BURLESQUE’S FLYING FOX
Flo Foxworthy looks like a tattooed Tinkerbell. She’s 5ft tall, with at least 3ft of red hair, skin so pale it’s pearlescent and the voice of a 12-year-old. Warm, energetic and giggly, you’d be forgiven for thinking she made a living impersonating fairies at children’s birthday parties.
That is until you see her hands. They’re rough, tough, and tattooed — stars are scattered up her arms, there’s miniature scissors inked at the base of her thumb and her knuckles are emblazoned with the initials, FUPM (F*ck You Pay Me — “It’s a line from the film Goodfellas. I’ve had years of people expecting me to work for free or for “exposure”. I finally decided not to do that anymore!”).
Her hands are also the only thing that give her away as the world’s top burlesque costumier. That’s not hyperbole. Celebrity burlesque icon Dita Von Teese, is a regular customer. And last year the leading authority on the perfomance art, 21st Century Burlesque, crowned her top costumier in the world.
“When I got the first email from Dita,” laughs Flo, “I almost
