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Lingerie Essentials: Strapless Bra

Posted by on April 12, 2012 at 8:37 am in Bra, Bra Styles, lingerie, underwear
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A strapless bra is an essential for any woman who loves lingerie. A woman who knows her fashion knows that it can enhance their assets as well as make their outfit more appealing and more pleasing to the eye.

A good strapless bra provides support and style to its wearer. Getting one is the first step if you want to expose those beautiful shoulders. It’s also the perfect choice for those elegant evening dresses, as you would be able to move freely and look more attractive without those bra straps at bay.

A strapless bra made of good quality is also a practical choice, since most of them are convertible– meaning you can snap straps on to it depending on what style you’d like, and remove it easily if your outfit calls for it. Everything is made easy!

Remember that strapless bras are a necessity if you want to look fashionable and stay in comfort.

La Lilouche Introduces Sexy Lingerie

Posted by on January 27, 2012 at 5:02 pm in Bra, Bra Styles, Bras, corsets, lingerie, underwear
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An Israeli designer has introduced sexy lingerie. Israel based designer Liya Amar has launched La Lilouche and its newest sexy lingerie pieces, which a lot of fashion pundits say are a mixture of naughty and nice.

Liya Amar said that her new sexy lingerie line includes intimates that use silk, satin silk, Swarovski crystals and chantilly lace. These, she says, add more curiosity to her sexy lingerie pieces. She added that she also uses other luxurious materials in order to add more allure to her sexy lingerie line.

Liya Amar started her professional designing career in 2010. Amar started La Lilouche in an effort to showcase pieces that highlight femininity and the female curves. She says that the sexy lingerie pieces included in La Lilouche Cosmic Love collection are geared towards women who want to embrace their femininity and who are not afraid to showcase their being females.

One piece is the “Alexa” lace bodysuit. This sexy lingerie item even has gemstones down the middle of the back. The item is made of sheer lace. The second sexy lingerie piece is the “George” balconette corset bra. The said corset bra is in a rich merlot colour and then finished off with black organza trimmings as well as Swarovski crystals. The third sexy lingerie piece included in La Lilouche is “Charlotte,” which is included specifically in the bridal lingerie line. A 1950’s inspired piece, the “Charlotte” sexy lingerie item has a bloomer design and is reminiscent of the old fashioned maids.

British Glamour

Posted by on December 8, 2011 at 11:08 am in Bra, Bra Styles, Bras, lingerie
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The Victoria and Albert Museum is currently hosting a new exhibition in its Fashion Galleries.  Running until May 2012, the exhibition is called: ‘Ball gowns: British Glamour Since 1950’.   The display features over 60 dresses all of which are created by British designers.  This new exhibition is a ‘must’ for all who are interested in how evening dresses have evolved, dating from the debutante balls of the 1950’s, state occasions and on to those impressive rBritish Glamour ed carpet events.

To visualise a typical debutante ball gown of the 1950’s there would have been an exuberant amount of trimming such as black cotton net encrusted with sequins.  Typically this style ball gown is strapless, a nude strapless bra would be recommended to wear. The underskirt was stiffened with three layers of stiff net, one layer of starched black muslin and a taffeta under slip and the top was shaped and padded.

The singer Beyonce wore a dress featured in the exhibition whilst on stage performing at Barack Obama’s inauguration ball in 2009.  Her dress is a beautiful satin creation.  Diana, the Princess of Wales looked poised and graceful when she wore one of the featured dresses.  Yet another dress was worn by the late Queen Mother.  The Queen’s dress designer in the 1950’s, Norman Hartnell, has some dresses displayed too.  An Atsuko Kudo creation (leading designer of Fetish clothing) has been photographed on the fashion model Georgia Frost, to advertise the event, along with dresses by Worth of London and Hardy Amies.

Miuccia Prada never considers joining “fast fashion” trend

Posted by on March 17, 2011 at 12:26 pm in Bra Styles
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Fashion designer Miuccia Prada stressed that she will stay in creating designer clothes rather than take the easy road and produce mass market items. She is known for designing clothes that take account of a woman’s curves and at the same time communicating intelligence as well as a sense of fun. As a busty lady herself, she’s not shyed away from taking into account big bra sizes .
In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Prada said that she never considered the possibility at all. She explained that she doesn’t like that idea of producing a “bad copy” of what was produced by a high fashion brand. She clarified that she’s not opposed to the idea of creating something out of an existing creation as long as it is not a “bad copy.”
The designer admits that it is hard to just concentrate on producing designer clothes as there’s an increase of mass market producers out there. She stressed that the reason why her designer clothes cost more than others is that she will have to pay for the research, designers, manufacturing of the clothes (which are all done in Europe)and investigations into the dimensions of “real women” with innovative new bra styles. It appears that quality is at the top of Prada’s priority list along with making clothes for real women.