Dita Von Teese has opened up on finding inspiration for her latest Von Follies
lingerie collection. Looking to old vintage finds to source some ideas, Dita
went through her personal lingerie collections to brainstorm, and was also very
inspired by old pin-up art and even men's magazines from 30s and 40s. She
commented that she made old ideas more wearable and modern for her own line:
''It is based on times past - not replicas of vintage lingerie but finding ways
of making it more functional and wearable. I'm just trying to show women that
you can have little bits of luxury and glamour in everyday life and these are
things that actually serve a purpose with your shape and how you feel in
clothes. It's inspired by vintage pieces that I've collected in the last 23
years. I also have a lot of vintage pin-up art, old catalogues, and men's
magazines from the 30s and 40s, so I get a lot of ideas from those.''
Dita
believes her lingerie love can be credited for even launching her career and
her first job was in an underwear store. She feels that designing her own just
feels like she has come "full-circle" and she believes it feels
right: ''My love of lingerie is what first sparked my entire career as it is. I
started working in an underwear store when I was 15, and that's the real reason
I started re-creating pin-up photos. I was already dressing retro style so my
love of lingerie carried over to retro lingerie and I began to collect. When I
had the opportunity to make my own designs, it was really like a sort of: 'Wow,
full-circle moment.'''
