Dita Likes Hers Shaken And Stirred

Dita Von Teese/Photo: David Xavier Prutting

Burlesque favorite, Dita Von Teese passed through NYC last week to promote her two-year endorsement of Cointreau. We caught up with the sexy pinup icon (sorry Beyoncé) at the Ritz-Carlton to sip the signature Cointreaupolitan, and get some advice on copping lingerie for wifey. “I would say go together and see what she picks out. Let her try stuff on in the dressing room and pick out something she feels comfortable in,” says Dita. She also explains why buying lingerie for your girl without her is not the best idea:

“[I]f you wanted to buy something without her, you take her the first time to the lingerie store and you get a feel for what she likes and maybe go back to that same place and talk to a sales person that remembers because, its not going to do you any good to buy something that you like, because she's going to feel sexy when she feels good and confident and is wearing something that she likes, and then everybody wins. Because everyone knows that when you're happy and confident, that's when you're at your most sexy. So it doesn't do you any good that she doesn't feel confident, it will just backfire. Some girls like thongs, some girls like bikinis and some girls like bras and some don't want to wear bras at all. So I think, you just have to know your victim.”

“Know your victim”, wow, We wouldn't look at it that way… Dita clarifies, “Know the target (Laughs).”