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Liberace’s New Year’s Resolutions (December 26th, 1954)
Happy New Year! 💫 On December 26th, 1954, Liberace gave his New Year’s thanks and resolutions in a column for The Boston Globe. “This old year has been a fine and happy one for me, as it hope it has for you,” Liberace wrote. “I spent the year doing what I like best in the Continue reading
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Scanned Photos: Liberace and George at the LA Press Club Show (1954)
Happy Monday folks! Today, I wanted to share some candid photographs from my collection that were taken during Liberace and George’s joint performance at a Los Angeles Press Club event in 1954. First founded in 1913, the Los Angeles Press Club is a journalism organization which exists to “support, promote, and defend quality journalism in Continue reading
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Liberace, King Neptune, and the Met Gala
Happy Met Gala day! While dozens of Met Gala attendees have drawn inspiration from Liberace’s colorful and revolutionary costumes over the years, few have paid as direct or committed a tribute as Glee and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy. In 2019, Murphy attended the camp themed Met Gala in a coral and cream colored 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
Beyond The Candelabra 