Interview: Dita Von Teese, Part 2
Dita proves that for a burlesque performer, it's what's underneath that counts--like $5 million dollars worth of diamonds . As she said in the first part of this interview, however, she had her days of schlep while building her business. Above: In Dita's Closet. Photos in this article courtesy of Dita Von Teese and dita.net. Has your website been a relevant part of developing your career? Was it originally a lot of work and expense to create the site? I started the site in the very early 90s, my boyfriend was really into this new thing called the "world wide web" and he had this idea that we would make a page and it would have pictures on it, and if someone sent us a check for like $10 or something, we would send them back a package of 3x5 prints of me in lingerie. So, gradually, as the web evolved, so did this little site. A the time, there were no fetish or pinup websites, in fact, there were about 20 of us nude glamour models with little websites. I regr