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The Showgirl Costume - An Illustrated History (Paperback)
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The Showgirl Costume - An Illustrated History (Paperback)
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A couture of the risque evolved on a bridge of fashion from Paris
nightclubs to Las Vegas casinos. A one-time writer for sexy
magazines and on style, the author, with contributions from many
experts on topics from Paris to feathers and sequins explores that
entertainment story, and the hedonism behind it. For over a
century, France exported costumes and millinery, as well as whole
productions from the Moulin Rouge, the Lido, and Folies Bergere in
Paris to the United States and the world. French has meant luxury,
sexuality and fashion. In large part, the concept of glamour itself
was founded in what French courtesans and French burlesque
performers wore in Paris. Where did the costume typifying showgirls
originate and from what? Whereas fashion implies change, the iconic
showgirl costume stabilized into feathers, sparkle and revealing
clothes by 1910. A tall pretty girl wearing a headdress, nude core
with spangles, high heels, and dramatic makeup came to be a Gallic
symbol. She performed a role of the dissimulation of sexual
availability with now venerable features. She was the fizz on
intoxication with no hangover, and by the 1920s, the trademark of
Hollywood musicals. More recently, while showgirls are an
endangered species, the scanty French cabaret clothes have
translated into today's day, sport and evening clothes.
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