Dita Von Teese

BORN: September 28, 1972
BIRTHPLACE: Rochester, Michigan, USA
HEIGHT: 5'5"
LIVES IN: Hollywood, California
EYES: Green
BUST: 32 C
WAIST: 22 inches
WEIGHT: 105 pounds
SIBLINGS: Two sisters
FAVORITE CITY: Paris
FAVORITE MOVIE STAR: Betty Grable

I absolutely adore and love Dita Von Teese, she is a true modern day pin-up.
She is one of a kind - the biggest name in burlesque since Gypsy Rose Lee.
Dita is a fashion icon who brought back the glamour and allure of old Hollywood stars.

 

Born Heather Sweet, in Michigan, Dita grew up fascinated by Technicolor musicals, pin-up imagery, and vintage lingerie.

This naturally blond, mid-western girl then transformed herself into one of the glamour girls she grew up admiring.

Dita herself says "Beauty is what you make it, not what you are born with".

"I am a blond girl from a farming town in Michigan but I wanted to be perceived as glamorous and mysterious. I wanted to have people walk in the room and notice me, I wanted them to think that I was from another land" .

 

 

 

Dita is in demand all over the world as a performer and model - and is well known for her vintage looks and style.

She is perhaps best known for her cocktail glass show, in which she performs an old-fashioned strip tease and also for a show in which she bathes herself in an oversized Martini glass.

Her other shows include "Bird of Paradise",

"Powder Compact Show" and "The Opium Den".

 

A self-styled fashion icon, she has topped several international best dressed lists and has walked in various high profile fashion shows.

Dita has also brought her distinct style to the world of lingerie and designs her own vintage-inspired lingerie range.

Additionally she has her own lines of perfume and make-up and she has written several books relating to her style and performances - her new beauty book will be coming out at the beginning of 2014 (can't wait to get my hands on it!)

Dita describes herself as "very, very shy". Honestly though, she does not need to speak. She is able to communicate a demand for attention - like silent film star Dita Parlo, from whom she took her name - simply by the way she looks.

 

"I didn't feel I could be beautiful or special or mysterious or glamorous until I saw the images in the 1940's movies", she has said,

"and those sex goddesses - it's all created, it's not natural beauty. I saw and thought, I can't be Cindy Crawford, who is someone I think is really naturally beautiful, but I can paint my way to being Marlene Dietrich or Rita Hayworth".

Dita has been dedicated to such a look ever since she was a teen. You will never catch her in sweatpants, despite the fact that interviewers seem to want to insist that she must wear them sometimes.

No, NOT Dita - she is arguably the most glamorous woman in the world and that's why I love her!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE VINTAGE PIN-UP'S AUTUMN WARDROBE

The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler and no matter whether we like it or not, Autumn is knocking on our doors again.

Personally I love this time of year - I always feel full of life and love the changing colours of this season.
Also I love the fact that you can start wearing all your fab coats and shoes again - those that have been living in the back of your wardrobe for far too long.
Despite what you might think about autumn, I'm going to show you some fine examples of wardrobe essentials that will make you feel every inch a vintage pin-up. Some of you might find it hard to know what to look for so I am here to guide you in the right direction.

It's still very easy to look pin-up in autumn and winter - just wear your fave 40's or 50's dress, teamed with a cropped cardigan, opaque stockings, vintage-style heeled brogue shoes and then add a vintage-style coat and off you go...


A very pretty 40's-style tea dress by Hellbunny - I adore the emerald green colour - and ladies, the dress is called MAE WEST. (I know - how fab is that?)

 £ 32.50 Ebay

 

 

 

Now for the perfect coat for any vintage lover out there... this coat by Banned will make you look like a pin-up dream, while getting on with your daily business, shopping, lunching, waiting for the bus, or going on a HOT date with your loved one - whatever you do, you will look good doing it!

It has a beautiful bow detail to the back and will take you in at the waist for a very feminine shape.

£ 110.00 Ebay

 

I LOVE love love shoes by Poetic Licence and these are the perfect vintage-style shoes for autumn - dress up with a pretty pencil skirt and top or dress down with high-waisted jeans and your favourite vintage-style cardigan.

 

 

                                           £ 42.00 Ebay

 

 

So, as the nights draw in and the temperature drops, pour yourself a cup of tea and feel confident in knowing what to wear to look every inch the pin-up that you are.

  Feel free to leave any comments or to contact me if you have any questions. I hope you have really enjoyed this post.

 Thanks for visiting ;)

 

 

 

 

 Lots of Love, Lexi

xoxo