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Byline: Irini Arakas And Sally Singer
The question of where fashion originates has never been more deliciously amusing. Take this season's brooched-and-buttoned sexiness, all those luxe layers of chiffon and tweed and fur and beaded something-something. Would you guess that its pedigree contained the name Dita Von Teese, a gorgeous and charming burlesque performer known to her many fans for her ability to remove layers of retro-chic trappings while, perhaps, swimming in an enormous champagne glass? You should. The image of Von Teese-dressed Von Teese, that is-was all over the fall catwalks. The precision red lip and lined eye? Hers. The high pump, 24/7? Dita. That nipped waist designers couldn't get enough of? Ditto. (Von Teese's measures sixteen inches cinched.) Put it this way: A stripper has inspired gals ...