Lifestyle Of Show Girls

[Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH. 2011-2014] Showgirls were seen to live care free lives they were allowed to do what they wanted and had their own way. Most show girls had short hair, this hairstyle was popular at the time because of the revolution of the Lesbians, many women cut their hair short to symbolise they were gay however it just became popular for women to do that. 

One showgirl with an outrageous lifestyle was Anita Berber. She was one of the first girls to dance on stage fully naked. She also pushed boundaries off stage and was quite frankly a nightmare! 

She classed her self as bisexual and was involved in many sex scandals, most the time on drugs. She took drugs every day and was a heavy drinker. 

Drugs were readily available within Berlin even prescribed by doctors for sexual fatigue. Drugs were often given to show girls as gratitude for a good performance like men would give roses nowadays. [Perrottet.T. 2012] As Berliners were experimenting more with drugs they were experimenting with different ways they would take it. One way was by soaking the petals of a white rose in chloroform and ether. This was Anita Berbers favourite kind of drug. 

Neike. (2006). Anita Berber (1899-1928). Available: http://keikai.blogspot.co.uk/2006/11/anita-berber-1899-1928.html. Last accessed 5th Oct 2014.

Show girls never really took off their makeup just adding more on top each time. When they had a bath they didn't really wash their faces. Their lifestyles were so full on, they were constantly going from one party to the next or between man to man they never really had time to take makeup off and let their faces breathe.
Their hair was cut short as this was the popular style of the time. Most women owned a chignon. This was a hair piece the attached to the lower back of their necks to create the look of a classy lower bun, most ladies wore these out at night times for meals or parties.