A burlesque performer is devastated over the theft of 22 sets of giant feather fans worth $4500.

The fans were stolen from her car — which was parked in her own driveway — on Saturday, August 2.

Chrissy Brown, who fans would know better as the award-winning Lyra La Belle, said the fans were in the back of her car, which was parked at her home in Ridleyton, in inner-north Adelaide, South Australia.

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Brown, who was once crowned Miss Hollywood Burlesque, runs Hot Sauce Burlesque dance school. The fans, which are an iconic burlesque prop, are used in her classes as well as her peformances.

Appearing on Sunrise on Tuesday, Brown said: “I went out to my car and the feather fans were packed in the back of my car ready for a performance and I saw my car had been broken into.

“The first thing I noticed was 1kg of my jellybeans had been stolen out of the glove compartment.

“I am a type one diabetic, so I ... thought, what has happened here? And I looked in the back of the car and 22 sets (of fans) were gone.”

Brown said the stolen props included a custom-made fan featuring three layers of white feathers, which she had intended to use for her headline performance at the Australian Burlesque Festival in October.

Host Nat Barr questioned Brown over how awkward it was to report the theft to police.

Brown replied: “I am not going to lie, it took a little bit of repeating.

“When I said to them 22 sets of feather fans, there was a pause .... I had to explain they are in fact ostrich feathers all the way from overseas and very expensive.”

Devastated over the theft, Brown said the burlesque community has been supportive and offered the use of fans for the time being.

But she said borrowed fans would need to be returned and her own fans eventually replaced.

She has appealed for the thief or thieves to give them back to her — no questions asked.

“We scoured the neighbourhood to see if they had been dumped,” she said.

“I’ve been really clear: dump them back at house, no questions asked.”

“Alternatively, they can be dropped at my storage unit,” she said, adding the operators of the Kennards Storage are also aware it’s a case of “no questions asked”.

“Just dump the bags back. No one is going to get in trouble,” Brown said.

“I just want them back.”

But in the event the fans are not recovered, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Brown replace them.