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"I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated"

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Katy Perry frames her style as a kind of playful “diagnosis,” borrowing the language of disorder to make volatility sound charming, even virtuosic. “Multipersonality” here isn’t a confession so much as a permission slip: she gets to be contradictory on purpose, to treat identity as a costume rack rather than a single, authentic core. The quick qualifier “in a very good way, of course” is doing image management in real time, smoothing over the fact that she’s flirting with a loaded term while keeping the punchline. It’s pop-star candor engineered to feel spontaneous.

The Dita Von Teese reference pins the moment historically: a mid-2000s revival of retro pinup, burlesque polish, and hyper-feminine control. Perry isn’t just name-checking an aesthetic; she’s pointing at a model of commitment. “Dita’s really dedicated” reads like admiration with a side of self-explanation. Dita is the poster child for total look-devotion, the kind of brand consistency that turns “style” into a disciplined practice. By contrast, Perry positions herself as a shape-shifter who raids eras and personas without swearing fealty to one.

The subtext is business as much as self-expression. In pop, reinvention isn’t a crisis, it’s a release strategy. Calling it “multipersonality” turns marketing into personality, and personality into a spectacle. Perry’s fashion becomes a rotating cast of characters, each outfit a miniature era, each era a way to stay legible in a culture that rewards women for both coherence and constant novelty.

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Perry, Katy. (2026, January 17). I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-multipersonality-disorder-in-a-very-good-81007/

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Perry, Katy. "I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-multipersonality-disorder-in-a-very-good-81007/.

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"I have multipersonality disorder - in a very good way, of course - when it comes to my fashion choices. When I first started playing around with my look, it was more of a Dita Von Teese pinup thing. Dita's really dedicated." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-multipersonality-disorder-in-a-very-good-81007/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Katy Perry (born October 25, 1984) is a Musician from USA.

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