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" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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 don't have long-standing regrets; they pass as I see how things are meant to be. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'm more of an exaggerator than a liar. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 love glamour and artificial beauty. I love the idea of artifice and dressing up and makeup and hair. "

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

" Me personally, I want to entertain people above all. When you look back at burlesque in history and the real golden age of burlesque, those entertainers were there to entertain, and there wasn't usually some big political message behind what they were doing. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" So I have the green smoothie every day for breakfast, and then sometimes even for lunch too, and then I have a normal dinner. "

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

" Yes, but more than being a designer, I'm more of a stylist, because I don't sew and I don't sketch, but I'm good at putting things together, choosing things that are chic and glossing over the aesthetics of things. "

" Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "