Burlesque Babe Adult Costume

COME'N GAL, ITS TIME TO SHAKE YOUR BOOTY

Dazzle 'em with your dance of desire...

In this sexy and sultry burlesque attire. The Burlesque Babe ensemble includes: A dramatic cascading dress featuring luscious layers of black organza and satin with pink trim and an attached pink velvet bodice with sheer black polka-dotted overlay, ruffle trim along the neckline and dainty black bow details down the center. Sassy striped stockings, tap shorts, fingerless gloves, and a mini-top hat with a pink velvety ribbon and oversized feather are also included in this provocative performer's ensemble.

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• Available in Adult sizes: Small, Medium, Large, and X-Large.
• Includes: Dress, Hat, Stockings, Gloves, Shorts.
• Does not include Choker or shoes.
• This costume is packaged in a fold-up full length snap garment bag with color photo insert.

Rating:  Reviewed by: LittleAngel
Title: 3 Costumes Later...   Date: Oct 12, 2010

This was my 3 costume I purchased this season - and this is the keeper! I love it. Material is not the best quality - but the costume fits great and the one I decided to go with. The hat - they need to add something so its easier to get it to stay on your head -but otherwise I would recommend.

Rating:   Reviewed by: Lenni

Title: Satisfied with Purchase!! Date: Oct 10, 2010

I am overall satisfied with the Burlesque Babe costume that I have received. I love how the big skirt is so fluffy, and that the gloves fit well. I would say that the dress fit good, but the sizing is a little looser than I expected. I am 5 foot 4 and 128 lbs, waist 27 and hips 37. I ordered a size small. One thing I did was - where there is a flap that is supposed to be the front part of the outfit's black mini skirt, I tucked the flap into one of my black tighter mini skirts, so that it is more fitted and not just a bagger half piece attached to the dress. The hat was flat from being sent in the mail, but that was ok. I just puffed it back out. I wasn't sure how to wear it so it would stay on -- I realised that there is 2 elastic loops under the hats brim on eash side. I just slid a fancy, thin hairband into the loops so it will stay on my head. I can't wait to wear this costume!! With 2 minor ajustments, it's ready! Thank you!!

Rating:  Reviewed by: justgorgeous

Title: Burlesque costume   Date: Sep 29, 2010
Costume only came in small and Eileena usualy wears a size 0-2 extra small.With a few adjustments Eileena made this costume look great just like the black widow one previously purchased {see black widow review}.See pics of new Burlesque costume Eileena will be wearing for 2010 Halloween party at workThen she will be wearing on the Halloween costume latin dance cruise in NYC dancing around manhattan on the 29th with John wearing a black suit with white tie to match. Thanks for another great costume

         


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Background On Burlesque

American Burlesque

American Burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows, burlesque shows in America became popular in the 1860s and evolved to feature ribald comedy and female striptease. By the early 20th century, burlesque in America was presented as a populist blend of satire, performance art, music hall and adult entertainment, featuring striptease and broad comedy acts.^[1]
The entertainment was presented often in cabarets and clubs, as well as music halls and theatres. Performers, usually female, often created elaborate tableaux with lush, colorful costumes, mood-appropriate music, and dramatic lighting; novelty acts, such as fire breathing or contortionists, might be added to enhance the impact of their performance.^[2] The genre traditionally encompassed a variety of acts: in addition to the striptease artistes, there was some combination of chanson singers, comedians, mime artists, and dancing girls, all delivered in a satiric style with a saucy edge. The striptease element of burlesque became subject to extensive local legislation, leading to a theatrical form that titillated without falling foul of censors.^[1] Burlesque gradually lost popularity beginning in the 1940s. A number of producers sought to capitalize on nostalgia for the entertainment by attempting to recreating the spirit of burlesque in Hollywood films from the 1930s to the 1960s. There has been a resurgence of interest in this format since the 1990s.

Victorian burlesque

Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid 19th century. It is a form of musical theatre parody in which a well-known opera or piece of classical theatre or ballet is adapted into a broad comic play, usually a musical play, usually risqué in style, mocking the theatrical and musical conventions and styles of the original work, and often quoting or pastiching text or music from the original work. The term "burlesque" has been used in a literary sense in English since the 17th century.
Like ballad opera, burlesques featured musical scores drawing on a wide range of music, from popular contemporary songs to operatic arias, although later burlesques, from the 1880s, sometimes featured original scores. Dance played an important part, and great attention was paid to the staging, costumes and other spectacular elements of stagecraft, as many of the pieces were staged as extravaganzas. Many of the male roles were played by actresses as breeches roles, purposely to show off their physical charms, and some of the older female roles were taken by male actors.
Originally short, one-act pieces, burlesques were later full-length shows, occupying most or all of an evening's programme. Authors who wrote burlesques included J. R. Planché, H. J. Byron, G. R. Sims, F. C. Burnand, W. S. Gilbert and Fred Leslie.


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