View source for Gown-and-glove striptease

{{Short description|Type of dance}}
[[Image:DesireDAmourMissExoticWorld2006.jpg|right|thumb|Desire D'Amour at the [[Miss Exotic World Pageant]], 2006. Photo Michael Albov]]
The '''gown-and-glove striptease''' is considered a very traditional form of the [[striptease]].<ref name="la times">{{cite web |last1=Chun |first1=Alex |title=Clean, wholesome, old-fashioned burlesque |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-14-gd-movies14-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=24 November 2018 |date=14 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="10 Steps">{{cite web |title=10 Steps to Classic Burlesque Superstardom - The Ultimate Masterclass |url=http://21stcenturyburlesque.com/10-steps-classic-burlesque-striptease-masterclass/ |website=21st Century Burlesque Magazine |accessdate=24 November 2018 |date=29 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Southern Fried Burlesque Festival has curve appeal |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-168705-Southern-Fried-Burlesque-Festival-has-curve-appeal |website=Atlanta Creative Loafing |accessdate=24 November 2018 |language=en |date=9 March 2011}}</ref> This routine developed in America and spread to Europe.<ref name="10 Steps" /> The performer, usually female, is dressed elegantly in an [[evening gown]] with a [[back zipper]] and elbow length [[Evening gloves|opera gloves]]. She then removes the gloves one at a time, in a slow teasing manner, before similarly removing the gown. This type of dance is exemplified by actresses like [[Rita Hayworth]] in ''[[Gilda (film)|Gilda]]'' (1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gilda: Rita Hayworth as Gilda Farrell |url=https://girlsdofilm.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/gilda-rita-hayworth-as-gilda-farrell/ |website=Girls Do Film |accessdate=24 November 2018 |date=15 July 2013}}</ref> and [[Natalie Wood]] in ''[[Gypsy (1962 film)|Gypsy]]'' (1962)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Whitesell |first1=Lloyd |title=Wonderful Design: Glamour in the Hollywood Musical |date=2018 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=9780190843847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCRjDwAAQBAJ&dq=Natalie+Wood+gown+and+glove+striptease&pg=PT33 |language=en}}</ref> and by current [[neo-burlesque]] performers like [[Dita Von Teese]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jack |first1=Tewes |title=The Art of the Teese - Dita Von Teese |url=https://www.australianstage.com.au/201802238632/reviews/sydney/the-art-of-the-teese-%7C-dita-von-teese.html |website=Australian Stage Online |accessdate=24 November 2018 |language=en-gb |date=24 February 2018}}</ref>  Bonnie Delight,<ref name="la times" /> Bettsie Bon Bon and Havana Hurricane.<ref name="10 Steps" />
==See also==
* [[Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend]], vis-a-vis Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell
* [[Jessica Rabbit]]
* [[Put the Blame on Mame]], a la Rita Hayworth
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