Daily Picture 8/27/08

BlackBook's 2008 Style Gallery

DITA VON TEESE, actress, model, burlesque queen, photographed at The Way We Wore vintage store in Los Angeles.
Dita Von Teese speaks with a blue-collar lilt, which does little to suggest the curvy, reigning empress of burlesque who controls gaggles of fans while splashing around in Brobdingnagian champagne glasses, sponge in hand. But then she says, revealing her circean charm, "I'm sitting here, having just rolled out of bed, wearing a vintage slip. I don't have any makeup on, my hair is probably a disaster, but that doesn't mean I'll put on a tracksuit simply because no one's looking. I don't know why everyone wants me to wear jeans so badly." Born Heather Renée Sweet in Rochester, Michigan, Teese trained to become a professional ballet dancer before landing her first strip-club gig. "Ten years ago," she says, "you could have paid $20 for me to sit on your lap any night of the week. So it would be rude of me to say, I'm not a stripper, I'm a burlesque queen." Today, however, the self-styled, 35-year-old star is more likely to be found working the red carpet than a greasy pole. "I never wanted to be a little girl, ever," says Teese, of her Old Hollywood look. "A lot of my friends were into the whole schoolgirl fantasy—ponytails and the whole thing. I wouldn't be caught dead! I'm a grown woman. I know who I am and I've known for a long time."

By: Nick Haramis

www.blackbookmag.com

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Some more of Dita In her Wonderbra line

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Dita modeling off some of her new Wonderbra Line.

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Vicki Belo's 18th anniversary bash in Manila on August 8.

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Celebrity (Germany) April, 2008

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Morand & Zwirner, 944

Produced for "The Nightlife Issue" of 944, a US magazine.

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Cartier Marquee Tent during the Cartier International Polo held at Guards Polo Club on Sunday in Great Windsor Park, England

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L’Officiel India 2008

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