Boutique du vampyre
Boutique de vampyre.
Transylvania, Romania
Current location:
709 1/2 St. Ann Street New Orleans, LA 70116
Pictured: Marita and Steve Crandle, Anne Guthrie, and Elke
Marita Woywod Crandle grew up in Germany in the early 1700s. Turned Vampire in 1764, Crandle fled her former life in Germany and traveled to Transylvania to explore her connection to Vlad Tempes, who was also a Voivode.
Marita found nothing but terror and heart ache among the Romanians, so she spent her time traveling the world and learning about various cultures. Then Bram Stoker wrote his novel,Dracula, and created much interest in Vampires. Crandle opened Boutique du Vampyre in Transylvania (open from midnight to sunrise) marketing only to nocturnals. The boutique's popularity quickly grew, and word of the shop spread quickly among the Vampire nation. Those who could walk by night found it difficult to find all they needed among the living, so having a place where they could relax, shop, and find everything they needed was well received.
Tired of Transylvania and her suppressed and quiet life in Romania, Crandle left in 1889, and took the shop with her to New York, where Americans were enjoying themselves and night life was plentiful. There she found Anne Guthrie. Anne was a young vampire in need of direction, and she craved purpose. Marita took Anne under her wing, and Anne took on many responsibilities of the shop. In New York, Marita and Anne enjoyed themselves with culture and night life and also served as guardians for the mortals in the city.
Many a vampire had migrated from the old world to New York, but recklessness among them was on the cusp of explosion. Vampires at this time felt they were superior to mortals, and some forgot that they were also once human. Marita and Anne spent many evenings having to close the shop before sunrise to police their city and remind vampires they entertained that bringing attention to their kind would be nothing but detrimental.
It was at this time that Marita met Steve Crandle, a vampire from New Orleans. Crandle was living life large in New York, with little regard for those he hurt in the process. While Marita found him handsome, she knew he was dangerous to her kind. However, the two had a strong attraction, and Marita's more subtle ways made sense to Crandle, who enjoyed living among mortals. Marita and Steve fell in love, and Crandle joined the boutique team as both security and head of sales.
Steve became greatly homesick for New Orleans and convinced Marita to move her boutique to the Crescent City in 1942. Marita and Anne immediately fell in love with everything New Orleans had to offer. It was a wonderful place for vampires. It was easy to feed without attention. The town's transient and careless nature kept blood flowing freely. While travelers could not remember how they had become slightly wounded and light-headed, they didn't seem to care. The excitement of the city overwhelmed them, leaving no suspicion of anything but too much overindulgence.
Many wonderful years for the three passed, and over the centuries, humans knowledge of vampires turned to admiration and desire, rather than fear alone. Many new novels and films appeared that glamorized a vampire's existence. When Marita heard of Anne Rice and read her wonderful, thoughtful depictions of her kind, she knew this was someone she had to meet. Anne Rice now signs books for Marita to auction off to benefit her canine rescue organization, New Orleans Fairy-Tails.
Marita found nothing but terror and heart ache among the Romanians, so she spent her time traveling the world and learning about various cultures. Then Bram Stoker wrote his novel,Dracula, and created much interest in Vampires. Crandle opened Boutique du Vampyre in Transylvania (open from midnight to sunrise) marketing only to nocturnals. The boutique's popularity quickly grew, and word of the shop spread quickly among the Vampire nation. Those who could walk by night found it difficult to find all they needed among the living, so having a place where they could relax, shop, and find everything they needed was well received.
Tired of Transylvania and her suppressed and quiet life in Romania, Crandle left in 1889, and took the shop with her to New York, where Americans were enjoying themselves and night life was plentiful. There she found Anne Guthrie. Anne was a young vampire in need of direction, and she craved purpose. Marita took Anne under her wing, and Anne took on many responsibilities of the shop. In New York, Marita and Anne enjoyed themselves with culture and night life and also served as guardians for the mortals in the city.
Many a vampire had migrated from the old world to New York, but recklessness among them was on the cusp of explosion. Vampires at this time felt they were superior to mortals, and some forgot that they were also once human. Marita and Anne spent many evenings having to close the shop before sunrise to police their city and remind vampires they entertained that bringing attention to their kind would be nothing but detrimental.
It was at this time that Marita met Steve Crandle, a vampire from New Orleans. Crandle was living life large in New York, with little regard for those he hurt in the process. While Marita found him handsome, she knew he was dangerous to her kind. However, the two had a strong attraction, and Marita's more subtle ways made sense to Crandle, who enjoyed living among mortals. Marita and Steve fell in love, and Crandle joined the boutique team as both security and head of sales.
Steve became greatly homesick for New Orleans and convinced Marita to move her boutique to the Crescent City in 1942. Marita and Anne immediately fell in love with everything New Orleans had to offer. It was a wonderful place for vampires. It was easy to feed without attention. The town's transient and careless nature kept blood flowing freely. While travelers could not remember how they had become slightly wounded and light-headed, they didn't seem to care. The excitement of the city overwhelmed them, leaving no suspicion of anything but too much overindulgence.
Many wonderful years for the three passed, and over the centuries, humans knowledge of vampires turned to admiration and desire, rather than fear alone. Many new novels and films appeared that glamorized a vampire's existence. When Marita heard of Anne Rice and read her wonderful, thoughtful depictions of her kind, she knew this was someone she had to meet. Anne Rice now signs books for Marita to auction off to benefit her canine rescue organization, New Orleans Fairy-Tails.
Marita, Steve and Anne Guthrie discussed their evolution and the new acceptance of vampires among the living. They made the decision in 2003 to open the boutique not just to vampires, but to mortals alike. Not only would it increase sales substantially; it was a pioneering move for Vampires to have an open presence among humans.
The shop is now open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. for both
mortals and vampires.
mortals and vampires.
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Halloween 2019
Dead South and Bad Things Presents
THE BLOODLUST VAMPIRE BALL
Two of the best companies in Vampire Entertainment join together to provide you an experience unlike any other. The Bloodlust Vampire Ball combines all of the best styles and aesthetics without shying away from anything. See the sexiest performances and special guests in an environment that is catered to everyone's tastes, from the most romantic Victorian bloodsuckers to the Naughtiest Dungeon Demons. We always promise two things, Blood and Lust.
The Bloodlust Ball promises the best in Local New Orleans entertainment as well as several special guests from across the globe.
Your Hosts
Maven Lore: New Orleans Master Fangsmith, DJ, Founding Elder in the Vampire Community and Leader of the House of Lore.
Vita Devoid: World Famous Burlesque performer, Mistress of Ceremonies.
Logan South: Vampire King of Austin, TX, Fangsmith, Model and Television Personality.
Daley Catherine: Vampire Queen of Austin, TX, Model and Television Personality.
BLOODLUST drink specials available all night.
FANGS by The Fangsmith can be booked before the event online at http://thefangsmith.com/ Limited space available.
Vita Devoid: World Famous Burlesque performer, Mistress of Ceremonies.
Logan South: Vampire King of Austin, TX, Fangsmith, Model and Television Personality.
Daley Catherine: Vampire Queen of Austin, TX, Model and Television Personality.
BLOODLUST drink specials available all night.
FANGS by The Fangsmith can be booked before the event online at http://thefangsmith.com/ Limited space available.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Bloodlust Ball promises the best in Local New Orleans entertainment as well as several special guests from across the globe.
maven Lore will provide his own distinctive musical stylings that showcase the heart of New Orleans and will be sure to have you dancing all night long.
AERIAL AND BURLESQUE dancers will be swinging about all through the night to put the LUST into BLOODLUST.
maven Lore will provide his own distinctive musical stylings that showcase the heart of New Orleans and will be sure to have you dancing all night long.
AERIAL AND BURLESQUE dancers will be swinging about all through the night to put the LUST into BLOODLUST.
The Blood Lust Vampire Ball returns for 2019 with "The Chateau"!
A True New Orleans experience unlike any other showcasing the regality and culture of the Crescent City in all it's Supernatural delights.
Join us for a escape into pure decadent delights in a palatial estate tucked gently upon the bayou. Here you will find the most elegant pieces of New Orleans culture. Exotic performers, entrancing music, delicious French cuisine and of course, the heartbeat of New Orleans...an entire array of the Supernatural.
Dance with Undead or commune with Witches from the bog. Hear the Werewolves of the Bayou howl into the night while the Vampire Lords and Ladies seduce your every sense. Have your fortune told or play in games of chance for your soul.
Voodoo priests will consecrate the grounds with rituals, perform magics and casts spells. Dark spirits will run amok and look for offerings to appease them.
Our dedicated team of Chateau Maids will be stalking the grounds courtesy of The Chateau at Cat Girl Manor. These fabulous felines will be ensuring that our guests have everything they need...when they aren't chasing their own prey.
If you have an unquenchable thirst and love to hunt in society, consider tonight an elegant buffet for those with the most...refined pallets.
For those that want to bask in this elegance and enjoy the finer things in the unlife, we have several VIP options available that will turn your week into a luxury Vampire getaway.
This exclusive event will have a limited guest count, so get your tickets early because they won't last long.
Dress Code: Edwardian, Victorian, Royalty, Vampire, Werewolf, Witch, Demon, Monster, Fop, Drag, Pirate, Loa or Voodoo.
Special thanks to The Chateau - Cat Girl Manor
Please join us at their event and our sister Ball at New Orleans Vampiric Masquerade - Court of the Dark Fae on 10/25.
We WILL NOT be selling tickets at the door this year! All tickets must be purchased online and in advance!
Ticket sales will end as soon as we are sold out. Anyone without a ticket will not be able to gain entry.
Join us for a escape into pure decadent delights in a palatial estate tucked gently upon the bayou. Here you will find the most elegant pieces of New Orleans culture. Exotic performers, entrancing music, delicious French cuisine and of course, the heartbeat of New Orleans...an entire array of the Supernatural.
Dance with Undead or commune with Witches from the bog. Hear the Werewolves of the Bayou howl into the night while the Vampire Lords and Ladies seduce your every sense. Have your fortune told or play in games of chance for your soul.
Voodoo priests will consecrate the grounds with rituals, perform magics and casts spells. Dark spirits will run amok and look for offerings to appease them.
Our dedicated team of Chateau Maids will be stalking the grounds courtesy of The Chateau at Cat Girl Manor. These fabulous felines will be ensuring that our guests have everything they need...when they aren't chasing their own prey.
If you have an unquenchable thirst and love to hunt in society, consider tonight an elegant buffet for those with the most...refined pallets.
For those that want to bask in this elegance and enjoy the finer things in the unlife, we have several VIP options available that will turn your week into a luxury Vampire getaway.
This exclusive event will have a limited guest count, so get your tickets early because they won't last long.
Dress Code: Edwardian, Victorian, Royalty, Vampire, Werewolf, Witch, Demon, Monster, Fop, Drag, Pirate, Loa or Voodoo.
Special thanks to The Chateau - Cat Girl Manor
Please join us at their event and our sister Ball at New Orleans Vampiric Masquerade - Court of the Dark Fae on 10/25.
We WILL NOT be selling tickets at the door this year! All tickets must be purchased online and in advance!
Ticket sales will end as soon as we are sold out. Anyone without a ticket will not be able to gain entry.
HOUSE OF BLUES OCTOBER 31 2020
The New Orleans Vampire Ball “Samhain”
~ RSVP TO THE NEW ORLEANS VAMPIRE BALL 2020 FACEBOOK EVENT ~
"SOME ARE BORN TO SWEET DELIGHT, OTHERS ARE BORN TO ENDLESS NIGHT."
ENDLESS NIGHT IS BEST DESCRIBED AS "A VENETIAN MASQUERADE, MEETS A VAMPIRE COURT, WITH THE ELEGANCE OF A BURLESQUE CABARET AND THE ENERGY OF A ROCK CONCERT.
THEMED DRESS CODE
The Endless Night is an interactive experience with the Patrons (guests) being the focus of the event. Our strict DRESS CODE is the cornerstone of this with costumes from every era based around a central annual theme.
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