Dressing to Undress, an interview with Dita von Teese, part II (Dressed Classic)

Dressed: The History of Fashion

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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In part II of this week's Dressed Classics, our favorite vedette, Dita Von Teese, joins us to continue our conversation about being the first-ever guest star at Paris' legendary cabaret, the Crazy House and her current residency in Las Vegas. Her show Dita Las Vegas: A Jubilant Revue is onstage now at the Jubilee Theater, formerly home to iconic acts including Frank Sinatra as well as the showgirl review Jubilee, which ran for 40 years. Dita chats with us about reviving many of the original Jubilee costumes which were designed by Bob Mackie in the 1970s. Want more Dressed: The History of Fashion? Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠classes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bookshelf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with over 150 of our favorite fashion history titles Dressed is a part of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AirWave Media⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.4	Welcome to Dressed, the history of fashion, a podcast that explores the who-what-win of why we wear.
1:22.0	We are fashion historians and your host, Cassie Zachary.
1:25.9	And April Callahan.
1:28.2	Dress listeners, you are all invited to step backstage with us today as we are
1:33.9	rejoined by the one and the only Dita Vantes.
1:38.3	Cass, I love this so much on Dita's Wikipedia page.
1:41.9	She is described as an American vedette, which is, of course, a French
1:46.5	term. It means star featured performer. It doesn't exactly have a one-for-one English translation.
1:54.5	The term is sort of all-encompassing. So I find it to be so perfect for Dita. Most of you will probably know her as a burlese performer and maybe a fetish model, but she's also an actress, a runway model.
2:07.7	She's the author of two books with another in the works currently.
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