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Born in a small town in Michigan
and raised in a historic antique-filled
home, Dita Von Teese's longtime fascination
with 1940s cinema and classic retro style
has made her name and image synonymous with
classic vintage glamour.
As a very young girl, Dita became enchanted
by the films and stars of Hollywood's Golden
Age and spent her childhood dreaming of
the high pastiche elegance of 1940s glamour
and it's stars like Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth
and Betty Grable. It's no wonder that her
childhood fondness for the beauty of yesteryear
led her to be revered as not only the most
celebrated vintage pinup model and burlesque
star, but as one of Hollywood's most glamorous
women. |
| In college, she
studied historic costuming and had aspirations
to work as a stylist for period films, but
eventually found a niche for her love of vintage
elegance as a model specializing in cheesecake.
Her love of feminine finery, particularly
of classic seamed stockings and garters soon
inspired her to acquire the ultimate lingerie
piece….a Victorian corset! Having also
admired the look of corsets in the films and
photos set in the 1800s, she would have no
idea at that time that her desire to tight-lace
at age eighteen would lead her to a fetish
boutique specializing in this type of exotic
apparel. It was during one of her many visits
to this fetish shop when she first saw an
image of Bettie Page by famed artist Olivia.
In 1991, Dita set out to recreate some of
Bettie's intriguing images in an effort to
bring back nostalgic elegance to the pages
of fetish magazines. Since then, Ms. Von Teese
has often been compared to Bettie not only
for her spirit and for her enduring image,
but as the premiere fetish super model with
countless magazine covers and as one of artist
Olivia's favorite art muses. Her career as
a glamour model skyrocketed, and it wasn't
long before she gained worldwide mainstream
press for popularizing retro style and vintage
eroticism. |
| Dita began one of the very first
model websites ever created on the internet,
and as the first retro styled pinup on the
web, her site contains an extraordinary collection
of over 10,000 impeccably self-styled photographs.
Some of the best in the business have photographed
her, including Ellen Von Unwerth, Dewey Nicks,
Juergen Teller, P.R Brown, Rankin, Lionel
Deluy, Sean McCall, Perou, Christophe Mourthe,
Pierre et Gilles and famed artist Gottfried
Helnwein. Dita has most recently been seen
in major pictorials and on covers for magazines
such as Maxim's Blender, GQ, Arena, The Face,
Flaunt, The London Sunday Times, Women's Wear
Daily, Esquire, Jane, Elle and Vogue. Known
for both her onstage elegance and off, her
personal style has gained much attention in
the pages of fashion and celebrity magazines
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This is just small excerpt of Dita's on going
biography kindly reproduced with permission from
Dita. Much more information about one of the most
famous corset wearing ladies can be found on her
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