Dita Von Teese is blatant about ripping off old designs for her own clothing line. The burlesque star gets her inspiration from vintage dresses and says she has no plans to take credit for the creations as she doesn’t "claim to be a fashion designer".
She told Collector’s Weekly magazine: "My dress line, Muse, is also based on my favourite vintage dresses. I have taken all my most treasured items and made them out of better fabrics and shifted things like hemlines. Some people can’t find vintage easily, or don’t know where to look, or don’t want to wear old clothes. I’ve done them in plus-sizes, too, so every woman can wear them.
I don’t claim to be a fashion designer, so I wanted to do it this way. And anyway, all the big designers go to vintage stores and archives with their team to photograph and sketch based on vintage. I’m just being more blatant about it and showing exactly which dress the design comes from."
Dita says she first started shopping at thrift stores because she couldn’t afford brand new clothes and now tries to make her range affordable.
She said: "My entire career is all shaped very clearly around my fascination with nostalgia. Because it originally stemmed from not being able to afford new clothes, I try to make everything attainable price-wise, which isn’t easy to do because it’s hard to arrive to something that has all those vintage details at a good price point."
Source: FemaleFirst