We're always on the lookout for life-proof makeup, and nobody knows the importance of budge-proof makeup quite like a burlesque dancer. Calamity Chang is an in-demand performer and producer in New ...

You may have heard the hype about a little film called Burlesque starring two drop-dead gorgeous divas, Cher and Christina Aguilera. Judging from the sneak peaks and trailers, these ladies are taking ...

Dita Von Teese, arguably the burlesque artist of her generation, certainly knows the power of the Reveal. That is how she has become a style setter with a head full of ideas, starting with a beauty ...

Here’s the naked truth: burlesque is an art form for every body. Since the 19th century, burlesque has been a potentially potent and provocative performance style where striptease, satire and cutting ...

The further we peel back the patriarchal bull that keeps us thinking that fewer clothes means fewer morals, the better everyone in society can represent themselves. Recently I watched Burlesque: Heart ...

Chicava Honeychild loves what she does. The voluptuous performer is a fixture amongst New York City’s burlesque scene and through her work with Brown Girls Burlesque, she helps champion the tradition ...

Are you ready to pick the new Miss Coney Island? The honky-tonk community’s annual “Burlesque Beauty Pageant,” will be the normal amalgam of sex, freakishness, variety, costumes and concupiscence — ...

Twirling around on small stages under hot lights, burlesque performers have perfected the arts of waterproofing makeup, hiding scars from prying eyes (and cameras!) and creating distractions as well ...

Dita Von Teese knows a thing or two about fashion and beauty. For well over a decade the internationally known burlesque star and model has donned a variety styles that have been photographed and ...

Earlier this month, I attended my first live burlesque performance at the Dallas Burlesque Festival. To say the least, it was everything that I could have hoped that it would be - Bettie Page and ...

From the Pussycat Dolls to Dita Von Teese to Ybor City's new nightclub Honey Pot, burlesque has gone mainstream. Along the way, this kitschy-yet-sexy style of entertainment has influenced fashion, ...