End of the Lusty Lady
Wearing an unlikely combination of lace, pink underwear, a beanie hat and ankle socks, an exotic dancer performs outside a bar during a symbolic "funeral procession" to mark the closure of San Francisco's Lusty Lady strip club.
The business, the United States' first and only unionised and employee-owned strip joint, shut its doors on September 2, announcing on a fundraising page that it was in debt and had failed to negotiate lower rent.
A pair of silver heels hang on an open locker backstage at the Lusty Lady strip club.
A group of exotic dancers relax together in the private space.
Support staff dance as a woman performs on top of a table by the entrance of the strip club.
Michael Jackson impersonators put on a show in the entrance lobby.
A dancer stands outside the club.
A performer's fake eyelashes catch the light.
Exotic dancers hug after participating in a fake New Orleans-style funeral procession to symbolise the closure of the club.
Employees shake hands as the Lusty Lady prepares to shut its doors.
Out of order signs are stuck to peep show booths at the club.
A sign is seen on the wall at the Lusty Lady strip club.
A man stands outside the entrance of the club, advertising live nude dancing.
A group of exotic dancers poses for a photograph on closing night.
A man leafs through a wad of money behind a window as a woman performs on Columbus Avenue during the faux funeral.
A patron stuffs money down a dancer's dress.
A group of semi-clad dancers carry a banner above a taxi during the Lusty Lady funeral procession.
Participants in the symbolic funeral hold up umbrellas as they make their way through the street.
An exotic dancer performs during the procession.
Other scantily clad dancers take part.
Employees wave as they prepare to close the doors of the Lusty Lady Theater for the last time.
