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" 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. "

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" People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable. "

Dita Von Teese

People

Great

Look

" I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me. "

" I think the beauty looks I most regret are those I was persuaded into. "

" I was really, really shy when I was a little girl. "

" I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking the rules of fashion. I wanna break the rules. "

" Well, when I was fifteen years old I worked in a lingerie store and that's how I feel in love with vintage lingerie because I wanted to know the history of it. "

" Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is! "

" 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. "

" Thanks to my mother, people tell me I look younger than I am, especially without make-up. And I suppose my father had a part in making me more frugal with my money. "

" 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. "

" I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes. "

" As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth. "

" I don't feel I have an alter ego. "

" When I started performing, there was no Internet; I didn't really have anything to copy. I kind of had to just make up what I thought burlesque was, based on photographs of Sally Rand or whatever. "

" 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. "

Dita Von Teese

Perfume

Building

" My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created. "

" Physical beauty isn't so impressive to me. "

" When I was a little girl, I watched all old movies. My mother liked old movies, and she loved shopping for antiques, so I was around old things all the time. "

" I like having my cellphone. I like the Internet. I like being different. "

Dita Von Teese

Being Different

Internet

" I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise! "

Dita Von Teese

Classroom

Great

" Corsetry is a body modification. "

Dita Von Teese

Body

Modification

" I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute. "

" I was always intrigued by the idea of bringing things together that are considered taboo or risque and bringing them together with something of high elegance and sophistication. "

" I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be. "

Dita Von Teese

Expect

Idea

" Red lips don't look good on blotchy, uneven skin. "

" I feel better about myself when I look my best. I always find the time to put on my powder and do my chignon. "

" 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. "

" I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner. "

" 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. "

" 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. "