I’m becoming increasingly worried for the future of the Burlesque world when I see more and more performers go from curvy goddesses to skinny minnies. In today’s society where perfection sells and size zero is an aspiration, the Burlesque world should be a place where people can escape from such...

Doe-eyed, ethereally beautiful, and therefore surprisingly down-to-earth and switched on when you speak to her, Chrys Columbine is a distinctive presence in today’s UK burlesque scene. Chrys Columbine photographed for www.fairygothmother.com Photographer: GMK A trained concert pianist from...

Maison Berteaux - Delicious! Let me just inform you of something - I love old biddies! There’s no doubt that they are cool as hell, wear the soppiest brooches this side of the 50’s, know exactly how to get Veronica Lake waves on hair so short it could belong to your brother, and above all, love...

Chapter Four The last time we met, I was lying on the floor of Selfridges in a crumpled heap. I can only think they took pity on my Brogues, for the next day I began work! Admittedly not on the Rouge counter… on the fish counter actually… and when I say on the fish counter I of course mean under...

Despite what we might assume about the French, it seems that Gentry Lane is struggling to educate the Parisian masses. “There are no Burlesque venues,” she explains, “It’s been next to impossible just getting any club to understand what it is I’m trying to do. ‘Burlesque’...

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