Clothes may may the man but PROPS make the woman…who removes her clothes, as evidenced by this awesome series of photos on the Retronaut blog, from Lili St. Cyr‘s obscenity trial in 1951. Visit the above link and scroll down for shots of her act, which clearly includes a narrative and — you guessed it — props! They make everything better.

Oh, here’s Lili again, proving the awesomeness of props (ok animal-as-prop but still):