Dita Von Teese Quotes
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As a little girl growing up in a small farming town in Michigan, my idols were women like Marlene Dietrich and Rita Hayworth.
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Red lips don't look good on blotchy, uneven skin.
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So I have the green smoothie every day for breakfast, and then sometimes even for lunch too, and then I have a normal dinner.
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I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise!
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I was really, really shy when I was a little girl.
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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.
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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.
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I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.
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Madonna is the only modern celebrity who is truly a style icon. Who else has the audacity to dress like her these days? She really influenced how I wanted to look when I was growing up, and made me realize that I didn’t have to look like a blond beach bunny or a Playboy model.
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My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.
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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.
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When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.
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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.
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I like having my cellphone. I like the Internet. I like being different.
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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.
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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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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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At eurovision, The Armenians are killing me with their hair and especially the fierce cateye liner! LOVE! I am part Armenian, in fact.
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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.
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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.
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I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner.
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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.
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I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute.
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I don't have long-standing regrets; they pass as I see how things are meant to be.