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Detail of Built to Bare showing three costumes, a beaded top depicting a peacock, a green dress, and a yellow dress with feathered hat.

Built to Bare: The Art of Engineering Clothes Designed to Come Off

Taking it off is the simple part. A striptease costume is the culmination of countless hours of labor- designing, drafting, testing, fitting, repeat - to…

Poison Ivory, 2016 Miss Exotic World

Becoming Burlesque

In 1927, struggling vaudevillean Rose Louise Hovick stepped onto a burlesque stage for the first time, transforming herself into the urbane, sophisticated stripper Gypsy Rose…

Lada Redstar Performs at the Burlesque Hall of Fame

Dancing the Revolution: Feminism in Burlesque History

Most burlesque dancers throughout history would not have considered themselves “feminists”. In fact, many clashed with the feminists of the day who were attacking their…

View of "Spectacular, Erotic, and Slightly Shocking"

Spectacular, Erotic, and Slightly Shocking: A Timeline of American Burlesque

With roots in the tragicomedies of ancient Greece, American burlesque first emerged in 1860s. Driven by the industrial working class’ hunger for entertainment, an individualistic…

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