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It’s a grey, drizzling January morning on the kind of day that never sees any light.
But downstairs, in the Volupte Lounge in Central London, it doesn’t matter. Because in here, it’s eternal night.
The curtains are drawn, the lights change (*link removed*) in sequence from purple to orange to shocking pink and even though it’s only 11 in the morning, the two dancers I am due to meet are pinched into corsets with feathers, sequins and flowers.
The look here is sleek hair sprayed so well into place it barely moves and the firm sweep of a thick, Forties-style eyebrow. Behind the bar, an attractive girl keeps her curls in place with a hairnet as she prepares the glasses and bottles for opening time.
Volupte is a club specialising in (*link removed*) burlesque, and I’m here to try out the latest dance craze.
Perhaps it’s the runaway success of the glamorous drama Mad Men set in Sixties America, or the growing popularity of risque burlesque artists such as Dita Von Teese; (*link removed*) or maybe it’s the latest offering from Hollywood, a film starring Christina Aguilera simply called Burlesque.
But downstairs, in the Volupte Lounge in Central London, it doesn’t matter. Because in here, it’s eternal night.
The curtains are drawn, the lights change (*link removed*) in sequence from purple to orange to shocking pink and even though it’s only 11 in the morning, the two dancers I am due to meet are pinched into corsets with feathers, sequins and flowers.
The look here is sleek hair sprayed so well into place it barely moves and the firm sweep of a thick, Forties-style eyebrow. Behind the bar, an attractive girl keeps her curls in place with a hairnet as she prepares the glasses and bottles for opening time.
Volupte is a club specialising in (*link removed*) burlesque, and I’m here to try out the latest dance craze.
Perhaps it’s the runaway success of the glamorous drama Mad Men set in Sixties America, or the growing popularity of risque burlesque artists such as Dita Von Teese; (*link removed*) or maybe it’s the latest offering from Hollywood, a film starring Christina Aguilera simply called Burlesque.