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Dita von Teese got dinner started in a most novel way, signaling it was time for the family-style sit-down meal for 675 by beckoning guests into the tent with a live performance of the video portrait Wilson created of her (which later sold for $100,000 in the live auction). Lounging casually on a wooden swing suspended in midair, the well-heeled crowd gasped in surprise while camera flashes popped. “I came without expectations,” Von Teese later said, having changed into a Carven cocktail dress and Philip Treacy hat, of her first time at the Watermill Center—and in the Hamptons at that. “From the outside looking in, it seemed snobby, but once I was here all I could think of was how much it really reminded me of Grey Gardens.” As for her performance, which didn’t involve a M.A.C compact or a striptease, the burlesque beauty was a bit more blunt. “It’s much more terrifying than I thought,” she said. “It’s not easy to sit still.”