Dita Von Tesse, The Art Of The Tease
Heather Renée Sweet known professionally as Dita Von Teese, is an American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, businesswoman, and actress. She is credited with re-popularizing burlesque performances, earning the name the “Queen of Burlesque“.
She began performing burlesque in 1992 and has helped to popularize its revival. In her own words, she “puts the tease back into striptease” with long, elaborate dance shows using props and characters, inspired by 1930s and 1940s musicals and films.
She once appeared at a benefit for the New York Academy of Art wearing nothing but $5 million worth of diamonds. Additionally, Von Teese became the first guest star at the Crazy Horse cabaret club in Paris in October 2006.
Von Teese’s first book, which consisted of her opinions on the history of burlesque and fetish, Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese, Vanity Fair called her a “Burlesque Superheroine”
Marilyn Manson had been a longtime fan of hers. They first met when he asked her to dance in one of his music videos and though she was unable to, the two remained in contact. On Manson’s 32nd birthday, in 2001, she arrived with a bottle of absinthe and they became a couple.
On November 28, 2005, they were married in a private, non-denominational ceremony at home. A larger ceremony was held on December 3 at Castle Gurteen de la Poer in Ireland. The event was featured in Vogue.
On December 29, 2006, Von Teese filed for divorce from Manson citing “irreconcilable differences”.
In an interview in 2016, Dita said “I was with him for seven years, we were married for only a year and I feel like getting married was sort of like the ‘kiss of death’ for us because it was sort of like the nail in the coffin. I felt kind of obliged to go through with the ceremony.”
She has designed a new lingerie range with Wonderbra. One of Dita Von Teese’s trademark items is the garter belt with six garters instead of the usual four, with two each at the front, side seams and back.
In May 2012, Von Teese launched her makeup collection “Classics” in partnership with the German cosmetic brand Art Deco.
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On January 22, 2020, Von Teese walked in Jean Paul Gaultier‘s final couture fashion show in Paris.
