They're Naked and They Dance

A Pictorial History of Striptease

By Richard Wortley
1976
















('French dancer' - Thomas Rowlandson)


(Fiona Richmond - promo still from 'Let's Get Laid')


(Folies Bergère)


(the Irwin Sisters as Les Papillons Folichons)




(Tempest Storm)








(if you're wondering: flu shots, The Windmill, 1963)




('Sheba')


(promotional poster for 'Soldier Blue')


(Jayne Mansfield)


(Julie Ege)


(Edy Williams)


(Mynah Bird)




(sorry about the page crease)

I do believe that girl is naked

Paris By Night
A Tour of the Capital's Gay Pleasure Haunts

By Jacques Robert
Translated by Stephanie and Richard Sutton
1959

Probably the best tour guide book ever printed? Absolutely riddled with bawdy entendre and sly bon mots, this book teaches gentlemen and ladies of easy leisure whereabouts to wander for a salacious but good-natured night on the town.

Before we get to the photos, I feel maybe I should let you in on a secret Robert shares in his book: the 'women' of the Carousel are not quite as they seem...