Bar-Hopping
Bare Elegance
by Robert Parody

Just off Broadway, on 50th St. (Manhattan) there is a place for the gentleman for whom the packaging is as important as the gift, for the gentleman who finds more excitement in the tease than in the semi-nude or all nude hard sell--the place is called Bare Elegance.

The club’s small center stage faces a setting that is a lot like a cozy living room. It is designed for the discriminating gentleman looking for something different.

John, the club’s general manager explains: ‘The industry is saturated with titty bars. We are catering to a more sophisticated crowd. There is more eroticism here than in the regular bump and grind clubs.

The girls at Bare Elegance do not dance naked on-stage. They never step out of their lingerie while performing. Only in the private VIP or champagne room that you can see them without their clothes."

Three of Bare Elegance’s lovely ladies agree to pose for Mentertainment. Yolanda’s foreign looks burn with a scent of mystery. I take her pictures in a small green VIP booth. The close proximity and Yolanda's eyes are unnerving. I clumsily knock my drink over, and watch it shatter into thousand pieces. Yolanda talks little while I photograph but from that little I detect a foreign tinge to her accent.

JoJo, a statuesque blonde is shy at first. But in front of the camera she comes alive, much the same way she does on-stage. She follows my instructions and poses coy, sweet and then sexy. Upon finishing she laughs and says, ‘Wow, that was fun, that was great!’

Bare Elegance is three years old. Recently it changed ownership and is now under new management and has been completely renovated.

Bare Elegance brings a third choice besides nude and topless. The club is open every night till 4 am, Monday through Friday from noon, Saturdays and Sundays from 6 pm.