But Would Bettie Page Approve?
I generally like Dita Von Teese — generally. Her whole retro thing is cute, and you only have to look at someone like Katy Perry to see that it’s also inspiring. But Bettie Page, grandmother of us all, would not agree with this. I see the point — bright red shoes, sunny yellow dress, altogether gay look (i.e., gay as it was used way back when this look was the new thing). But … no. It’s too shiny, it does not look retro — it looks like something Judy Jetson might have worn on a Very Special Prom episode, and that just ain’t cool. The sad thing is that Dita’s working it well — the turn of her angle, the slant of her shoulders. But really, she would have been better off if she just went totally burlesque and let that dress at home.
