Archive for August, 2010
Monsoon Lingerie AW10 Preview
Back for its second season, Monsoon Lingerie and Nightwear is already well established in the market after its huge success for SS10. Its a Vintage and Glamour theme for AW10 with colours like dark teals, aubergines and truffles with highlights of vivid cyclamen all making an appearance. The collection consists of primarily bra and brief [...]
End Of Summer Sale
Brastop have started their end of season bra sale and you can get up to 70% Off of some big named brands! There are some great styles and colours to choose from and some bras have matching under wear sold separately and also at a discounted price.
Charnos Amelia Control Body Reviewed
We all love to think that there’s a miracle item out there that can help make us instantly thin and some items can help to thin us down like the Control Body by Charnos. This is a smooth lined body that can help to iron out any little lumps and bumps and give us a [...]
New DD+ Selection @ BeCheeky
BeCheeky are well known for their excellent selection of high quality, big name lingerie and this new selection of DD+ lingerie is now exception! Whether you like plunge, full coverage or balconette styles you’ll find something you like if you need larger cupped bras and smaller back sizes, you can also find 28” backs. There [...]
Jill Ashley Launches First Collection
Sophisticated design, spectacular colours and high quality finishing describes the first collection from Jill Ashley (pics below). Jill Ashley is part of a group of companies under the wings of Cornelius de Kort who has been involved in textiles on both sides of the Atlantic for over 45 years. Working with one Dutch and one [...]
Nipple Concealers
No matter what time of year it is there are always occasions when we need to conceal our nipples, and the big question is which ones are best? Well the short answer is there’s not much in it, but don’t always chose the cheapest or the biggest brand name. The main things to remember when [...]
Cleo AW 2010 from Sugarlesque
The 2010 AW collection from Sugarlesque features sexy plunge bodysuits with black satin appliqué hearts including high-waist stretch mesh briefs inspired by vintage styled shape wear. The entire collection is made from lightweight sheer stretch mesh fabric in black, featuring pieces that are suited as outerwear or underwear. This sexy collection will be unveiled September [...]
Plus Size Corsets Up To Dress Size 32
Online burlesque and 40’s style pin up boutique, Truecorset.com has expanded their real steel boned corsetry designs all the way up to dress size 32, especially for the curvy ladies. These real steel boned corsets reduce the waist by 2 – 4 inches as well as providing extra room for the hips and the bust [...]
PROFILE: Cake Lingerie
My name is Tracey Montford I am one of the founders and Creative Director at Cake Lingerie. Cake has been commercialised for 2 years and is a fast growing global business that is sold in over 18 countries worldwide. It is my role to come up with visual concepts for new collections i.e: stories, themes, [...]
End Of Summer Shapewear From Figleaves.com
We can’t help but notice the weather is on the change, sadly it’s a known fact that British summers aren’t amazing. Luckily every cloud has a silver lining and as the bulky blazers and cardigans pile on, Figleaves.com have the perfect solution to keep you feeling sleek under all those layers. Every girl’s (and guy’s) [...]
Henry Holland Hosiery Love it or Hate it?
Well everyone seems to be raving about the latest bold and bright styles from Henry Holland although I do wonder what all the fuss is about it myself. Whether you love them or not they do seem to be very popular this year there’s the suspender style, bold stars or long sock style, which you [...]
£10 Bras @ La Senza
La Senza have got a great new collection of reversible bras in bright and bold colours and all in plunge style to give you a real lift! You get two bras in one which is one plus but the other plus is that for a limited time you can get them for just £10 each. [...]
Ayten Gasson AW 2010
The Ayten Gasson Label continues to not only design and source in the UK, but all pieces are made in either London or Wales and trimmed using vintage lace made in Nottingham’s oldest lace mill. Each item from their skirted knickers to their hand made eye masks emphasizes the history of the British lace industry, [...]
Huit Lingerie SS11 Preview
Next Summers offerings from Huit are soft, delicate and very pretty! Sheer matt lycra with striped jacquard detail contrast for the Initiale collection which is made in a very lightweight and soft fabric. Styles include soft cup, balcony and magic air bra! Colours include nude and celadon and you’ll be able to buy them in [...]
New Look Kiss Me deadly
Kiss Me Deadly are well known for their vintage style lingerie and website and now they’ve had a re-vamp and the new look site looks great! What’s even better about the New look site is that they now have a shop, so ladies if you like top quality vintage style lingerie you can now shop [...]
20% Off Everything @ Beau Dame
This is a great Red Cross offer from Beau Dame lingerie, its 20% Off everything online while stocks last so be quick to shop before all the bargains are gone! There are some great brands to choose from so get a bargain or two today simply choose your lingerie and enter the code ‘20Mega’ at [...]
MODA Lingerie Show August 2010
Better late than never! We spent last Sunday at Moda at the NEC in Birmingham. We had a good day but a few were saying it was fairly quiet. It was nice to catch up with a few people and meet some new designers and brands. The official line from Moda is that visitor numbers [...]
Grace Wear Test Review
Initial thoughts The Grace bra in the Royce comfort collection is feminine, supportive and comfortable and the fact that its made from cotton helps to make it more suitable to warmer weather than some other bras. Fit and Shape I was sceptical about a non wired bra giving much support but as it turned out [...]
How to receive our lingerie blog posts
We’ve recently had a couple of emails asking about the ways to receive our blog posts so here’s the low down on all the ways you can connect with us. Twitter – All our blog posts and automatically tweeted so make sure you follow us and you’ll be the first to know about our latest [...]
Aqua Lift Enhancers
We all like to give ourselves good shape and a little lift and the Aqua Lift push-up pads are great for giving the appearance of lift and a fuller bust line. These are lightweight fabric cups with boosting pads in the bottom of the cups filled with water and gel. Aqua lift can be sewn [...]
