Beauty is Pain

Beauty is Pain  ~ Or ~ Here’s Arsenic in Your Eye! by: Femme Vivre LaRouge Just kidding, no one put arsenic in their eyes.  They drank it.  For that beautiful glowing skin, almost translucent (like a ghost!), and sparkling eyes!  Never mind the vomiting and hair loss, just take your beauty medicine daily and don’t forget to take a little break in your regime to allow for a ‘toxic balance’... [Read more]

That’s My Boa Betch!

Editor’s Note: New Year’s is a time for resolutions and goal setting.  Why not make better communication and improving backstage demeanor one of them?  When we heard about Lori Madison’s “That’s My Boa Betch!” presentation at Burly Con 2011, we thought she would be the perfect gal to teach us how to reach that goal. That’s My Boa Betch!: Your Inner Diva Strikes... [Read more]

2011 Gift Guide

The Pin Curl Staff put our heads together and came up with the best gifts this holiday season for the pin-up or burlesque gal in your life. Happy Holidays! We are completely in love with the gals at Sugarville Candles!  Their unique candles, lip balms, & body butters smell so delicious, they are hard not to eat & the adorable pin-up girl labels are to die for!  (S’mores and Birthday... [Read more]

2011 Fireside Guide

Femme Vivre La Rouge has compiled a list of great vintage and burlesque inspired books and films to keep you cozy by the fire this winter! Books: For a cheeky and satirical look at social history, go with The Nice Girl’s Guide to Good Behavior by Monica Redlich. With chapter headings such as “A Guide to Public Appearances” and “People You Ought to Know About” this book gives the best worst... [Read more]

Legends at Work

Burlesque: There Are Big Hearts Behind Those Busts. Story Femme Vivre LaRouge It struck a poignant cord with me this year at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Legends Q&A how many of our legends have followed humanistic pursuits, not only in the performing arts, but in the social spectrum as well.  I realize that it might be easy for the uninitiated to think of these sensual entertainers as divas or... [Read more]

Dallas PinUp Opens

The new one-stop pin-up shop Dallas PinUp opened to much fanfare this month.  A unique store model, the first of its kind, Dallas PinUp is a retail space featuring several “booths” where independent, local, and all female owned businesses sell their vintage inspired merchandise.  Everything from pin-up clothing, lingerie, jewelry, accessories, shoes, and make-up can be found in the retail store... [Read more]

Burlesque Haunts: Jim Thorpe

Burlesque Haunts: Behind the Curtain at the Mauch Chunk Opera House by: Femme Vivre LaRouge Reports of apparitions and applause, spectral piano playing, whistling, and much more abound at the old opera house in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania.  For the past two years Jim Thorpe Burlesque, also known as Dragontown Burlesque, has held the Jim Thorpe Burlesque Festival at the historic Mauch Chunk Opera House,... [Read more]

The Pinup Angels

Meet the Pinup Angels by: Shoshana The Pinup Angels with Java. Photo: Monologue Photography A group of girls gathering in a quaint living room, writing love letters, signing photographs, and sorting through piles of snacks would like the makings of a good old fashioned slumber party, but for The Pinup Angels this is business as usual.  Founded in 2007 by US Marine Miss Kitty Baby of Seattle, The Pinup... [Read more]

BHOF Legends Recap 2011

Your favorite Pin Curl contributors, Divertida Divotchka and Femme Vivre LaRouge, joined forces with local emcee Violet O’ Hara to accept the Legends Challenge put forth by Burlesque Hall of Fame, and decided to sponsor Dallas’ own Tammi True.  The group’s diligent fundraising efforts put them in the top three and guests of the Legends Brunch, which they gladly recapped for us. Burlesque Hall... [Read more]

To Prop or Not to Prop

To prop or not to prop… That is the question… by: Vivienne Vermuth Kitten Deville by Derek Jackson Photography There’s nothing like watching stagehands bring out a huge oversized prop or set piece before an act is performed… It sets the mood for the performance and gets the crowd buzzing about what to anticipate! On the other end of that scale however, it’s just... [Read more]