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All Quotes by author - Dita Von Teese
" Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying. "
Receive
Says
Gift
" As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth. "
Growing
Growing Up
Small
" But I'm not the girl who changes into flats because my feet are tired at the end of the night. I go the distance. I go all the way. "
Girl
Feet
Changes
" Corsetry is a body modification. "
Body
Modification
" Don't underestimate the cosmetic power of sunglasses. It's worth spending a bit of money on a quality pair. I usually go for Dior or Louis Vuitton. "
Sunglasses
Worth
Money
" Every one of my products - my lingerie, my perfume, and everything that I do beauty-related with regard to building my burlesque shows - is just me. "
Me
Perfume
Building
" I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute. "
Every Day
Day
Minute
" I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner. "
Dinner
Day
Clothes
" I don't feel I have an alter ego. "
Feel
Alter
Ego
" I don't have long-standing regrets; they pass as I see how things are meant to be. "
See
Meant To Be
I See
" I don't work with a stylist, I don't work with a glam squad to get me together for the red carpet, I really enjoy the time it takes to do it myself, to choose my clothes and do my own makeup and my own hair. "
Myself
Hair
Red
" I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire. "
Time
Admire
Ballet
" I feel better about myself when I look my best. I always find the time to put on my powder and do my chignon. "
Look
Time
Myself
" I feel empowered the fact that I can look the way that I do on stage and in photos - I can look that way any time I want. And I feel like it's important message to other women that they can do it, too. "
Want
Feel
Important
" I have a lot of Burberry items at home, including one dress that I loved so much that I had my living room painted to match because the color was so flattering. "
Living
Home
Room
" I have been obsessed with seamed stockings my whole life, and I would collect vintage ones that were made in the '40s and '50s with the authentic styling of the keyhole, the welt, the reinforced toe and heels, French or Cuban heels, and hand-stitched seams. "
Made
Heels
Cuban
" I like having my cellphone. I like the Internet. I like being different. "
Like
Being Different
Internet
" I like styling girls that don't normally dress in vintage clothes and don't normally wear red lipstick; I like seeing those kind of girls restyled in a retro way. "
Vintage
Clothes
Dress
" I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me. "
Same
Want
People
" I love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair. "
Hair
Dressing
Makeup
" I'm a designer, producer and I am hands-on for every project I undertake. The creative side of what I do is really something I think people overlooked for a while. "
Think
I Am
Project
" I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it? "
Flaws
Women
See
" I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar. "
Liar
More
Than
" I'm not always in a full face of make-up! That's actually one of the things I like about make-up - that you can strip it away and show your vulnerability. "
Face
You
Vulnerability
" I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise! "
Classroom
Great
Me
" I really believe that beauty comes from health - sensible eating and exercise. "
Beauty
Health
Exercise
" I really enjoy watching people like Madonna, or Cher, or Barbra Streisand on the red carpet. I want to see people wearing exciting things that are different and to know that they're not just looking for the latest, most normal thing. "
Looking
People
Red
" I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes. "
Money
Vintage
Clothes
" I suppose women are attracted to the bad-boy image sometimes because it's fun to have an adventure. It's like eating junk food... it's fun at the time, but ultimately not the best choice. "
Food
Adventure
Best
" I think as someone who collects beautiful things from the past, the thing that I miss the most about modernism and the things I lament about the past are everyday things that you would use were made more beautifully. "
You
Someone
Past
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