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" 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. "

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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

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

" 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 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'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. "

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

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

Dita Von Teese

Liar

Than

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

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

" Corsetry is a body modification. "

Dita Von Teese

Body

Modification

" 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

" 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 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 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

Dita Von Teese

Expect

Idea

" 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! "

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

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

" I'd say the only time I ever get nervous is around great ballet dancers or people I really admire. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Dita Von Teese

People

History

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