| Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese | 
| Author: Dita Von Teese
Publisher: It Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 123,587
Media: Hardcover
Edition: illustrated edition
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.9 x 1.3
ISBN: 0060591676
Dewey Decimal Number: 792.7
EAN: 9780060591670
ASIN: 0060591676
Publication Date: March 1, 2006
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Product Description
On one side, Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesque world, with bubblegum dreams and show tunes to strip to. Flip over for fantasies in fetish with dramatic costumes and the allure of submission. Burlesque and the Art of the Teese "I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute." I'm a good dancer and a nice girl, but I'm a great showgirl. I sell, in a word, magic. Burlesque is a world of illusion and dreams and of course, the striptease. Whether I am bathing in my martini glass, riding my sparkling carousel horse, or emerging from my giant gold powder compact, I live out my most glamorous fantasies by bringing nostalgic imagery to life. Let me show you my world of gorgeous pin-ups, tantalizing stripteases, and femmes fatales. I'll give you a glimpse into my life, but a lady never reveals all. Fetish and the Art of the Teese You may have come for the fetish. Or you may just be sneaking a peek at this mysterious and peculiar other side. No matter what you've come for, there is something for you to indulge in. My world of fetish may not be the one that you would expect. As a burlesque performer, I entice my audience, bringing their minds closer and closer to sex and then -- as good temptress must -- snatching it away. As a fetish star, I apply the same techniques. . . . An opera-length kid leather glove, a strict wasp waist, an impossibly high patent leather heel, a severely painted red lip. . . . Come with me into my world of decadent fetishism.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 59
 A Beautiful Spread July 18, 2010
Midorivision
I did't buy this book on amazon, however I saw it sitting on the shelf during my visit in Maine at a local book store. What caught my attention was the Burlesque side of the book. Dita Von Teese is truly the modern day pin up girl. This book, reversible between burlesque and fetish, is informative on both topics, has a direct link to what it is like to live this life with page after page of colorful photographs of the lady herself. A great coffee table book and something to hold on to. I've had mine for 4 years and it is in fabulous condition.
Beautiful book. June 12, 2010
M. Togni (Little Rock, AR)
I have owned this book for a few years, and still look through it from time to time. Dita is timeless, elegant and offers insight into her world. I often look to this book for inspiration as I'm an aspiring photographer & designer. Great buy!
A Bad Case of the DVT's December 28, 2009
Paul Ess. (Holywell, N.Wales,UK.)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Dita von Teese's idea of feminism is for a woman to be as feminine as possible. Music to the ears of us lumbering dinosaurs who buy our wimmen clothes to match the decor in the kitchen, and pat them on the head if they haven't crashed the car. Though how this thinking sits with the dungaree-and-spiky-crop brigade, I will never know (Under-arm hair: should they, shouldn't they...oh the agony! Oh the controversy!).
'Burlesque' is a glossy A4 hardback containing hundreds of extremely stimulating photographs of this outrageously magnificent woman. Von Teese sits, stands, lies, crouches and does the splits in all kinds of ropes, chains, cables and ribbons; and of course, this is where the 'empowerment' comes in. Knowing thousands of men will be lasciviously looking at her every artistic curve and mega-defined muscle must be satisfying to DvT...but even more so to her publishers; neo-Emily Pankhursts to a middle-aged man.
If DvT's concept of feminism - to wear a tin-foil cat-suit and look vulnerable - isn't pandering to the dissolute, then it's openly urging participation in the even older womanly craft: the expertise of wallet-emptying.
It would be easy for cynicism to take a hold here, and the one-star button would be aching to be pressed IF Dita von Teese wasn't so glorious and lush. You'd need the will of Margaret Thatcher or at the very least, be a damn good liar not to admit and appreciate that she's some kind of ultimate of fiscal womanhood. 'Burlesque' simply celebrates that indubitable fact.
She's pushing 40 as well; God only knows what she'll release to celebrate her menopause. 'DvT on HRT' perhaps? That's something to look forward to, eh lads....!?
 Not what I expected. November 10, 2009
donna (Tempe, Florida)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Okay, I know I'm going to get hauled out for this from many fans (b/c let's face it, mainly Dita fans bought this book), but I found this book to be a lot more impersonal than I wanted or expected. Now, that by itself shouldn't be a problem since sometimes there are pleasant suprises when things are not as you initially expected them to be. However, as a person who has followed Dita's career from the start, there wasn't any information here I didn't already know about both Burlesque and Dita. The photos were beautiful, but I already have great Dita photos. This is basically what the book was: photos of the author w/ the author discussing the history of burlesque.Period. When the author can go about putting photos of themselves in the book whilst the rest of the book is text that requires little involvement from the author(since the history of burlesque can pretty much be handed to another writer to complete the job instead), I don't think I'm getting what I expected or what I paid for. I know many will think, "So what, it's not what you expected, but it's beautiful and has a lot of info many people don't know. Besides, what you expect from the book doesn't concern the author anyway." Well, to that I say the photos are beautiful. The book is big. Anyone remotely interested in Burlesque knows the information put in this book, and I'm pretty sure others were expecting more from this book than the text delivered, but they just forgot after they saw the pretty photos. This is a photo book.
Not just a teese. October 19, 2009
EvanJ.
This book delivers.
Turning the glossy pages was like stepping into a fantasy world. The burlesque history is tied in nicely with Dita's own experiences. My favourite parts were the makeup tips on how to look like a burlesque or movie star from the 20s to the 50s. The photography is amazing all throughout.
The other side, the dark side if you will, of fetish is portrayed in a light that it doesnt often get. Nothing crude, actually no full frontal nude images. Everything is tastefully done.
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