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MY GRANDMOTHER WAS HALF ARMENIAN - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DITA VON TEESE
http://style.news.am/eng/news/2804/my-grandmother-was-half-armenian---exclusive-interview-with-dita-von-teese.html
FEBRUARY 5, 23:01
By Marina Adulyan and Anna Ghazaryan
A dancer, a model, an actress... the queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese
reveals different talents. But, this is not enough. She continues
surprising everyone and making people admire her. Besides, Dita
appeared to have Armenian roots, she said in an exclusive interview
with NEWS.am STYLE.
Your style has become recognizable all over the world. You have
clothes and lingerie brand in vintage style. Do you think the clothes
and lingerie used to be more sexy and beautiful in the past than it is
now?
I think that in the past, there was a great deal more artistry in
design of all kinds, from clothing to furniture, architecture, and
every day things.
Do you think you can once change your style, for example wear jeans and shirts?
I have no interest in dressing like someone else, I found my own
personal style many years ago.
You have clothes, lingerie and perfume brands. Is there something new
you would like to try?
I am interested in creating jewelry based on my vintage jewelry
collection, and also in designing beautiful sensual home decor.
You are known as a queen of burlesque. Your recent show is titled
"Burlesque: Strip, Strip Hooray!" What is burlesque for you? How would
you characterize your show: is it a dance, striptease or an artistic
performance?
Burlesque the name of a kind of show that was a popular in America in
the 1930s and 40s, and the stars of the burlesque shows were
striptease stars that performed lavish, glamorous shows. My show is a
bit like a Las Vegas revue, but it's a nostalgic show of sensual
fantasy and glamour, with stripteases set to music, haute couture
costumes, beautiful sets and lighting design. There's a great history
of showgirls and striptease, and burlesque was an important part of
that, so my shows capture the spirit of this era of entertainment.
And of course, the questions we, as Armenians, are very interested in.
You once wrote you are "part Armenian." Some web sources suggest your
grandmother was Armenian. Is it so?
My Grandmother was adopted, and her birth father was Armenian.
http://style.news.am/eng/news/2804/my-grandmother-was-half-armenian---exclusive-interview-with-dita-von-teese.html
FEBRUARY 5, 23:01
By Marina Adulyan and Anna Ghazaryan
A dancer, a model, an actress... the queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese
reveals different talents. But, this is not enough. She continues
surprising everyone and making people admire her. Besides, Dita
appeared to have Armenian roots, she said in an exclusive interview
with NEWS.am STYLE.
Your style has become recognizable all over the world. You have
clothes and lingerie brand in vintage style. Do you think the clothes
and lingerie used to be more sexy and beautiful in the past than it is
now?
I think that in the past, there was a great deal more artistry in
design of all kinds, from clothing to furniture, architecture, and
every day things.
Do you think you can once change your style, for example wear jeans and shirts?
I have no interest in dressing like someone else, I found my own
personal style many years ago.
You have clothes, lingerie and perfume brands. Is there something new
you would like to try?
I am interested in creating jewelry based on my vintage jewelry
collection, and also in designing beautiful sensual home decor.
You are known as a queen of burlesque. Your recent show is titled
"Burlesque: Strip, Strip Hooray!" What is burlesque for you? How would
you characterize your show: is it a dance, striptease or an artistic
performance?
Burlesque the name of a kind of show that was a popular in America in
the 1930s and 40s, and the stars of the burlesque shows were
striptease stars that performed lavish, glamorous shows. My show is a
bit like a Las Vegas revue, but it's a nostalgic show of sensual
fantasy and glamour, with stripteases set to music, haute couture
costumes, beautiful sets and lighting design. There's a great history
of showgirls and striptease, and burlesque was an important part of
that, so my shows capture the spirit of this era of entertainment.
And of course, the questions we, as Armenians, are very interested in.
You once wrote you are "part Armenian." Some web sources suggest your
grandmother was Armenian. Is it so?
My Grandmother was adopted, and her birth father was Armenian.