955 to 1964 when Mattel acquired the rights of the doll so the German production had to stop....

-but she was reborn in 1959 with a new indentity...

Al Moore

2009-02-27T13:20:00.000-08:00

I was watching the classic film noir "The Asphalt Jungle" from 1950 the other day (brilliant movie by the way) and caught a glimpse of the 1949 Esquire Girl calendar by Al Moore. It happens that I just bought this calendar (the original not a reprint...) for Mischa as an anniversary gift -with the original envelope! Can you believe it was only 50 cent back then...

The calendar is in prestine condition considering it's 60 years old and Al Moore's ladies are just gorgeous!!

Maybe I'll post more of these ladies later on. For now you can enjoy Miss October -one of the more dressed ladies of the lot...

Cowbell...

2009-02-26T04:51:00.000-08:00

I've got a fever and the only prescription... is more cowbell!

Flying Fish

2009-02-25T10:48:00.000-08:00

Can't wait 'till our fishing season starts up again...
I wish I could catch flying fish at the fishing spot... in a bathing suit... in the sun... Right now!

Area 51 -almost...

2009-02-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

Last year in February we drove from Las Vegas through the mountains to Area 51 (or as close as we could get..) as a part of our honeymoon tour. Before taking off we went to buy a map and ask people how to get there. Everyone was very serious about it and didn't think it was a good idea to go there. They told us there was nothing to see and we couldn't get that far anyway 'cause if we crossed a certain outpost we would get shot on sight...

Going through the mountains we lost signal on our cell-phones and spooked each other talking about horror movies that begins with a young couple driving along an empty road running out of gas...

...and then finally we hit 'The Extraterrestrial Highway'...

..still no signal though...

We stopped in Rachel, Nevada in the middle of nowhere where there is a world famous small diner/bar. It's the most local world famous bar I've ever seen...very local...

The parking lot -basically a dirt lot...

We were soo hungry but after stepping into the diner where a foul smell hit us and the local gang were sitting listening to country music on a small transistor radio not looking very friendly at all we hurried up and bought some expensive alien souviners and decided to go back to where we came from...

On the way home again, still very hungry, we stopped at a gas station making sure not to run out of gas and to buy some semi-food (popcorn and Twizzlers..) We told the people that worked there about our trip and asked if we could have gotten closer to Area 51 and they told us about the dirt road that lead up it and about the shooting (a lot about the shooting..) and everything. There was a strange hostility everywhere we stopped and we were both very glad to get back to civilisation (if you can call Las Vegas that...)
We were hoping to see strange objects in the sky but it was the people on the ground that were the strangest of them all...

Speaking of meat....

2009-02-24T04:31:00.000-08:00

Enjoi made this... Love the colors! -and even though it's dog meat carvings it still makes me hungry...

Boop-Oop-A-Doop!

2009-02-23T09:38:00.000-08:00

Another favorite Betty... Grim Natwick (Who also helped animate Popeye and Snowwhite..) made her in ca. 1930 inspired by the original it-girl Clara Bow and Helen Kane who was the original boop-oop-a-doop girl and sang 'I wanna be loved by you' a long time before Marilyn Monroe did...
That curtain is amazing!

I love the slow wavy moves from the old cartoons.

I always though that Betty and Popeye should have hooked up...

Hunter

2009-02-20T04:39:00.000-08:00

Dr. Hunter Stockton Thompson decided to end his life with a gunshot to the head 4 years ago today...he was 67.

"Football Season Is Over"
"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt."

Six months later his ashes was shot out of a cannon by his close friend Johnny Depp while Bob Dylan's 'Mr. Tambourine man' was playing and fireworks filled the sky...

Technicolor rules!

2009-02-19T04:39:00.000-08:00

I'm a huge fan of old movies, particularly the ones starring pin-up ladies in fancy technicolored costumes...
The queen of technicolor and my all time favorite pin-up girl is off course Betty Grable!
Her legs were insured for a million dollars and she was indisputably the top pin-up girl for American soldiers. Grable was the highest-paid female star in Hollywood by the end of the 1940s, receiving $300,000 a year!

The great pin-up artist Alberto Vargas (-probably my favorite..) is often credited with creating the artwork of for this beautiful poster for the movie 'Moon over Miami' from 1941 (starring Betty..) but it is believed that Vargas only did the work for the print ads, it's still stunning though...

She's so cheesecake...
-“I'm a song and dance girl. I can act enough to get by. But that's the limit of my talents.”
- "I have got two reasons for succes and I'm standing on both of them."
Betty Grable

This poster is from the lavish movie 'Ziegfeld Follies' from 1946 It's artwork is by another great pin-up artist George Petty and the movie is an absolute must-see if you love dancing ladies and fancy glittering costumes.

-the carrousel has real horses for crying out loud!

I've never been a big fan of Doris Day but I couldn't resist this picture of her and her technicolored poodles..

You cannot talk about technicolor and not mention 'The wizard of Oz'... Oh those ruby slippers...There's no place like home..

Meat, bloody meat!

2009-02-17T06:30:00.000-08:00

I love meat! Unfortunalety it's been awhile since I've had a big blood-dripping steak...
These pictures make me hungry! 'The Butcher Bunny' by Mark Ryden reminds me of when I was a little girl and my grandmother would send me and my best friend Jesper to the butchers to pick up 'leverpostej' The smell of butcher shops is still one of my favorite smells ever!!! Look at the poor rabbit in the last picture, all is has left is it's 'lucky' feet....sad, but it just tastes sooo good..

Anniversary!

2009-02-13T03:11:00.000-08:00

We live in a very small apartment and sometimes it makes me feel like this... Today is one of those days... -by the way today is our 1 year wedding anniversary! It's hard to believe it's been a year since we went to the Little White Chapels drive-thru and got married for 40 bucks.. The weather was a bit better there but at least the sun is shining in Copenhagen today.

Don't do it Mickey....

2009-02-12T06:20:00.000-08:00

Mickey Mouse turned 80 november 18th last year hope he'll make it to 81...

Here we go....

2009-02-11T12:59:00.001-08:00