Dita Von Teese

Dancer

Dita Von Teese was born in Rochester, Michigan, United States on September 28th, 1972 and is the Dancer. At the age of 51, Dita Von Teese biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Heather Renée Sweet
Date of Birth
September 28, 1972
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Rochester, Michigan, United States
Age
51 years old
Zodiac Sign
Libra
Networth
$2 Million
Profession
Actor, Choreographer, Film Actor, Glamour Model, Model, Stripper, Television Actor
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Dita Von Teese Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 51 years old, Dita Von Teese has this physical status:

Height
160cm
Weight
52kg
Hair Color
She is a natural ‘Blonde.’
Eye Color
Green
Build
Voluptuous
Measurements
32C-22-33"
Dita Von Teese Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Non-religious
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
University High School
Dita Von Teese Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Marilyn Manson, ​ ​(m. 2005; div. 2007)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Mark Mahoney, Peter Sarsgaard (2000), Mike Ness (2001), Marilyn Manson (2002-2007), Louis-Marie de Castelbajac (2009-2012), Russell Crowe (2012), Benji Madden, Theo Hutchcraft
Parents
Ken Sweet, Bonnie Lindsey
Siblings
Sarah Brown (Younger Sister), Jennifer (Older Sister)
Dita Von Teese Career

Von Teese chose her stage name by adopting the name Dita as a tribute to silent film actress Dita Parlo. For her breakthrough December 2002 Playboy cover, she was required to have a surname, so she chose Von Treese from the phonebook. Playboy misspelled it Von Teese, a name which she then kept. Von Teese is known for her signature painted eyes, heavily penciled brows, swipe of crimson lipstick, and blue-black locks. She says, "I have my signature look and I'm sticking to it, because it's the look that is one hundred percent me, and one hundred percent created by me. I might be a one-trick for it. But it's a pretty good trick!"

Von Teese achieved some level of recognition in the fetish world as a tightlacer. Through the wearing of a corset for many years, she had reduced her waistline to 22 inches (56 cm), and can be laced down as far as 16.5 inches (42 cm).

Von Teese appeared on numerous fetish magazine covers, including Bizarre and Marquis. It was around this time when she appeared on the cover of Midori's book, The Seductive Art of Japanese Bondage. Von Teese was featured in Playboy in 1999, 2001, and 2002, with a cover-featured pictorial in 2002. German metal band Atrocity chose her as the cover model for their 2008 album, Werk 80 II.

She has stated in print, "I love fetish for its powers of transformation and also for its beauty." Among her heroes of vintage fetish history are John Willie, Bettie Page, and Irving Klaw.

Von Teese is best known for her burlesque routines and is frequently dubbed the "Queen of Burlesque" in the press. Von Teese began performing burlesque in 1992, and, as a proponent of Neo-Burlesque, has helped to popularize its revival. In her own words, she "puts the tease back into striptease" with long, elaborate dance shows with props and characters, often inspired by 1930s and 1940s musicals and films. Some of her more famous dances have involved a carousel horse, a giant powder compact, a filigree heart and a clawfoot bathtub with a working shower head. Her feather fan dance, inspired by burlesque dancer Sally Rand, featured the world's largest feather fans, now on display in Hollywood's Museum of Sex.

Von Teese's signature acts feature:

Her burlesque career has included some memorable performances. 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 with her appearance in October 2006. In 2006, Von Teese appeared on an episode of America's Next Top Model (cycle 7) doing a workshop to teach the contestants about sensuality by means of burlesque dancing and posing. In 2007, Von Teese performed at the adult entertainment event Erotica 07 in London alongside Italian rock band Belladonna.

Von Teese's first book (in collaboration with Bronwyn Garrity), 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, was published in 2006 by HarperCollins (and in New York by Regan Books). Vanity Fair called her a "Burlesque Superheroine".

Von Teese participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia, as part of the stage performance for the German entry "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang". The act placed 20th out of 25 participants in the final round of the contest. Later, she said her cleavage was censored during the show because it was too voluptuous.

Von Teese has toured the world with four full-length revues: "Strip, Strip Hooray", "The Art of the Teese", "Dita Von Teese and the Copper Coupe" and the 2019 "Glamonatrix" tour (postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic), which will continue in Europe and the UK in 2022.

Von Teese has performed in adult and mainstream films. In her early years, she appeared in fetish-related, softcore pornographic movies, such as Romancing Sara, Matter of Trust (in which she is billed under her real name of Heather Sweet), and also in two Andrew Blake hard-core fetish films, Pin Ups 2 and Decadence.

She has appeared in more mainstream features such as the 2005 short film, The Death of Salvador Dali, written by Delaney Bishop, which won best screenplay and best cinematography at SXSW, Raindance Film Festival, and Mill Valley Film Festival, and won Best Actress at Beverly Hills Film Festival. She starred in the feature film Saint Francis in 2007.

In addition, she has appeared in a number of music videos, including the video for the Green Day song "Redundant," the video for "Zip Gun Bop" by swing band Royal Crown Revue, Agent Provocateur's video for their cover of Joy Division's "She's Lost Control", and (performing her martini-glass burlesque routine) the video for "Mobscene" by Marilyn Manson. She was featured in a striptease/burlesque act in George Michael's live tour 2008, for the song "Feelin' Good". In addition to this, she appeared at the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 as the central feature of Germany's entry, Miss Kiss Kiss Bang by Alex Swings, Oscar Sings. She also appeared in the music video "Up in the Air" by Thirty Seconds to Mars in 2013.

She stated in 2007, "I don't understand why women feel the need to go into acting as soon as they become famous ... But I suppose if the part were aesthetically correct, then maybe I could consider it."

In January 2011, Von Teese guest starred in the CBS police procedural drama series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in which her friend Eric Szmanda starred, in the episode "A Kiss Before Frying". She played Rita von Squeeze, a femme fatale version of herself, who seduces Szmanda's character, Greg Sanders, in a plot inspired by film noir.

In 2021, Von Teese appeared on the British version of the Fox TV series The Masked Dancer, masked as Beetroot. She was the third celebrity to be unmasked, on May 31. In September, Von Teese was a contestant in the eleventh season of Danse avec les stars, the French version of Dancing with the Stars.

In 2022, Von Teese appeared in the music video for Taylor Swift's "Bejeweled" from her tenth studio album Midnights (2022).

Von Teese has appeared on a number of best-dressed lists and frequents the front row of fashion shows, particularly Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Marc Jacobs, labels she is often seen wearing. Speaking of her love of Gaultier, Von Teese has said, "Jean Paul Gaultier, John Galliano, and Vivienne Westwood were the first designers that really made an impact on me. Jean Paul has a lot of the same obsessions that I do, like corsetry, ballet-peach satin and silks, black silk velvet, bullet bras and girdles. When I was a teenager, I would look for 1930s peach satin lingerie pieces to try to get his look for less, because there was no way I could afford his things back then. It was a dream come true to meet him and become friends with him. I met him the first time when I was doing my first fashion pictorial, which was for Flaunt magazine, and it was a huge story of me wearing the most important pieces from his haute couture archives, and that was a dream!"

She has also done catwalk work. During Los Angeles Fashion Week for spring 2004, she modeled for former club kid Richie Rich's fashion label, Heatherette. In 2005, she appeared in the Autumn/Winter Ready-to-Wear show for Giambattista Valli, a former designer for Ungaro, in Paris. In the 2006 Milan Fashion Week, Von Teese was on the runway, opening for the Moschino diffusion label, Moschino Cheap & Chic, autumn/winter 2006/7 show. In 2007, she appeared twice in the Jean Paul Gaultier haute couture show during the Paris Fashion Week, and again in 2014. She has starred in several ad campaigns. She appeared in Vivienne Westwood's spring/summer 2005 collection adverts and became the face of Australian clothing range "Wheels and Dollbaby" for their 2006/7 Spring/Summer advertising campaign. She was an ambassador/spokesmodel for HIV/AIDS awareness when she was selected (along with Eve, Debbie Harry, and Lisa Marie Presley) for MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam VI campaign (a collection of lipsticks and lipgloss where 100% of the proceeds are for worldwide AIDS charities and to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS). Von Teese has appeared in Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, and international issues of nearly every fashion magazine.

Von Teese states that she never uses a stylist. "The one time I hired a stylist, they picked up a pair of my 1940s shoes and said, 'These would look really cute with jeans.' I immediately said, 'You're out of here.'" She does her own make-up, and dyes her naturally blonde hair black at home. Von Teese's unique style is "inspired by eccentric women like Luisa Casati, Anna Piaggi, and Isabella Blow." She also says, "Doing it myself is a matter of integrity and pride. I look forward to stepping out of the world and honestly stating "Yes, I did this." I love the confidence it gives me. I would feel a fraud otherwise. Truth is, it takes less time [than a stylist] for me to do it myself. It is also so much more fun! Why would I deny myself such pure pleasure?"

She has designed a new lingerie range with Wonderbra. One of 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. Compact powder, blushers, eye styler, eye shadows, mascara and lipstick were produced to recreate the burlesque performer's retro look.

In 2012, Von Teese launched her own clothing line and underwear line called Von Follies. In 2013, she was both model and muse for the 'Dita' 3D printed gown designed by Michael Schmidt and Francis Bitonti and 3D printed by Shapeways exactly to fit her body. Constructed of over 3,000 interlocked 3D printed components and over 12,000 Swarovski crystals it is one of the first fully articulated 3D printed garments to take the technology from haute couture to a sensual fabric-like form.

Von Teese has also worked creating her own fragrances. Her first was named Dita Von Teese (released Fall 2011) and is described by her as 'mood setting for glamour'. Her second was named Rouge (released November 2012) and is described as 'mood setting for seduction'. The third FleurTeese (released Spring 2013) is for romance and Erotique (released Fall 2013) is mood setting to be erotic. She says, "I lusted after something that would appeal to those of us not reluctant to proclaim we are women. Too many best-selling scents are so fruity and vanilla with a sweetly cloying air that a mere spritz gives me a toothache. Or they smell like cake. I do not want to smell like cake!"

In 2014, Von Teese began working with Myer, an Australian department store, on a lingerie line fronted by Australian model Stefania Ferrario.

On January 22, 2020, Von Teese walked in Jean Paul Gaultier's final couture fashion show in Paris.

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Dita Von Teese, a burlesque icon, shows off her 22" waist when she models her new sexy lingerie collection

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 5, 2024
Dita Von Teese, the Burlesque queen, displayed her astonishing 22" waist as she modelled the new pieces from her lingerie line. When posing in front of a grand chair, the beauty, 51, stood out wearing a red lace number and a black set with suspenders and stockings. Throughout the shoot, Dita's hair was styled in vintage curls, and she wore a slick of her signature red lipstick.

Dita Von Teese, a 51-year-old French stockings specialist, is selling her used, laddered, and snagged French stockings on Depop for $114

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 1, 2024
The 51-year-old burlesque actress has opened an account to sell some of her old show bras, saucy outfits, and glamorous costumes. About two people have added the 1950s accessory to their baskets, the second-hand fully made French heel seamed nylon stockings were listed over nine months ago. Dita - Heather Sweet's birth name - admitted that although they have seen the world of glitz and glamour, they have seen better days.

Dita Von Teese shows off her vintage style in all-black ensemble alongside boyfriend Adam Rajcevich as they enjoy last-minute Christmas shopping in Los Feliz

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 25, 2023
When Dita Von Teese stepped out with her partner Adam Rajcevich in Los Angeles on Sunday, she was the epitome of old Hollywood glamour. As the couple grabbed lunch in the tony town of Los Feliz, the 51-year-old burlesque dancer, who recently appeared in a Vegas tribute to Betty Page, showed off her vintage style in a black peacoat and matching 1950s dress. Dita, Heather Sweet, a celebrity, remained comfortable in a pair of black flat shoes as she added a scarf and throwback frames to the mix.
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8 Nov 2022

It won’t be long now before the #Glamonatrix North America tour begins, kicking off on #NewYearsEve in Los Angeles! Many shows are sold out, or with just a small number of tickets left, so don’t wait! 🍾 December 31st, New Year’s Eve Los Angeles at The Orpheum January 7 Seattle, The Paramount Theater (FINAL TICKETS) January 10 Vancouver, The Queen Elizabeth Theatre January 13 San Francisco, The Palace of Fine Arts (FINAL TICKETS!) January 14 San Francisco, The Palace of Fine Arts (SOLD OUT) January 15 San Francisco, The Palace of Fine Arts (FINAL TICKETS!) January 17 Portland, The Keller Auditorium January 20 Dallas, The Majestic Theater (FINAL TICKETS) January 22 Austin, The Paramount Theater (SOLD OUT) January 24 Houston, The Bayou Music Center January 27 New Orleans, The Orpheum Theater January 29 Atlanta, The Tabernacle February 2 Washington DC, The Warner Theater February 4 Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Theatre (SOLD OUT) February 5 Toronto, Queen Elizabeth Theatre February 7 Montréal Théâtre Maisonneuve February 9 New York City, The Beacon Theater (SOLD OUT) February 11 Boston, The Orpheum Theater February 14💘Valentine’s Day Chicago, The Chicago Theater February 16 Detroit, The Fillmore Theater February 18 Louisville, The Palace Theater February 22 San Diego, The Magnolia (FINAL TICKETS) February 24 Riverside, The Fox Performing Arts Center (FINAL TICKETS) Tickets are available ticketmaster livenation Quick links: Dita.net/shows & in bio 🌟Currently up for Patreon subscribers, a mini documentary of the Europe tour. Link in bio💋 #burlesque #artoftheteese #artoftease #stripstripstriphooray #stripstriphooray! #ditavonteese #dita #hautecouture #hautestrip #swarovski #fetish #midnights #dontworrydarling #fullfashionednylons #fullyfashionedstockings 📷 mathiasmarchioni

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