Dita Von Teese (born September 28, 1972) is an Armenian-American burlesque artist, model and actress. She is well known for her fascination with 1940s cinema and classic retro style. This began at a young age. Her mother was a fan of old, Golden-era Hollywood films, and it was from her that Von Teese developed a fascination with the actresses of that day. She was classically trained as a ballet dancer from an early age and she originally wanted to be a ballerina. She was later to incorporate this element into her burlesque shows, (where she frequently goes en pointe). She worked in a lingerie store as a salesgirl. Von Teese has been fond of wearing elaborate lingerie such as corsets and basques with fully fashioned stockings ever since. In college Von Teese studied historic costuming and aspired to work as a stylist for period films.
(Dita in her wonderful purple wedding dress)
Von Teese began her career in a local strip club when she was eighteen. Disappointed with the lack of originality in all the other strippers' acts, Von Teese created a vintage-inspired outfit, with beehive hairstyle and elbow-length gloves coupled with a basque and seamed stockings, piquing the interest of the clientele.
It was during this time at the strip club that she began some glamour modeling, before she eventually became a fetish model. Her retro pin-up look, frequently emulating Bettie Page in photo shoots, set her apart from most other fetish models.
Von Teese is best known for her burlesque routines and is frequently dubbed "the Queen of Burlesque" in the press. Von Teese began performing burlesque in 1993 and, as a proponent of New Burlesque, has helped to popularize its revival. In her own words, she "puts the tease back into striptease" with long, elaborate dance shows with props and characters, often inspired by 1930s and 1940s musicals and films. Some of her more famous dances have involved a carousel horse, a giant powder compact, a filigree heart and a clawfoot bathtub with a working shower head. Her feather fan dance, inspired by burlesque dancer Sally Rand, featured the world's largest feather fans, now on display in Hollywood's Museum Of Sex. Her signature show features a giant martini glass.
She became world famous when she married Brian Warner (Marylin Manson) in 2005.
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2 comments:
Dita's very talented besides of a beautiful woman, her burlesque acts are unique...a mix between pin-up, vintage glamour and fetish.
i remember the campaign she made for PETA, i was glad to know she care about animals :D
I do like Dita,but I have to stop short of calling her a role model,as some people have called her-I don't like the waist training issue! I don't think it's any healthier to aspire to a Dita von Teese shaped figure than it is to emulate fake tanned ugg-boot wearing t.v celebrities.Apart from that,thumbs up for Dita.
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