dita von teese interview

dita is on the cover of inked this month
it's a good article, I guess, and has nice pictures (nothing new though), but! the most interesting part is when she says she dressed as a normal "LA girl" for halloween. I remember her saying in an interview before that she thought it would be a funny idea is she dressed 'normal' for halloween, but I am surprised she actually did it. anyways, after some internet sleuthing (ty ontd), here are the pics!


ps her friend did her makeup the same way he does victoria beckham's

dita von teese interview

dita is on the cover of inked this month
it's a good article, I guess, and has nice pictures (nothing new though), but! the most interesting part is when she says she dressed as a normal "LA girl" for halloween. I remember her saying in an interview before that she thought it would be a funny idea is she dressed 'normal' for halloween, but I am surprised she actually did it. anyways, after some internet sleuthing (ty ontd), here are the pics!


ps her friend did her makeup the same way he does victoria beckham's

wonder woman part 2

oh hai there dita. remember this post where we talked about how dita was designing 3 styles for wonderbra (but only in the UK and France you fuckers.)? well, here they are!

The collection includes 3 distinct styles:

Satin-Teese: is a return to classic elegance and retro glamour that comes in two colours; soft peach and dove grey, and offers the 50’s top wire design

Multi-Teese: a provocative, multi-talented set in black which allows the wearer to arrange the straps a multitude of ways, this range features a unique quick-release magnetic closure on both the bra and the bottom, making daring stripteases a cinch

Spot-Teese: a fun and flirty range featuring a casino chip motif in caramel, overlaid with a sexy sheer black tulle and accented with a floral detail that can decorate the bra or brief

my personal fave:

wonder woman part 2

oh hai there dita. remember this post where we talked about how dita was designing 3 styles for wonderbra (but only in the UK and France you fuckers.)? well, here they are!

The collection includes 3 distinct styles:

Satin-Teese: is a return to classic elegance and retro glamour that comes in two colours; soft peach and dove grey, and offers the 50’s top wire design

Multi-Teese: a provocative, multi-talented set in black which allows the wearer to arrange the straps a multitude of ways, this range features a unique quick-release magnetic closure on both the bra and the bottom, making daring stripteases a cinch

Spot-Teese: a fun and flirty range featuring a casino chip motif in caramel, overlaid with a sexy sheer black tulle and accented with a floral detail that can decorate the bra or brief

my personal fave:

vintage burlesque

debwa loves burlesque, and debwa loves dita von teese. but let's be honest, dita's performance, while classy, is a little lacking .... I guess in emotion, but I'm not really sure what's off. and then I came across this video of vintage burlesque dancer tempest storm (which is an amazing name btw. rivals la dynasty/lady nasty for sure). but guess what! I was totally bored during this, too. I had to skip to 2:35 just to see any action and I am all about the art of the tease, but come on. at least do something interesting before we get to see the naughty bits.

vintage burlesque

debwa loves burlesque, and debwa loves dita von teese. but let's be honest, dita's performance, while classy, is a little lacking .... I guess in emotion, but I'm not really sure what's off. and then I came across this video of vintage burlesque dancer tempest storm (which is an amazing name btw. rivals la dynasty/lady nasty for sure). but guess what! I was totally bored during this, too. I had to skip to 2:35 just to see any action and I am all about the art of the tease, but come on. at least do something interesting before we get to see the naughty bits.

wow. can you try and be like dita more?

wow evan rachel wood. seriously? first you date gross-o dita ex marilyn manson and now you are totally copying her shit? stop jockin dita's style!!!! wha whaaattttt

erw on tues april 14

dita way before april 14th

wow. can you try and be like dita more?

wow evan rachel wood. seriously? first you date gross-o dita ex marilyn manson and now you are totally copying her shit? stop jockin dita's style!!!! wha whaaattttt

erw on tues april 14

dita way before april 14th

dita <3 <3 <3

here is an interview/question&response thing from the nytimes magazine. debwa loves dita, and I think some of her answers are interesting and some are boring, but I give her mad props for promoting safe sex.

and as much as debwa loves her and wants to be her (I want to have 3 rooms of clothes/hats/shoes), it's a little much w/ all the vintage shit. 1940s phone box anyone? draw the line somewhere, girl.


Biggest misconception about burlesque: That it’s about dancing around in hot pants with feather boas. Burlesque was about the striptease. The stars of burlesque took their clothes off, end of story, period.

Hardest thing about stripping: To make it look effortless and natural.

Her first corset: It was out of my life for a little while. It was stolen, by a friend of mine’s daughter. One day she returned it and said she was sorry. I was happy. I have hundreds of corsets, but that is the most important one.

Worst moment onstage: My hair caught on fire. I do an act where I sit on a vanity table that has candelabras on it. Well, there was a lot of hair spray going on. I realized what was happening and put my hair out. The show went on.

Next big purchase: I’m getting ready to make a new show, and that is always a big expense. It will involve $80,000 worth of costumes and props. This one is going to be especially rhinestone heavy.

Personal hero: Mae West. There hasn’t been another actress in the world who wrote every line she ever said in a film.


Morning routine: My waking time always changes, because sometimes I am really jet lagged. When I’m home, I am up around 9 o’clock. First, I check my BlackBerry, which is next to me in bed. Then I let my dogs outside and get everybody breakfast.

Best thing about divorce from Marilyn Manson: There’s a long list. I am happy to have the drugs out of my life.

Fear about new love: That I’ll fall for a man who wants a modern, minimalist interior.

Prized possession: I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It’s nice; it’s big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better.

Performance piece: Yes, I do perform in a giant martini glass, but I don’t keep it at home. All my props are kept in storage, a really big storage space, because I have a lot of things even bigger than that glass. I have never been where they are stored, to be honest. It’s somewhere in Los Angeles.

Animal friends: I have various taxidermied animals. I have a peacock, swans and birds in large glass domes. They’re beautiful.

Rainy-day activities: Sitting in front of the fire with my pets, two dachshunds and three Devon Rex cats, which is a breed that has unusually large ears and wide-set eyes.

Indispensable gadget: A 1940s phone station. It’s a stand that holds the phone, and you sit in it. You can’t move around. I used to have a cordless phone and I hated it.

Waistline: I’m not technically a tight lacer. It’s a fetish, in which you wear extremely tight corsets all the time. I don’t sleep in my corsets, and I’m not obsessed with obtaining the world’s smallest waist. My waist is around 18 inches.

Velvet painting: A painting of me by an artist named Olivia, who specializes in pinups.

Burlesque memento: I have an artifact of the famed burlesque star Sally Rand, from 1939. It’s a box that says “Winter Underwear for Men” on it. Inside is a crocheted warmer for a man’s equipment. It’s hysterical.

Guilty pleasure: Eating foie gras in Paris. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble with PETA. But it is a guilty pleasure; I feel guilty and horrible about it.

Extra bedrooms: I turned one of them into a dark, jewel box of a bedroom. Another is a wardrobe with my dresses, shoes and vintage clothes. The third is devoted to my hat collection and vanity. It’s a real powder room.

Collections: I collect in a crazy way. I have at least 15 collections. I collect vintage hair combs; vintage clothes; vintage lingerie; hats; jewelry; cigarette holders.

Favorite collection: My hats. When I look at them I can’t believe these are things that women wore on the street every day. They are dramatic and distinctive.

Treasured eras: For taxidermy, Victorian; for furniture, Art Deco; for lingerie, 1940s stockings and Victorian corsets; hats I like mid-1940s, when they wore the little tilted hats, like men’s hats.

What she drives: I have two classic cars, a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker and a 1965 Jaguar S-Type. I drove a Chrysler 300. But I just got a new car, a BMW Z4.

Fanciest corset: It’s by Mr. Pearl, without a doubt the world’s most-sought-after corset maker. He lives in Paris, and all the couturiers go to him. He has an unmatched talent for creating the perfect wasp waist. Each corset requires between 6 and 20 fittings.

Evening routine: I have no routine. I am happy if I am in bed by 1 a.m. It’s a great victory for me if I can sleep eight hours or more.

By her bed: A beautiful Art Deco box with a condom in it. I’m a single girl.

Favorite chore: Grocery shopping. I wasn’t always able to afford food, so I love putting things in my cart and realizing I can afford them.

Always in fridge: Eggs and truffle sauce. I order the sauce online. It is called Truffle Gatherers sauce. It is so good with eggs. It is very precious to me.

What she misses about America when abroad: More value to the dollar.

Fitness routine: About 20 minutes jumping on the trampoline and an hour of Pilates. I often take Sundays off.

What she wanted to be when she grew up: A ballerina.

Obsession: Ballet shoes. I have a collection dyed in every color of the rainbow.

Belief system: There are superstitions in burlesque. You aren’t supposed to put your shoes on the table. I try to pay attention to that, but I really like looking at my shoes, so I put them on the table all the time.

Perfect kitchen: One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband’s house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in ’50s style. Unlike real vintage items, they work.

Obsolete item she can’t bear to part with: Everything I have is obsolete. That’s the point.

dita <3 <3 <3

here is an interview/question&response thing from the nytimes magazine. debwa loves dita, and I think some of her answers are interesting and some are boring, but I give her mad props for promoting safe sex.

and as much as debwa loves her and wants to be her (I want to have 3 rooms of clothes/hats/shoes), it's a little much w/ all the vintage shit. 1940s phone box anyone? draw the line somewhere, girl.


Biggest misconception about burlesque: That it’s about dancing around in hot pants with feather boas. Burlesque was about the striptease. The stars of burlesque took their clothes off, end of story, period.

Hardest thing about stripping: To make it look effortless and natural.

Her first corset: It was out of my life for a little while. It was stolen, by a friend of mine’s daughter. One day she returned it and said she was sorry. I was happy. I have hundreds of corsets, but that is the most important one.

Worst moment onstage: My hair caught on fire. I do an act where I sit on a vanity table that has candelabras on it. Well, there was a lot of hair spray going on. I realized what was happening and put my hair out. The show went on.

Next big purchase: I’m getting ready to make a new show, and that is always a big expense. It will involve $80,000 worth of costumes and props. This one is going to be especially rhinestone heavy.

Personal hero: Mae West. There hasn’t been another actress in the world who wrote every line she ever said in a film.


Morning routine: My waking time always changes, because sometimes I am really jet lagged. When I’m home, I am up around 9 o’clock. First, I check my BlackBerry, which is next to me in bed. Then I let my dogs outside and get everybody breakfast.

Best thing about divorce from Marilyn Manson: There’s a long list. I am happy to have the drugs out of my life.

Fear about new love: That I’ll fall for a man who wants a modern, minimalist interior.

Prized possession: I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It’s nice; it’s big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better.

Performance piece: Yes, I do perform in a giant martini glass, but I don’t keep it at home. All my props are kept in storage, a really big storage space, because I have a lot of things even bigger than that glass. I have never been where they are stored, to be honest. It’s somewhere in Los Angeles.

Animal friends: I have various taxidermied animals. I have a peacock, swans and birds in large glass domes. They’re beautiful.

Rainy-day activities: Sitting in front of the fire with my pets, two dachshunds and three Devon Rex cats, which is a breed that has unusually large ears and wide-set eyes.

Indispensable gadget: A 1940s phone station. It’s a stand that holds the phone, and you sit in it. You can’t move around. I used to have a cordless phone and I hated it.

Waistline: I’m not technically a tight lacer. It’s a fetish, in which you wear extremely tight corsets all the time. I don’t sleep in my corsets, and I’m not obsessed with obtaining the world’s smallest waist. My waist is around 18 inches.

Velvet painting: A painting of me by an artist named Olivia, who specializes in pinups.

Burlesque memento: I have an artifact of the famed burlesque star Sally Rand, from 1939. It’s a box that says “Winter Underwear for Men” on it. Inside is a crocheted warmer for a man’s equipment. It’s hysterical.

Guilty pleasure: Eating foie gras in Paris. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble with PETA. But it is a guilty pleasure; I feel guilty and horrible about it.

Extra bedrooms: I turned one of them into a dark, jewel box of a bedroom. Another is a wardrobe with my dresses, shoes and vintage clothes. The third is devoted to my hat collection and vanity. It’s a real powder room.

Collections: I collect in a crazy way. I have at least 15 collections. I collect vintage hair combs; vintage clothes; vintage lingerie; hats; jewelry; cigarette holders.

Favorite collection: My hats. When I look at them I can’t believe these are things that women wore on the street every day. They are dramatic and distinctive.

Treasured eras: For taxidermy, Victorian; for furniture, Art Deco; for lingerie, 1940s stockings and Victorian corsets; hats I like mid-1940s, when they wore the little tilted hats, like men’s hats.

What she drives: I have two classic cars, a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker and a 1965 Jaguar S-Type. I drove a Chrysler 300. But I just got a new car, a BMW Z4.

Fanciest corset: It’s by Mr. Pearl, without a doubt the world’s most-sought-after corset maker. He lives in Paris, and all the couturiers go to him. He has an unmatched talent for creating the perfect wasp waist. Each corset requires between 6 and 20 fittings.

Evening routine: I have no routine. I am happy if I am in bed by 1 a.m. It’s a great victory for me if I can sleep eight hours or more.

By her bed: A beautiful Art Deco box with a condom in it. I’m a single girl.

Favorite chore: Grocery shopping. I wasn’t always able to afford food, so I love putting things in my cart and realizing I can afford them.

Always in fridge: Eggs and truffle sauce. I order the sauce online. It is called Truffle Gatherers sauce. It is so good with eggs. It is very precious to me.

What she misses about America when abroad: More value to the dollar.

Fitness routine: About 20 minutes jumping on the trampoline and an hour of Pilates. I often take Sundays off.

What she wanted to be when she grew up: A ballerina.

Obsession: Ballet shoes. I have a collection dyed in every color of the rainbow.

Belief system: There are superstitions in burlesque. You aren’t supposed to put your shoes on the table. I try to pay attention to that, but I really like looking at my shoes, so I put them on the table all the time.

Perfect kitchen: One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband’s house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in ’50s style. Unlike real vintage items, they work.

Obsolete item she can’t bear to part with: Everything I have is obsolete. That’s the point.

wonder woman

the holy mistress of all things sexy, my role model, dita von teese, will be collaborating with WONDERBRA to bring glamorous 1940's style to push-up bra fans in the UK and france. The line will launch in september 2008 and will have 3 different ranges. I am really excited about this because not only does dita have impeccable style, but she really knows a thing or two about clothing and fashion history. the article is here on her personal website.

wonder woman

the holy mistress of all things sexy, my role model, dita von teese, will be collaborating with WONDERBRA to bring glamorous 1940's style to push-up bra fans in the UK and france. The line will launch in september 2008 and will have 3 different ranges. I am really excited about this because not only does dita have impeccable style, but she really knows a thing or two about clothing and fashion history. the article is here on her personal website.

why isn't this just called the dita von teese fanclub blog?

I <3 matching lipstick and dresses. If I had the money to get my dresses tailor-made or whatever (ew saying tailor-made makes me think of std-ridden new york and pussy fuck tailor made and how they have gross kisses), then I would totally match my lipstick to my dresses every day. here is dita going into the elie saab fashion show (and below she is going to the gaultier one -- where she walked the runway)

why isn't this just called the dita von teese fanclub blog?

I <3 matching lipstick and dresses. If I had the money to get my dresses tailor-made or whatever (ew saying tailor-made makes me think of std-ridden new york and pussy fuck tailor made and how they have gross kisses), then I would totally match my lipstick to my dresses every day. here is dita going into the elie saab fashion show (and below she is going to the gaultier one -- where she walked the runway)

perfection

oh miss dita, you can do no wrong

perfection

oh miss dita, you can do no wrong

debwa loves...

dita! no surprise there, but lately aka the last year or so, I always see pics of her dressed like like she is either a) going to a v. fancy dinner circa 1955 or b) going to pick up her beloved from the train circa 1942, so it is always nice to see her glamoured out, like the burlesque lovely she is

dita my hero

why can't i do burlesque?

Eat Me Drink Me

dita is amazing and can do no wrong in my eyes. she is a true style icon. and i can't believe Marilyn Manson is now dating that horrible excuse for a vagina, evan rachel wood, who said having sex while it was raining blood in the new music video was,"one of the most romantic moments" she's experienced.

here is the video for 'heart shaped glasses':


i do, however appreciate the reference to stanley kubrick's lolita.

My personal fave . . .

debwa loves dita. We should make some t-shirts w/ that slogan and then this pic. I heart dita times 10 and I love love love this pic...whatchu think of this one miss fantasy?