Little Nellie was the tease of the neighborhood in her lacy knickers. One-piece cotton camisole/petticoat has cups trimmed with lace and ribbon. Extravagant lace on the bottom is ruched up to give the effect of knickers. Velvet corset features lace-up front.
Early on, Callie practiced her dance steps on the kitchen table and the family’s upright piano. Flattering fitted corset features slightly padded bra with halter strap, trimmed with fringe and black lace. Bengaline skirt is trimmed in fringe.
Little Kelli Briscoe went to San Francisco. The men were brash and bold, but Kelli got the gold! Full velvet dress sports short draped skirt, padded cups and gold metallic fringe trimming.
Attitude is all it takes for this brazen beauty to get attention. Boned brocade bodice trimmed with lace, braid and satin bows down the center portend the future. Shimmering satin skirt with self ruffle.
Charity’s most trusted confidant and friend, Faith is always backstage with an encouraging word and a kind heart. Free-spirited and bubbly, Faith still has dreams of Broadway stardom. Her seamlessly fitted pinstripe vest, designed with low neckline, rhinestone buttons with zoot chain, and velvet pocket welts, is accompanied with a short twill skirt outlined in sequin trim and large rhinestones. Together, they are her ticket to the Big Apple.
Weak willed and caught off guard by his flamboyance, she finds herself falling in love all over again. Satin dress with airy chiffon over bodice and skirt. Beading wanders around the neckline across the bodice and graces the hip. But the satin bow is icing on the hip.
The most popular of the cabaret girls, Hope is a professional. With little tolerance for pie-in-the-sky daydreaming and other nonsense, she keeps the girls of the chorus line grounded and together. Without her, the show can not go on. Her sparkly stretch blouse is highlighted with sequined trim at the scoop neckline. The high-waised pinstripe skirt is accented with velvet pocket welts, large rhinestones, a long zoot chain, and finished with suspenders.
Charity lives in the flashy world of big dreams and chorus lines, but longs to leave the fast and loose life she leads in hopes of finding love. Until she finds it, though, Charity’s big smile, top hat, short fringe-lined pinstripe skirt, fringed, form-fitting, sequin trimmed, twill corset keep her the star of the cabaret.
Inspired by the Moulin Rouge, our French Can-Can dress features a fitted bengaline bodice with padded lace covered cups and flowing ruffled skirt of taffeta. You’d never want to miss the Ca- Can girl’s kiss.
At the notorious Montmartre Cabaret Club, all eyes are riveted on the high-kicking courtesan, Satine. Spectaclar sequined bodice, hand-beaded shooting stars overlay rich velet lapels while rhinestone studded straps barely hold the corset ensemble in place. Heavenly bodies beaded onto sequined velvet paneled skit with eight inch beaded fringe offer a forbidden glimpse of satin draw-string pantines with matching beaded fringe. Available with full skirt for break away patrons. The custom rhinestone satin top hat exclaims that “diamonds are a girl’s best friend.”
Working as a dancer, singer, and general entertainer throughout the Chicago cabaret circuit, Tessa Delisle became the favorite of every Prohibition-dodging gangster in the city. Her dazzling and daring dress and headband set off her delicate features, leading her to become known in mob circles as just “The Ivory Lady”. Her unique ensemble combines the sultriness of the cabaret singer with the whimsy of the speakeasy, featuring a plunging neckline with a lace-over-nude satin inset and wide shoulder straps. The satin dress is trimmed with sequins, and includes a belted drop waist and double zig-zag fringed hemline.
This flamboyant artist and matchmaker utilizes all his talent for the best of entertainment. This ringmaster of beasts and beauties sports a velvet tailcoat with contrasting cuffs, colar and lapels, worn over a crisp shirt and metallic brocade vest with reversible metallic brocade lapels, wingtip dickey with bow tie and gold buttons.
Part time crooner, part time producer, part time manager, and full time “entrepreneur,” Charlie rules the Big Spender Cabaret. His flashy overcoat is styled to match his equally showy vest and neatly finished pants.
Dance the cancan? You bet she can can. Fitted bengaline bodice with padded lace covered cups and flowing ruffled skirt of bengaline with attached taffeta ruffles.