About Dita Von Teese: Dita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, entrepreneur and occasional actress. She is thought by some to have helped re-popularize burlesque performance and was formerly married to Marilyn Manson.
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.
When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.
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 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.
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.
I can't stand wearing the same clothes all day. It makes me insane. I like to dress for the afternoon and for dinner.
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.
I was really, really shy when I was a little girl.
I've always loved the idea of not being what people expect me to be.
I like having my cellphone. I like the Internet. I like being different.
I like when people know who they are, know their limitations and what they want to do. It's the same thing for me.
I don't have long-standing regrets; they pass as I see how things are meant to be.
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.
I'm more of an exaggerator than a liar.
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 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.
I'm not always in a full face of make-up! That's actually one of the things I like about make-up - that you can strip it away and show your vulnerability.
Corsetry is a body modification.
Anyone who says they don't like to receive a gift is lying.
I don't feel I have an alter ego.
So I have the green smoothie every day for breakfast, and then sometimes even for lunch too, and then I have a normal dinner.
