Famous burlesque dancers were soon attended by entourages of makeup artists, backup singers and dancers, managers, club owners and personal stylists.
At the time, Bourbon St had only recently become the epicenter of bad behavior in New Orleans, which had shifted from the shuttered Red Light district of Storyville.
Trixie Minx — Photo by It would be impossible to discuss burlesque in New Orleans without mentioning Trixie Minx and the Fleur de Tease burlesque revue.
Conveniently located across the street from the Allways Lounge the street, in this case, being St Claude Avenue, on the edge of Faubourg Marigny , Siberia regularly features punk rock, bounce shows, and plenty of burlesque revues.
Our cocoa butter can be used in a chocolate mould, or airbrushed, painted or applied with fingers directly on moulded chocolate.
That relationship of shared sinfulness speaks to the importance of burlesque to New Orleans history — and vice versa.