Scarlett Jezebel new web design

Scarlett Jezebel, Swinging socialite, original it girl and remote royal.

Scarlett is part of the famed Southern Belles burlesque troupe. She is now working solo – mainly in Tasmania and the East Coast of Australia at present. Although from the UK, she is based in Tasmania – the land of ghosts, cannibals and rednecks (so she tells me).

Scarlett showed me some rough ideas as a starting point. The colour scheme, as you can see by the wig and feather combo on the homepage, was never going to be an issue: Red, bright red, and black… with a hint of gold and white.

I wanted to create something visually striking – that matches the vivaciousness of Scarlett’s character. Some of Scarlett’s shows and outfits are modern looking, so I didn’t want to go completely vintage on the look.

The design is very stripped down and features gigantic {} curly brackets – yes, that is their real name, as the main theme feature. They appear to have movement in them, which seems appropriate for burlesque dancing.

The static Scarlett picture on the top right changes with each page!!

The site features a simple shop for Scarlett’s home made pasties and garters. Because her items are low run (or one off), there is a stock counter that will show the item as out of stock once it is sold out.

Artballs Innovation

The site has the usual Artballs simple to update aspects, but this one features a new innovation. Many of the performers I’ve made sites for have a lot of photos on Facebook when they start out. It is the cheapest possible promotion of course! By the time they get big enough to have their own sites, they sometimes have hundreds of photos on a Facebook page. With this in mind, Scarlett’s site actually ‘gets’ the photos from Facebook. This means that when she updates a Facebook photo gallery, they automatically update on the website too!

Scarlett is a prolific performer. The show list is very easy to update. A subscribe button allows her fans to get automatic updates and show details on their Google or iCal calendars too!

Oh, did I say? It works on an iPhone too!