Dita Von Teese/Frederick's of Hollywood

[KittyT]

If it's the same photo that's on the main page of the Frederick's website, I don't think they look any longer than they usually do in any of the photos on her website...

 

[pigeon toe]

I don't have the catalogue, but that seems strange! Perhaps it's just the angle?

Anyway, I LOVE the lace bustier. I can't believe it's only $50! It's very Agent Provocateur, and very inexpensive comparatively!

 

[BegintheBeguine]

I didn't notice any fiddling. I'm not a big Dita fan if at all, but I'm a Frederick's fan and I enjoyed the latest catalogue. She's a perfect fit for Frederick's, whatever 'an outfit like Frederick's' connotes. Good quality items for all figure types at good prices, I've been a customer for years. I've also taken to my hairdresser pictures from the catalogues over the years, as they like to use ***y vintage hairdos!
Ashley

 

[KittyT]

Good quality items for all figure types at good prices, I've been a customer for years. I've also taken to my hairdresser pictures from the catalogues over the years, as they like to use ***y vintage hairdos!

I'm not sure I'd call them "quality items", but I do like some of their styles. They certainly aren't any lower quality than Victoria's Secret, although I don't think that says much either

 

[BegintheBeguine]

I did because I've owned and worn many regulary for over 10 years. I knew I'd get ya with the word quality. VS stinks, too itchy, sized terribly. Maidenform online not bad. Hanes online hit or miss.

 

[Laura Chase]

Is it this picture?

If so, I think it is just her great pose, which really elongates everything.

 

[KittyT]

This photo, however, looks seriously photoshopped.

 

[imoldfashioned]

This photo, however, looks seriously photoshopped.

It sure does! It looks like one of those 1940's paperdolls where they stuck the celebrity's head onto a body.

I was going to post about this catalog too; drove me to theivery it did (I feel somewhat better because the girl it was addressed to in my building had moved out, but still...). The prices are a heck of a lot better than Victoria's Secret--any of you gals bought from FOH? Is the "quality" similar to Vickies?

I'm in love with the black corset she's wearing in the moon photo up thread and there's a red satin bralet/tap pant set that's pretty darn adorable too. I'll see if I can scare up a photo of the latter when I get home.

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Hey I just got this in the mail today! This is definitely not going in the trash! I love Dita!

 

[Ada Veen]

her legs do look looooooooooooong in that picture

 

[Liz]

I love the lace bustier too. My first real job was working at Frederick's when I was 16 years old, so I've always been partial to them. I'm going to have to try and get to a shop so I can check the new stuff out in person!

 

[fernande]

The whole shoot is very badly photo-shopped- they've used a retouching tool called "liquify" to nip in her waist even more- which sometimes can be a very cool effect (especially for ******-y photos- helping someone shed a few pounds for a photo) But I'm shocked these photos went to print in the current state they are in!! awful! with my blind eye I can see the pen tablet marks! yikes!


Dita is petite (5ft 2 I think?), so I think they elongated her from the torso down- so she appears more "height-y" next to the usual amazons that model the fashions in the catalog.
perhaps the sloppy retouching was due to the entire budget being spent on paying Dita?! ha!

Love her hair though! I'm still trying to figure out if she has layers or she is just really crafty at curling and pinning. any thoughts?

 

[Rosie]

I noticed this too. She looked a bit long and too thin. Much of the catalog is pin up inspired, I thought they gave decent effort but didn't quite get it right.

 

[Antje]

Dita always looks so perfect, if it is photo shop or not
she sure has long legs,
mine are really short

well you can't have all

antje

 

[Laura Chase]

Oh my, in that second picture she sure does look unnaturally elongated... Both pictures are definitely photoshopped, but the second one looks very strange, while the first one just looks good, imo.

The corsets look lovely, but to me they look like bedroom wear and nothing else.

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

I read that Dita is 5'6 so in her heels she really has no need of being elongated!

I'm quite tickled that FoH have called this Holiday feature thing "Pin-up Parade" as that's the name of a friend of mine's European-based pin-up site. It might get her lots of hits! In fact, I googled it and it's the first hit, with FoH being the third!

 

[DecoDahlia]

Thanks Laura Chase for posting/scanning the FOH catalogue; had no idea if posting it would be okay! As for Dita's height, I've stood next to her, and since I'm 5"1' in my stocking'd feet (we were both in heels), I can
guess-timate that she's about 5"2', but not much more than that. I have to say this is the classiest FOH cover/catalogue that I've ever seen, I was why I was so surprised to see Dita on its cover. I can more than understand why some photos need to be Photoshopped, but after a certain point, this just seems excessive, too fake and too perfect. One of my favorite Dita quotes was how she said that she's "a blonde girl from the midwest who dyes her with haircolor from the drugstore," or words that that effect.

 

[GreyAndWhiteCat]

I would bee more surprised if they had NOT retouched the images, it is the standard today to nip in the waist, take away any bulges and wrinkles, and make the legs look like a mile long. I remember seeing an interview with Kate Winslett where she talked about how for a fashion magazine cover they had retouched away 10-15 kg and made her legs look really long. It was quite surreal.

Her you see before and after makeup and retouching:
http://www.ybmakeup.com/gallery.php?cat=gallery_bnf

Her you can see before and after retouching:
http://glennferon.com/portfolio1/index.html

And of course the famous Dove film:
http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat4.asp?id=6909

 

[Ada Veen]

Her you can see before and after retouching:
http://glennferon.com/portfolio1/index.html

This is so freaky!!!! I can't believe the difference... it makes me feel better about myself in photos for sure.

 

[pigeon toe]

My boyfriend bought me the Parisian corset/bustier thing (the second photo of Dita) and it's very cute! I might need to exchange it for a size smaller though, so next time we go I'm going to see if they have the first one in stock (they didn't when he went) and maybe get myself that. It's just too cute, AND under $50.