Dita Von Teese Is At It Again

Dita Von Teese covers the latest issue of Inked Magazine. It seems that the 36-year-old Burlesque dancer is at it again! At first glance, it doesn’t appear that modern-day burlesque icon Dita Von Teese has any tattoos. Look closer, and you realize that there is, in fact, one inking on her flawless body: the tiny black dot at the top of her left cheekbone.

Inside, she talks about her favorite icons, fashion sense, and tattoos…

“I’ve always loved tattoos,” Von Teese says, lounging in her Los Angeles home wearing a purple 1940s robe. “I love looking at them and I have a big admiration for people with tattoos. I’ve notoriously dated a lot of men with a lot of ink,” she adds, referring to her relationships with Social Distortion singer Mike Ness and Marilyn Manson, her former husband of two years. “I even tattooed my ex-boyfriend, who owned a tattoo shop. When I was a little girl I was obsessed with drawing this stick bunny thing all over the walls. He knew about my stick bunny and let me tattoo that on his entire calf. Bright pink. That was real love.”

Born Heather Sweet in 1972, Von Teese has gone from vintage-wearing high school outcast to retro pinup fetish model to one of the world’s premier style icons. Her burlesque acts-often imitated but never duplicated-are breathtaking, involving everything from dancing in a signature giant martini glass to a Sally Rand–inspired feather fan dance. The elaborate setups cost her up to $85,000. It’s worth it just to, as Von Teese herself says, “put the Teese back into striptease.” (Inkedmag.com)