• Kendall Jenner becomes third KarJenner to land Forbes cover after Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner

  Kendall Jenner has landed on the cover of Forbes magazine this month for the 'Special Issue' called 30 Under 30 for the 'class of 2023.'...

• Michael Douglas gets lifetime achievement award at International Film Festival of India in Goa

  The two-time Academy Award winner, 79, said he was “humbled” and with everything going on the world, the festival was “a reminder of the magic of moviemaking.”․․․

• Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's adopted son Pax called his father a 'despicable person' who makes his four youngest children 'tremble in fear' in explosive Instagram rant

  The star has found it 'depressing to see this dragged up', according to sources close to him, who went on to rubbish the claims...

• Taylor Swift invites the family of Ana Clara Benevides Machado - the 23-year-old Swiftie who tragically died before the Rio show - to her Eras Tour performance in Sao Paolo

  Just days after the tragic death of 23-year-old Ana Clara Benevides Machado before a Taylor Swift concert in Rio de Janeiro, the singer invited her family and friends to join her at the Sao Paolo performance...

By Marina Adulyan

A dancer, a model, an actress… the queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese reveals different talents. But, this is not enough. She continues surprising everyone and making people admire her. Besides, Dita appeared to have Armenian roots, she said in an exclusive interview with NEWS.am STYLE.

Your style has become recognizable all over the world. You have clothes and lingerie brand in vintage style. Do you think the clothes and lingerie used to be more sexy and beautiful in the past than it is now?

I think that in the past, there was a great deal more artistry in design of all kinds,  from clothing to furniture, architecture, and every day things. 

Do you think you can once change your style, for example wear jeans and shirts?

I have no interest in dressing like someone else, I found my own personal style many years ago.

You have clothes, lingerie and perfume brands. Is there something new you would like to try?

I am interested in creating jewelry based on my vintage jewelry collection, and also in designing beautiful sensual home decor.

You are known as a queen of burlesque. Your recent show is titled “Burlesque: Strip, Strip Hooray!" What is burlesque for you? How would you characterize your show: is it a dance, striptease or an artistic performance?

Burlesque the name of a kind of show that was a popular in America in the 1930s and 40s, and the stars of the burlesque shows were striptease stars that performed lavish, glamorous shows. My show is a bit like a Las Vegas revue, but it's a nostalgic show of sensual fantasy and glamour, with stripteases set to music, haute couture costumes, beautiful sets and lighting design. There's a great history of showgirls and striptease, and burlesque was an important part of that, so my shows capture the spirit of this era of entertainment.

And of course, the questions we, as Armenians, are very interested in. You once wrote you are “part Armenian.” Some web sources suggest your grandmother was Armenian. Is it so?

My Grandmother was adopted, and her birth father was Armenian.

Follow NEWS.am STYLE on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram