What does Dita Von Teese’s first garter belt look like?
I bought it at Victoria’s Secret. It’s pale blue silk-really pretty. Even now, I think I had good taste when I was that young. [Laughs.] What about your first bra? My first bra was not very exciting. I was a late bloomer-the last of my girlfriends to get one. It was this horrible training bra-type thing, but it prompted me to save my money and buy my own darn bra. My mom was like, “You can’t have the black lace one.” And I was like, “Why not?” I’ve never equated beautiful lingerie with seduction or sex. It’s not about trying to get a man. Not at all. It’s about surrounding myself with beauty in my everyday life-whether it’s a bra or a notebook. I want everything around me to be attractive because I look at it every day. As a teenager did you teach your friends about lingerie? A lot of people would come to me before prom and homecoming and say, “I need some great lingerie. Will you help me?” People thought I was a little bit insane when I was changing for class and I had the matching br
