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Dita is FLAWLESS....always.....

She is one of the few celebs around today that I look to for style.
 
Here's an interview she did with The Observer a fortnight ago (it's a weekly series on the subject with different people each time):

What I know about men

I've been performing striptease a long time, and I've lost a few men along the way who were afraid or intimidated by what I did. They couldn't cope with other people watching me. There have been a few who couldn't make it past the first performance. I can't see them in the audience when I have the spotlight shining in my eyes, but afterwards I always recognise whether they have the confidence to be with a woman like me.

I have given a lot of men a hard time in my life. My first love was when I was 15. He was slightly embarrassed to be seen with me sometimes, because I really liked dressing up, and it was hard for a 16-year-old lifeguard walking hand-in-hand with a girl with a blonde beehive and red lips. But we were very much in love. I wore stockings and garter belts, and he must have thought that this was just what girls wore, what girls did. I wonder sometimes how that's shaped him. I got really experimental with my hair and make-up when I was 19, going out with my second boyfriend. I was influenced by Marlene Dietrich, I wore men's tuxedos, and I dyed my hair black. He freaked out. Throughout my life, men have always fought my eccentric looks, I must be very clear on that.

I grew up watching Forties movies with my mother in Michigan, looking at the stars and being completely fascinated by the way they were painted up to be like glamorous cartoon characters. Glamour is a difficult thing to define, which is what makes it interesting. For me it's about being different from everyone else. I've always been very shy, and I was able to be more bold with the way that I look than the way that I acted with people.

I admire men who have a personal style that doesn't change or falter depending on what I'm wearing, because in relationship after relationship I find that men change to accommodate the way I dress. But I like someone who's comfortable in their own style. I'm just as happy with the guy in a polo shirt as with the guy in a suit.

I wish I knew what men wanted. They seem to love an independent woman until they lose control of her. I went through a short period of having relationships with women, but it was more about my retaliation against a boyfriend whose attention I couldn't keep. It was complicated. I realised I wasn't cut out for it. I never had posters of famous men on my wall - I had pictures of ballerinas and women I wanted to be like. All my friends were in love with Johnny Depp, and I never got it until I met him, and realised he was the most fascinating man on the face of the planet. Sure, he's dashing, but he, and George Clooney, too, both have that old-fashioned glamour of a man like Rudolph Valentino.

I don't claim to be a good judge of character in relationships. I get so nervous when I'm attracted to someone that I can't talk. I'm so scared of rejection - I'm not good around boys. But I'm single for the first time now, and allowing men to bring me a lot of pleasure. Whenever I'm in a relationship I am blind to everyone else in the world, and all the chapters in my life are defined by my relationships. With my marriage [to rocker Marilyn Manson, which ended after a year, in 2007], I believe that everything happened for a reason, and I don't think I had the power to change anything. I did my very best.

I started thinking, recently, about everyone's quests for the happily-ever-after, and I related it to my idols. None of them, I realised, had just one important relationship. They all had many great loves, and that made me more accepting of my relationship defeats and failures.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2008/oct/05/relationships.celebrity
 
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Dita Von Teese @ Grand Opening of Catherine Malandrino Maison in Los Angeles, October 20

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L'officiel France September 2008 ^_^
 
She looks beautiful at the Malandrino party, but I would have loved to see her in the dress that Catherine herself is wearing its stunning:D
 
<glances around>

Ohhh, I was hoping someone posted a Halloween piccie! I read somewhere that Dita was going to dress like a "normal" girl in jeans. :lol:

Maybe she was only kidding. :heart:
 
^Alex Chung asked her that on the show Frock Me! I couldn't tell if she was joking or not.
 
Sorry if repost! It's a shame you can't see her face but she still looks impeccable from behind. Check out how tall her Louboutins are! I think you amp up your insurance premium to wear those :O
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she makes me wanna dye my blond hair black and say bye to the sun:heart::heart:
anybody has pix of her wearing casual clothes???
 
^Agreed. I have not tanned in years trying to mimic Dita's (and Edie's) beautiful complexion. My face is nothing compared to Dita's, but it does help to slow down the aging process. People still card me for lottery tickets sometimes!!! I am almost 30!!

Dita just always seems so effortlessly flawless. I only wish I had that sort of style.^_^
 
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blackdove89 said:
Dita never dresses casually, what you see on this thread is how she dresses all the time and for that she will always have my undying admiration :flower:
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There is one, i used to have it on my computer but it has since crashed and i cant remember where i found it. She has hair tied back, no makeup and a singlet on. She is with marilyn manson. Im sure its out there somewhere. Its the only one ive ever seen.
 
blackdove89 said:
Dita never dresses casually, what you see on this thread is how she dresses all the time and for that she will always have my undying admiration :flower:
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the reason i asked is because i read an article about her on a french magazine where SHE said she dresses casually too when she she s not all dressed up like we see her on this thread
i doubted it so i asked you guys if you had pics!!!!!!!
 
FASHIONLOVA said:
the reason i asked is because i read an article about her on a french magazine where SHE said she dresses casually too when she she s not all dressed up like we see her on this thread
i doubted it so i asked you guys if you had pics!!!!!!!
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I think Dita's idea of what is casual isn't the same as what most other peoples is. Her version of casual is wearing a little vintage sun dress and some platform espadrilles. I have seen her in capri pants and a plain top, but she was wearing a hat, all her usual make-up and mega high heals :) She has said it was the 90's the last time she wore jeans (except for at halloween, when she dressed as an 'ordinary' girl!) and even then they were capri cut like in the 50's :heart:
 
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