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Article: Dita comes clean: newly single after her split from Marilyn Manson, sultry burlesque star Dita Von Teese speaks out about living on the dark side and why she's looking to the light.
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- Harper's Bazaar
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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Dita Von Teese is an old-fashioned girl. When I say this, I'm not referring to her style. The shiny black stilettos, the sheer, seamed stockings, and the black pleated skirt cinched by a wide belt at the waist and topped with a matching short-sleeved sweater may be pure 1950s New Look, but Von Teese carries it with such confidence that it all looks utterly contemporary. With her dark hair falling in a soft Lana Turner curl, alabaster skin, and carefully painted crimson lips, she would have looked perfectly at home here in the plush marble lobby of Paris's Le Grand hotel--where she is currently staying--half a century ago, yet she also regularly tops the best-dressed lists ...