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" 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. "

Dita Von Teese

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Father

People

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why. "

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

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Idea

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

Dita Von Teese

Liar

Than

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Dita Von Teese

Sketch

Yes

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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 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. "