... all manner of wicked loveliness.

Sometime in the late 1920s a girl began to take off her clothes, and from there, Burlesque incorporated striptease to the point where it became a hallmark of the form. From the 30s to the 60s, Burlesque enjoyed a glamorous heyday full of stars, glitter, pasties and snap-away costumes set to smoky jazz and even smokier nightclubs.

A variety of stars dazzled thousands of audiences in this era, celebrities in their time, and goddesses on the stage. Gypsy Rose Lee, Lily St Cyr, Sally Rand, Blaze Starr, Dixie Evans, and Kitty West, known as Evangeline the Oyster Girl, are but a few of the glittering lights of the time of striptease Burlesque.In the late 60s, the last Burlesque house in the USA closed its doors and ...