1970s
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Finocchio’s and the “Liberace Effect”
Happy Pride Month everyone! 🌈✨ This week, I thought I’d kick things off by sharing a piece from my collection which has a special place in both gay and Liberace history: a Liberace-autographed menu from the “fabulous” legendary drag club Finocchio’s! Originally opened as a speakeasy back in 1920s San Francisco, Finocchio’s would undergo its Continue reading
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Liberace: Punk Rocker?
Happy 2025 everybody! Recently, I came across this funny (and perhaps apocryphal) newspaper article from the Staffordshire Evening Sentinel which details Liberace’s visit to a punk clothing shop in London on May 21st, 1983. While the article doesn’t specify which punk clothing shop Liberace may have visited, my friend and punk history blogger The Hotter Continue reading
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Liberace’s Iconic Hot Pants
Happy 4th of July to one of Liberace’s most iconic and well-known costumes – his bedazzled red, white, and blue hot pants! First purchased as a gag in the early 1970s, Liberace’s hot pants were originally intended as a “satirical” response to emerging trends in clothing and fashion that he believed were beginning to encroach Continue reading
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Moirs Pot Of Gold Promotional Tie-Ins (Fall 1975)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀 In 1975, Liberace appeared in a series of luck-themed promotional tie-ins for the popular Canadian chocolate company Moirs. My favorite of these tie-ins features Liberace in his iconic Jim Lapidus-designed piano suit offering fans a free copy of his single, “The Way We Were”, with select purchases of Moirs’ Pot Continue reading
Beyond The Candelabra 