Flutter & Flirt Feather Fans

February 11, 2024

A new workshop is coming to the School of Striptease! Las Vegas burlesque performer, Buttercup will be teaching a special feather fan workshop on Thursday, March 14th. In this class students will learn hand holds, poses, movements, and how to remove a garment without ever putting the fans down! And,

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Trick or treat! Check out our virtual Halloween tour!

October 30, 2020

Experience a darker side of BHoF! For a limited time, take a virtual tour of burlesque’s haunted history. Whose ghost dwells in the theater where Sally Rand once performed? What cursed color would burlesque’s legends never be caught undead in? And OMG, what is that thing?!?! Join the staff of

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Signs of Scott Ewalt by Jo Weldon (Part 1)

December 31, 2011

Burlesque signs have always rocked my world. As a child, every time I saw a burlesque sign on a lounge I got an illicit thrill, imagining women of impossible repute removing stockings with a knowing wink. I could picture the heavy lashes, the big hair, the chiffon robes. I was

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Noel Toy

October 21, 2011

Ed. note: This blogpost originally appeared on Soft Film as as “Noel Toy: Our Lady of Feathers.” It is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the cheesecake tabloid CO-EDS (May 1942). The photos are accompanied by their original captions. U. OF C.’s NOEL TOY NOBODY’S PLAYTHING CHINA GIRL CAN DISH

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