More Dita Von Teese @ Cointreau - The Performance

A good day is a Dita Von Teese day!
Savour the deliciously "Cointreauversial" burlesque bomshell performing her signature martini-glass-routine, specially edited for the Cointreau event in NYC last week. 500 party revelers sipped Cointreaupolitans and Cointreau Margaritas before being treated to the highlight of the night, the reveal of the "Be Cointreauversial Show". Strutting on stage in her crystal-encrusted costume, designed by Catherine D’Lish (made of 350,000 Swarovski crystals and weighing approximately 75 pounds) she posed and pranced before plunging into her giant martini glass.
I wish I had been there!!

More Dita Von Teese For Cointreau

Doesn't she look like the perfect 1950's June Cleaver-housewife?

Dita Von Teese exuding her signature nostalgic glamour on these new Cointreau promotional images. The chic French liquor maison has Ms. Von Teese as their new face (and body) and this is a match made in heaven in my opinion. Dita is flawless and Little-Pumpkins will always show her much love and adoration!

Dita Von Teese @ Be Cointreauversial Event

The ever-gorgeous Dita Von Teese at the "Be Cointreauversial" event in NYC on May 22nd.

Dita is the new face of Cointreau and she brought her "Be Cointreauversial" show to NYC this week after debuting it in London this past year. The first ''Dita Von Teese for Cointreau'' event took place on December 13Th and was set in a beautiful church where she performed a specially created routine for the French liquor brand. The evening saw the world premiere of the ''Be Cointreauversial'' live show as well as the official launch of the Cointreau Teese Cocktail.

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Dita Von Teese @ New York Academy Of Art Celebration

Dita Von Teese attending the New York Academy of Art celebration of 25 years with ‘Take Home A Nude’ at Phillips de Pury and Company on April 16th, looking as GORGEOUS as ever.
I actually had a dream about Dita two nights ago, serious. She was caught in a surveillance camera killing this guy on a dark Gotham-city-like street by swinging this guy up & down, like Bam Bam. She would move about on a motorcycle wearing a Wonder Woman outfit (it was a dream, people) with a long red cape and she also had two hot female goons with her. I went to her fabulous apartment to let her know that I had just seen that on TV and soon the police would be there to arrest her. I help her pack a suitcase and was so worried that she had to flee soon. I also worried about all her beautiful clothing and collectables and what would happen to them once the police arrived. She was wearing black satin ballet shoes by the way and kept her feet on point the whole time. Then I woke up.

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Dita Von Teese @ Mont Blanc Event

What's a better way to start the weekend than drooling at new images of burlesque Goddess Dita Von Teese? Even if I were to try really hard I can't come to find faults with her ever-perfect personal style and flawless beauty. Check out her manicure job! Click to enlarge the images and savour in delight of her peachy skin and minimal make-up. If I had to be extra-picky I would say ditch that cigar, Dita. I am sure that on a fetish level they do work for some but cigars REALLY stink and smoking is just gross altogether. Otherwise you can do no wrong!

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Dita Von Teese @ The New York Times

Domains Section.

Show Stopper: Dita Von Teese — burlesque performer and lingerie designer for the Wonderbra company — lives in a 1920s, three-bedroom Craftsman home in the heart of Hollywood.

Biggest misconception about burlesque: That it’s about dancing around in hot pants with feather boas. Burlesque was about the striptease. The stars of burlesque took their clothes off, end of story, period.

Hardest thing about stripping: To make it look effortless and natural.

Her first corset: It was out of my life for a little while. It was stolen, by a friend of mine’s daughter. One day she returned it and said she was sorry. I was happy. I have hundreds of corsets, but that is the most important one.

Worst moment onstage: My hair caught on fire. I do an act where I sit on a vanity table that has candelabras on it. Well, there was a lot of hair spray going on. I realized what was happening and put my hair out. The show went on.

Next big purchase: I’m getting ready to make a new show, and that is always a big expense. It will involve $80,000 worth of costumes and props. This one is going to be especially rhinestone heavy.

Personal hero: Mae West. There hasn’t been another actress in the world who wrote every line she ever said in a film.

Morning routine: My waking time always changes, because sometimes I am really jet lagged. When I’m home, I am up around 9 o’clock. First, I check my BlackBerry, which is next to me in bed. Then I let my dogs outside and get everybody breakfast.

Best thing about divorce from Marilyn Manson: There’s a long list. I am happy to have the drugs out of my life.

Fear about new love: That I’ll fall for a man who wants a modern, minimalist interior.

Prized possession: I took my engagement diamond and had it transformed at Christian Dior in Paris into a beautiful ring. It’s nice; it’s big. I feel like I suffered greatly for that diamond, and it needed to be reborn into something better.

Performance piece: Yes, I do perform in a giant martini glass, but I don’t keep it at home. All my props are kept in storage, a really big storage space, because I have a lot of things even bigger than that glass. I have never been where they are stored, to be honest. It’s somewhere in Los Angeles.

Animal friends: I have various taxidermied animals. I have a peacock, swans and birds in large glass domes. They’re beautiful.

Rainy-day activities: Sitting in front of the fire with my pets, two dachshunds and three Devon Rex cats, which is a breed that has unusually large ears and wide-set eyes.

Indispensable gadget: A 1940s phone station. It’s a stand that holds the phone, and you sit in it. You can’t move around. I used to have a cordless phone and I hated it.

Waistline: I’m not technically a tight lacer. It’s a fetish, in which you wear extremely tight corsets all the time. I don’t sleep in my corsets, and I’m not obsessed with obtaining the world’s smallest waist. My waist is around 18 inches.

Velvet painting: A painting of me by an artist named Olivia, who specializes in pinups.

Burlesque memento: I have an artifact of the famed burlesque star Sally Rand, from 1939. It’s a box that says “Winter Underwear for Men” on it. Inside is a crocheted warmer for a man’s equipment. It’s hysterical.

Guilty pleasure: Eating foie gras in Paris. That has gotten me into a lot of trouble with PETA. But it is a guilty pleasure; I feel guilty and horrible about it.

Extra bedrooms: I turned one of them into a dark, jewel box of a bedroom. Another is a wardrobe with my dresses, shoes and vintage clothes. The third is devoted to my hat collection and vanity. It’s a real powder room.

Collections: I collect in a crazy way. I have at least 15 collections. I collect vintage hair combs; vintage clothes; vintage lingerie; hats; jewelry; cigarette holders.

Favorite collection: My hats. When I look at them I can’t believe these are things that women wore on the street every day. They are dramatic and distinctive.

Treasured eras: For taxidermy, Victorian; for furniture, Art Deco; for lingerie, 1940s stockings and Victorian corsets; hats I like mid-1940s, when they wore the little tilted hats, like men’s hats.

What she drives: I have two classic cars, a 1939 Chrysler New Yorker and a 1965 Jaguar S-Type. I drove a Chrysler 300. But I just got a new car, a BMW Z4.

Fanciest corset: It’s by Mr. Pearl, without a doubt the world’s most-sought-after corset maker. He lives in Paris, and all the couturiers go to him. He has an unmatched talent for creating the perfect wasp waist. Each corset requires between 6 and 20 fittings.

Evening routine: I have no routine. I am happy if I am in bed by 1 a.m. It’s a great victory for me if I can sleep eight hours or more.

By her bed: A beautiful Art Deco box with a condom in it. I’m a single girl.

Favorite chore: Grocery shopping. I wasn’t always able to afford food, so I love putting things in my cart and realizing I can afford them.

Always in fridge: Eggs and truffle sauce. I order the sauce online. It is called Truffle Gatherers sauce. It is so good with eggs. It is very precious to me.

What she misses about America when abroad: More value to the dollar.

Fitness routine: About 20 minutes jumping on the trampoline and an hour of Pilates. I often take Sundays off.

What she wanted to be when she grew up: A ballerina.

Obsession: Ballet shoes. I have a collection dyed in every color of the rainbow.

Belief system: There are superstitions in burlesque. You aren’t supposed to put your shoes on the table. I try to pay attention to that, but I really like looking at my shoes, so I put them on the table all the time.

Perfect kitchen: One of my big extravagances when I moved out of my former husband’s house was a matching pink stove and refrigerator in ’50s style. Unlike real vintage items, they work.

Obsolete item she can’t bear to part with: Everything I have is obsolete. That’s the point.

Via NY Times

Dita Von Teese @ MGM Grand's Las Vegas

Oh Dita, how could I have forgotten you? I had this post ready to go almost a full week ago and somehow it slipped my mind and never went online. I tend to prep anywhere from 3-5 posts a day and place them on the blog as I see fit but sometimes, specially after a weekend, they get piled up and whatever is oldest stays at the bottom of the list. I save images and articles in drafts and finish them the day I post them so they remain relevant, FYI.

"Love-of-my-life Dita Von Teese caught in Vegas at the MGM Grand's Crazy Horse auditions this week looking as flawless as ever. Doesn't she looks great in purple? Actually she would look great in a burlap sack, not that she would ever wear one, unless it was a vintage-looking burlap sack."

Click images to enlarge, so to savour every inch of her beauty!

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Dita Von Teese @ Cavalli Party In Paris

Goddess Dita Von Teese at the Just Cavalli party in Paris this past week.

What else can I say? She is just perfect! Always!

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Dita Von Teese @ A Diamond Is Forever Party

I really need no excuses to post Dita Von Teese pictures, as you might know. The Goddess of Perfection has a guaranteed spot on Little-Pumpkins whenever I come across new images of this sultry beauty. Click to enlarge and savour every inch of this lesson in style chic!

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Madonna, Lourdes & Dita @ Gucci

Madonna was the hostess to a celebrity-studded event in New York City on the lawns of the United Nations to aid Malawi orphans, UNICEF and to inaugurate a new Gucci store. Madonna brought daughter Lourdes in tow, looking very grown up for her 11 years of age. Time flies as it seems like yesterday when Lourdes was just a little tyke. Madge is looking a little weird on the face, like she got implants or something, not that I want to add to plastic surgeries speculations...

A staggering £300,000 was paid for four VIP tickets to a Madonna concert, which were part of a package that included business class flights, two nights in the Ritz-Carlton and a private dance aerobics class with Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. It was one of seven lots on auction at Raising Malawi and Unicef, one of the biggest charity events in New York which took organiser Gucci a year to plan. Later, a mystery Japanese businesswoman bought the Madonna tickets. Businessman Arpad Busson bid £30,000 for Gucci fashion show tickets and the chance to have a bag named after him. Lourdes narrowly missed out on tickets to American Idol and first-edition Harry Potter books, which eventually went for £47,000. Salma Hayek outbid American Vogue editor Anna Wintour to pay £175,000 for a private hour playing football with David Beckham. Madonna, wearing a sexy Gucci jersey dress, told the crowd:

"I've earned a reputation for many things: pushing the envelope, for being a provocateur, for never taking no for an answer. For endlessly reinventing myself, for being a cult member, a kidnapper. For being ambitious, outrageous and irreverent. And for never settling for second best."

Also in attendance was Little-Pumpkins favorite Dita Von Teese, looking as fabulous as ever at the Mallawi benefit last night. Leave it to Dita to outshine everyone else...

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Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year from Little-Pumpkins & Dita Von Teese!

May 2008 bring you lots of health, happiness, love & success.

Sincerely,

Pumpkin Man

Jeanne Carmen 1930 - 2007

I saw on the news yesterday that 1950's pin-up Jeanne Carmen passed away from lymphoma. She was 77. Carmen was also a B-movie actress and starred in films like "Guns Don't Argue!" and "The Monster of Piedras Blancas". She ran away from home in an Arkansas farm at age 13 with dreams of becoming a Hollywood star. She moved to New York City later on and became a dancer in a Broadway show called "Burlesque," with comic Burt Lahr. She later went into modeling, gaining a measure of success with a series of cheesecake shots in men's magazines. She came to Hollywood while still in her 20s, where she appeared in a series of low-budget movies. Carmen also claimed to having affairs with Frank Sinatra and other stars from her time.

I found this image below of Carmen and Dita Von Teese and doesn't she look great for her age? Rest in peace Jeanne Carmen!

For more great images visit Jeanne Carmen's website.

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Dita Von Teese @ British Fashion Awards

Love-of-my-life Goddess Dita Von Teese arriving at London's British Fashion Awards earlier this month. Always a picture of perfection, Ms Von Teese does not disappoint with her flawless sense of style and elegance. I never get tired of posting pictures of this gorgeous creature as her beauty and grace should be celebrated and emulated. Click images to enlarge!

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