Please keep politics out of this.
There would be no Dita Von Teese without Gypsy Rose Lee, but her influence goes far beyond modern burlesque.
From Twiggy and Kate Moss to the women above and below, beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.
Some took her pussybow wardrobe pick as sartorial shade at her old sparring partner Donald Trump.
She claimed it was to further her racing career, but one has to imagine it may have been to get as far away from Wisconsin as humanly possible.
She began her career as a child model and went on to appear on the cover of Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire magazines.