After seeing a familiar image of Dita Von Teese sitting front-row at the Spring ‘09 Couture shows, we used this blog to posit a simple question that had been weighing on us since she first emerged to herald the second coming of burlesque: the alabaster powdered skin, the red lips, the filled-in brows, the perfectly [...]

Dita Von Teese is edging her way ever closer into the beauty biz. She’s just designed a pink silk satin eye mask in collaboration with Moschino. We would be all over a “By Dita” cosmetics line. Just sayin’. [Stylist]
You’ve heard of the Twinkie defense, but how ’bout the Atkins defense? A woman in the U.K. [...]

Dita Von Teese is nothing if not consistent. The burlesque queen never goes anywhere without her wiggle dress, red lip, black cat-eye, and porcelain powdered skin perfectly intact. But we noticed something while reviewing pictures from Couture week. Her raven locks are the one place Von Teese will dabble in change, using her bangs to [...]

As a black market for Botox emerges, security experts are on the hunt for secret factories churning out raw botulinum neurotoxin, which, of course, is not only a potent wrinkle-reducer, but also one of world’s deadliest poisons. Counterterrorism and the beauty world have officially collided. [Washington Post]
Jane Fonda is back at the workout tape game, [...]

We often give Dita Von Teese love on this blog for her perfectly curled-under raven locks, her powdered ivory skin, and the crimson-lip-plus-black-cat-eye combo that she’s made her everyday look. But her devotion to her fingertips also deserves some props; the burlesque queen is rarely spotted without a moon manicure, a 1940’s-era look that had [...]

Padma Lakshmi is getting wiser with every passing month of her pregnancy. “What you pay for in gravity, you gain in gravitas,” the Top Chef host was recently quoted as saying about aging and an increasing acceptance of her appearance. Some really excellent word play there, no? [People]
In other body-image news, with the upcoming release [...]

First Pete Wentz, now Lady Gaga. With every purchase of the deluxe new version of her album The Fame Monster, the “Paparazzi”-singer will be giving out a lock of her hair, a personal note, and a jigsaw puzzle. Perhaps this is what she meant by a “love game”?[Hollyscoop]
Painting models in blackface for fashion purposes is [...]

It’s hard not to pit Dita Von Teese and Evan Rachel Wood against one another. Both have dated reigning Prince of Darkness Marilyn Manson and both have adopted a goth burlesque aesthetic that demands an extremely ivory complexion, dark eyes, and a deep pout. It’s even harder not to make comparisons when they both show [...]

After a fall spent channeling Dita in vampy blackberry and an awards season wearing a rich shade of strawberry blond, Evan Rachel Wood supported her Tribeca Film Festival flick Whatever Works last night with a new hairstyle in fiery red. Reminiscent of a look that the actress sported last year, her latest color experiment seems [...]

The New York social calendar kicked into high gear last night with a slew of magazine parties and such, but the real beautiful people seemed to be gathered on the left coast, where Dita Von Teese hosted a luncheon for designer Rachel Pally. Maybe it was the glorious sunlit background of the Chateau Marmont, but [...]