The performer's dramatic one-shoulder dress stole the spotlight, with her flawless alabaster skin, lashings of red lipstick and sparkling jewels completing the look.
Dazzling: Dita Von Teese turned heads in a striking silver gown at Vienna's Opera Ball last night
Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher also attended the event, turning heads in a strapless chocolate-coloured confection.
Von Teese attended the event as a guest of Austrian real estate and construction mogul Richard Lugner, 75, who has been escorted to the ball by a female celebrity every year since 1992.
VIP: the star was a guest of Austrian mogul Richard Lugner
Former guests have included Paris Hilton, Carmen Electra, Sarah Ferguson, Sophie Loren, Andie MacDowell and Pamela Anderson.
While the star, who split from rocker Marilyn Manson last year, walked the red carpet alone, she's not short on male admirers.
Fabulous housewife: actress Teri Hatcher also attended the gala
Earlier this month, Entourage star Jeremy Piven as a sales assistant to help him choose two black satin, sequined mini-dresses from a boutique for von Teese in a bid to woo her over, according to reports.
While his spokesperson told the New York Post's Page Six the pair are "not dating," von Teese's lawyer, Keith Fink, reveals Piven coyly said hello to her when he ran into her at an LA newsstand right before he purchased the dresses.
Said Fink: "She is single, and she's not dating, so he should step up to the plate because there's a lot of guys interested."
A song and dance: debutantes at the Opera Ball
