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Do you find suspenders a turn-on?

20.10.09
Dita Von Teese has always been an ambassador of stockings and suspenders but, all of a sudden, she’s not the only celeb who is outing her undergarments... more

Suspenders hold up well in recession

13.10.09
Couples are choosing to spend nights in during the recession, with women splashing out on more adventurous lingerie for the bedroom... more

Go mad for a hatters’ party

07.09.09
Forget wig or shoe parties, hat parties are the smart new way to bond and spur creativity... more

Nigella Lawson and the frock of all ages

30.07.09
Made famous by Nigella Lawson, the “Bombshell” is literally walking out of the Notting Hill emporium The Dispensary... more

Know how to wear your scarf

10.05.09
They're scarves, Jim, but not as we know them. For never has an oblong piece of fabric been used in such a multitude of ways... more

Make sure you've got the legs for hot-pants

10.05.09
Hot-pants and cut-offs are set to be this summer's big hit - just make sure you've got the legs for it... more

Why Dita and Dixie conceal their assets

01.05.09
I stand four-square behind Dita Von Teese. That's a sentence I've always wanted to be able to write. But I'm not being creepy - or, at least, not just being creepy... more

Burlesque star says bending rules is part of the fun

29.04.09
Dita Von Teese has called on burlesque performers to defy a London council's crackdown on their shows... more

Life is a cabaret

29.04.09
Roll over, Jackie Collins. Showgirl Immodesty Blaize's new "bonkbuster" novel, Tease (Ebury), lifts the lid on burlesque - a world of 18in corsets, jewelled merkins, bawdy humour and camp cabaret... more

Striptease or art? The question for burlesque taste police

28.04.09
A North London council ignited a debate over whether burlesque is an art form or simply titillation... more

Cat Deeley clearly has no problem with Huston

20.04.09
Cat Deeley was looking very loved up with her man Jack Huston at the Coachella music festival.... more

Why Lola LaBelle is naughty but nice

08.04.09
Coco Framboise performed with a giant telephone, Scarlett Diamond twirled an ostrich feather parasol... more

Armani rolls out the red carpet in Paris in Paris

27.01.09
Forget hemlines and lipstick sales: the most reliable indicator of the economy is the celebrity front row... more

What a waist

09.01.09
For real women the old ideal of an 18-inch waist has never been less attainable. So why have we lost our curves? Blame the office... more

Kylie finds love and he's just like her ex

06.01.09
Kylie Minogue seems happy to show the world she has found love again after splitting up from her boyfriend two years ago.... more

In the red

29.12.08
It’s de rigueur to face up to the downturn with a defiant scarlet pout... more

Poor fashionistas: let them wear Galliano

03.10.08
Even during a prosperous year, I have often felt that Paris Fashion Week, with its champagne parties, dark-windowed limos and fashion editors wasting thousands on handbags, teetered on the absurd. But this year it was like watching Louis XIV's court gorge themselves while the rest of the country starved... more

Emma hangs out with the bad girls

30.09.08
Harry Potter star Emma Watson looked a bit out of her depth sitting with a trio of "bad girls" at Paris Fashion Week. ... more

History of hat at V&A

27.08.08
A new exhibition at the V&A will celebrate the crowning glory of any outfit - the hat; tracing the evolution of millinery. ... more

Dita Von Teese, the woman who has made a career taking her clothes off, signs a deal with Wonderbra

17.08.08
Queen of burlesque Dita Von Teese today unveiled her new lingerie collection. Von Teese said the Wonderbra range was inspired by the glamour of the 1940s and 50s.... more

Kelly Brook and Prince Charles: The two faces of Cartier Polo

27.07.08
Kelly Brook brought some much-needed colour to the Cartier International Polo event today. The model/actress/TV presenter pulled out all the stops by wearing a glamorous floral shorts jumpsuit.... more

Myleene Klass does Dita Von Teese as she reveals she is FINALLY marrying boyfriend Graham

23.06.08
TV presenter Myleene Klass stars in her raunchiest photo shoot yet as she reveals she is finally planning to wed long-term love Graham Quinn.... more

The Madonna and Sharon Stone show Part 2: Hollywood's golden oldies show Cannes youngsters how it's really done

22.05.08
Madonna and Sharon Stone prove again that when it comes to red carpet glitz and glamour, older really is wiser.... more

Toga girl Gwyneth's hitting the heights again in Cannes

20.05.08
Gwyneth Paltrow continues to see how sky-high platforms can revitalise your image.... more

TomKat and the Beckhams turn on some old-fashioned glamour - but was it TOO old for Posh?

06.05.08
Team Cruise and Team Beckham reunited on the red carpet last night at the social event of the season, the annual Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute Gala, which drew a who's who roll call of international stars ... more

Tower of model power: Statuesque Claudia Schiffer reduces Dita to a little von Teese

11.04.08
Claudia Schiffer's modelling heyday may be behind her. But she still manages to make quite an impression at showbiz events. The statuesque model left petite burlesque star Dita looking like a little Teese, as the pair stood side by side at a gala hosted by Mont Blanc in Geneva earlier this week... more

Revealed: The sweet face of Dita Von Teese before she became the queen of burlesque

03.03.08
She was never a plain Jane. But with her long blonde hair and girl next door sunny looks, there was little inclination that this fresh-faced teenager would undergo a stunning metamorphosis, into brunette bombshell and burlesque star Dita Von Teese ... more

Menu plays second fiddle

11.12.06
Toby Young wasn't looking forward to visiting The Pigalle Club but the house band certainly made the evening go with a swing.... more

Burlesque bounders with no tune

13.10.06
Fischerspooner still lack the classic tune to make the world take them seriously, says David Smyth. But tonight that hardly mattered.... more

Take me out: weekend events

12.10.06
Young artists are hawking their wares at the Frieze Art Fair, Dita Von Teese kicks off her cabaret show and the filthy, gobby Merrill "Peaches" Nisker flies into town.... more

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