Dear Constant Reader,
You know I love burlesque and burlesque history. You may also know that I love costumes and I’m pretty good at making them too. You may not know that I have always wanted to work in a museum. It’s true. I even went to school for Museum Studies. Recently, Scratch allowed me to indulge in my passion for all these things by setting up an exhibit of burlesque costumes at The West End Museum here in Boston.
The folks at Pin Curl Magazine were good enough to do a little feature on the exhibit.
If you want to see the costumes for yourself, they’ll be at The West End Museum until May 12. On May 11th at 7pm there will be a closing reception, which is free. I’ll be there and I’m happy to give you a guided tour of the exhibit.
Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
I have found some gorgeous Hedy Jo Star Original outfits in an old theatrical costume closet I was cleaning out in Tokyo, Japan where I live. There are 2 complete outfits in very small sizes. They are gorgeous and the quality of workmanship, superb. One has the name Nancy Lee written in ball point. I’d like to sell them. Any idea who might be interested and how I would contact them. I can send photos if anyone is interested.
Would appreciate any help, thank you. Linda
I would be very interested in these. Could you please contact me at missmina(at)miss-mina(dot)com?
Do you still have these costumes?? If so my email is kyliekamakazi@gmail.com id love to buy
The Hedy Jo Star costumes were acquired by the Professional Burlesque Society in 2015.