burlesque Archives - Desperate Living

The alt-glamour performers filmed live at the 2004 festival.

The Satanic Sluts goth dance troupe with Georgina Baillie captured live and uncensored at Nottingham’s Rock City.

Exotic illusionist Lynx was the toast of late-night TV in the UK during the early 1990s with her mix of magic and bare flesh.

The deaths of Jesse Jane and Masuimi Max have brought out the ugly moralisers who are quick to blame it all on ‘immoral lifestyles’.

The striptease superstar’s new lingerie range sparks musings on fashion, celebrity and the inherent emptiness of much of the neo-burlesque scene.

The classic fetish magazine of the 1990s presents a new book featuring the iconic model and performer.

A vital and varied collection of salacious, sinister and silly trad-jazz tunes from the legendary raconteur.

Celebrating the tatty brilliance of the traditional monster movie ape suit.

The unexpectedly charming travelogue by the world’s most notorious photojournalist.

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