New Collection from Morgana Femme Couture

I always love seeing the designs from Morgana Femme Couture, and this new collection of stunners is no exception! There are some new underbust corsets with matching nipple pasties.

MFC also designed two new cupped overbust designs because they have been so popular since the initial release – the cupped design supports your breasts without squishing them too far upward (a common problem with traditional overbust corsets).

The most exquisite new design is this red satin cupped longline corset with embroidered lace overly. It is completely hand beaded, sequined, and crsytallized with genuine red Swarovski rhinestones.

Visit the Morgana Femme Couture website for more details or to order your own!

Agent Provocateur’s Iona Bodysuit Makes the Rounds

Last year, Agent Provocateur released the Season of the Witch collection, which included Iona, the leopard-print bodysuit. The bodysuit was popular at the time but is still making press months later. It seems to be quite a favorite of fashion spreads and celebrity outings!

First, we saw it on Daisy Lowe. She wore it on the runway and in the product photoshoot, and was also spotted wearing it to a Henry Holland party in September 2008:

That November, Lily Allen covered up a bit more with denim shorts:

Scarlett Johannson wore it in an Allure photoshoot for the December 2008 issue:

In the same month, Heidi Klum wore it as part of her GQ Italy shoot (cheating on Victoria’s Secret!):

Arena dressed Freida Pinto in the bodysuit for their February 2009 issue:

In March, Christina Aguilera was brave enough to wear this skimpy number as an outfit to Perez Hilton’s birthday party:

Most recently, Katy Perry was featured in Esquire’s May 2009 issue:

It’s steamy, there’s no doubt about that, but I’m surprised so many magazines chose to dress their models in the same way. If you’ve seen it on anyone else, let us know! Of the ladies pictured above, who do you think wears it the best?

Design a Logo, Win £100 in Stockings

StockingsHQ is updating their website and they need a new logo! So they’re turning to you, lingerie lovers and customers, to help them design it. Here’s their current logo:

Think you can do better? StockingsHQ’s recent email newsletter included these contest details:

It’s going to be the biggest change to the site since it began nearly a decade ago, and will be right at the cutting edge of Web 2.0 technology (which means lots of interactivity all your social networking malarkey) and more.

So, a thought occurred… why not open up the design process and have a logo competition. The rules are simple:

1. You can invent/create/design a new logo (and possibly slogan) for Stockings HQ using any font, colour scheme and design elements you like. It can be just a logo or a whole design treatment for the front page of the site. It has to be done on a computer but you can use any software you like.

2. All you have to do is email a JPEG or GIF to me (david@stockingshq.com) by the closing date of July 18th.

3. I’ll post the entries to a page on the site and work out some way of letting people vote on them.

4. The person who submits the winner (chosen by a combination of visitor votes and an editorial judging process) will get £100 to spend in the Stockings HQ shop.

5. We can’t guarantee to actually use it on the site (I haven’t seen any of the entries yet, so that would be a bit too much of a gamble!) but if it’s absolutely spot on, and you give us permission, it could well become the new official design for the site.

6. I’m sure I’ve missed something important, as it’s late at night and I’m sleep deprived, so I reserve the right to publish a more comprehensive set of rules on the site in due course.

7. And that’s it! Time to get creative…

If you have what it takes, head over to StockingsHQ.com to get a feel for the site. If you enter, be sure to let us all know in the forum so the TLP community can vote for your design!

Bare Necessities Now Offering Swimwear!

As if the sunny weather wasn’t enough to make me happy these days?  My favorite online retailer, BareNecessities.com, has now expanded their selection to include swimwear!  Freya, Fantasie, and Miraclesuit provide us well-endowed ladies (through a GG cup!) with fashionable choices for our summers at the beach!  Since I already am a happy and proud owner of the Freya Vodkatini set in Cocoa, I’m considering the Malibu Lagoon.  Decisions, decisions.

Head over there soon to choose from these suits and many more!  And while you’re there, check out the great BN Staff Picks for the summer from T-shirt bras to VPL-eliminating panties for all of your summer favorites from white pants to clingy dresses.  Happy shopping!

Elizabeth O’Brien – Aspiring Lingerie Designer

Elizabeth O’Brien is not one of the De Montfort University students taking a direct approach to becoming a lingerie designer. Elizabeth combined fashion design studies with a lot of self-teaching about lingerie and undergarments – resulting in a very personal and very passionate way of working with lingerie.

We had a sit-down with the aspiring lingerie designer and asked her some questions.

Elizabeth, how did you get involved with lingerie design?
I have always liked the structure and mystique of lingerie and after the first year of my BA (hons) Fashion Studies degree, I realised that underwear was where my passion and strengths were. I then started reading history and the changing meanings behind underwear and started to direct as many of my projects as possible in this direction. Most of my construction ability is self taught, through books, experimentation and logic.

What are your lingerie-related dreams?
I dream about providing women with the highest level of customer service, to develop a loyal and regular customer. Along with a product that gives the perfect fit and provides women with confidence. I also hope to become as ecologically sound as possible because in today’s climate I think it is important to consider your impact on the planet and the people within it.

How would you describe your work?
My work is very feminine and considerate of the senses. All the fabrics I chose are soft to touch and gentle on sensitive skin. Although most of the colours I use are pale, I also like bright and rich colours, so what I produce depends on concept and my mood. I love detail such as beads and fabric manipulation; this being a strong feature to my recent all white collection, where I used marble shibore and pleating as well as my beaded jewellery technique. I feel it is important for women to embrace their body and find confidence within it; I love curves and often try to enhance them within my designs. I try to design lingerie that is sexy in a feminine way.

Where do you see yourself in five years?
Hopefully in five years I will be managing the design or buying sector of a company; I am highly organised so I have always felt my strengths would be in management, once I had established myself in the industry and was confident in making decisions for the brand. I have also always wanted my own stores where I could deliver a great and personal service to the consumer but I don’t foresee that happening for quite a long time.

Want more info on Elizabeth O’Brien – elizabethobrien.weebly.com.

Purrfect Pineapples from Canada

Purrfect Pineapples is a lingerie shop from Ontario, Canada.

Purrfect Pineapples has been owned and operated by fashion designer Erika Shuhendler since 2004. Cruelty-free means that everything we produce is sweat-shop and animal free. Most of our garments are hand silk-screened, and everything is professionally sewn and serged for a high-quality product. Our artistic influences range from tattoo imagery to Japanese street fashion and everything in between. Our products are hand-made and original. This means that while our garments may cost a bit more than your average mall item, you are paying for fair wages, quality and an original product.

The bras are all soft cup and generally look like some variation of the triangle bra. Black and purple dominate the colours being used through out the collection.

Knickers are between $32 and $55 US. There are bikini cut knickers (most near the $32) and “Ruffle Butt Panties” for $55. Below, are the hot pink and black silkscreened diamond ruffle-butt panties and the lilac mesh ruffle-butt panties. Both are $55 for S,M,L while XL or Custom is an additional $5.

Suspenders are also available. The “basic” comes in a dozen or more colour choices and just as many coloured bow choices to adorn the suspenders. Suspenders in M or L are $47 US and $5 more for XL or custom.

Erika also offers a limited number of corsets for $200.

Find out more about Purrfect Pineapples by reading their FAQ. All photos are from the Purrfect Pineapples web site.

Roksanda Ilinci for Damaris

High-end UK designer Roksanda Ilinci is actually quite famous in the fashion world for her eye-catching collabo’s, but this collaboration with Damaris is a little more than a sidestep from her usual work.

“An exciting collaboration between Damaris and Roksanda Ilincic is presented as a limited edition capsule collection for Spring/Summer 2009. Inspired by the idea of lingerie pieces as beautiful items rather than undergarments, each piece is specially draped, twisted and hand finished with delicate raw edged silk chiffon, silk organza, complimented with Swarovski crystals covered in silk chiffon.”

Roksanda Ilinci designed a beautiful haute couture lingerie line with Damaris, and even though prices are anything but cheap – some of these are actually already sold out on the Damaris site.

So – if you want one of these incredible superpieces, act fast!

Camilla Constance Lingerie – Upcoming & Exciting

The luxury lingerie market sees the debut of CAMILLA CONSTANCE’s first collection for S/S 2010. Seducing women with french lace the knicker line is a dedication to the sensuality of garters, bringing them away from their traditional association with hosiery to a wearable part of any women’s knicker collection. The S/S 2010 Collection meshes elegance and intrigue, traditional beauty and modern empowerment with the delicacy of french lace and the sheen of satin.

The S/S 2010 Collection was inspired by the desire to celebrate the garter. The garter brings geometry and structure to the delicate lace and provides a sense of depth to the lace’s fine intricacy. Certain pieces of the collection have been created with removable bottom pieces, bringing versatility and hailing the empowerment of lingerie in its ability to provide possibility for all those who wear it. In addition each piece is named as to spark possibility such as “she loosened his tie, and..” or “she locked the door behind him, and…”

Already quoted as “One to Watch” by Lingerie Buyer Magazine (June 2009) the line will be at the Margin Trade Show in London this August 2009. More previews on www.camillaconstance.com.

Pleasure State Lingerie Spring/Summer ‘09-’10

Pleasure State understands the importance of looking stylishly beautiful together with the experience of luxurious comfort. The relationship between cutting edge fashion and flawless fit is something women are on the eternal search for. It is this ever present ideal that Pleasure State has harnessed, creating a stunning collection resonating the architectural structures and designs of the opulent movements of Art Deco, Art Nouveau and illustrious architect Antoni Gaudi.

These elegant forms and decorative art transcends through Pleasure State’s Spring/Summer ‘09-’10 designs for each of its four labels – Pleasure State Couture, Pleasure State White Label, Pleasure State VIP and Pleasure State My Fit.

Pleasure State Couture

Recognised for its brilliance in cutting edge design and edgy, sexy glamour, Pleasure State Couture for Spring/Summer brings forth a collection that exudes luxury and decadence inspired by the innovative structure of Art Deco design.

Embodying the form of elegant and stylish modernism, Pleasure State Couture has designed a collection reminiscent of the opulent Art Deco era. The lavishness and rich festive character of Art Deco has been emulated with a modern twist for this indulgent collection.

Seductive fabrics, vibrant textures and delicate lace are combined to produce dramatic pieces for this season. Pleasure State’s iconic pleated chiffon have been inset with pleated lace, luxurious stretch silk satin adorned with lace inserts, and exotic ‘eyelash’ Leavers lace trimmed with Swarovski crystals all help set the feel for this glamorous collection.

Dusty blues, misty pinks, striking silver and crimson ruby make up the dramatic colour palette, creating an amazingly vivid contrast that highlights Pleasure State Couture’s innovative structure and design.

Captivating corsets and camisoles steal the show with a lustrous edge, with it, the ability to transcend from the bedroom to the social scene. A seductive array of coordinates laced with Swarovski crystals, rouse the sensuality from within.

Pleasure State White Label

For Spring/Summer, Pleasure State White Label touches on the decorative art movement that is Art Nouveau.

Resonating the enigmatic foundation of Art Nouveau, Pleasure State has created a collection filled with flowing lines, graceful foliate forms, and intricate motifs. With ornate embroidery, exquisite prints and brilliant gleaming threads, Pleasure State White Label has encapsulated with unrestrained energy, the form, colour and line of this significant art period.

Classic Chantilly lace, glistening opaque satin with dainty lace edgings, and exquisite printed stretch satin with delicate lace feature trims, comprise the fabrics that are the foundation of this collection. A colour medley consisting of the perfect blend of pastel pink and glitter beige, misty blue and creamy vanilla, earthy brown amongst sultry pink and crimson ruby fused with onyx black. Such hues represent the flirtatious, sophisticated yet soft and romantic feel that Pleasure State White Label symbolises.

This season brings an assortment of cheeky skirted thongs, french knickers, and culottes, along with an enticing array of tops and underwire camisoles, beautiful teddys and deluxe corsets. Combined they craft an extraordinary collection, drenched in rich, faultless style.

Pleasure State VIP

To beautifully reveal and support a fuller bust, with elegance and luxurious comfort, Pleasure State VIP has created a collection for Spring/Summer that is reminiscent of prestigious Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi and his flair for architectural design.

Ode to Gaudi, Pleasure State VIP has fashioned cascades and curves, elaborate in rich ornate details to complete a collection that focuses on the beautiful silhouette that is the Pleasure State VIP woman.

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Naughty Janet Summer 2009 Lingerie

Once Upon A Time… Janet was exceptionally Naughty and created a decadently dark collection purely for hedonistic lust, telling a daringly feminine tale of all things forbidden… What is not forbidden is not craved! Janet Reger’s sexier line is doing great, and this collection might be even sexier than the ones we’ve seen before…

“Loose yourself in an enchanting world of fantasy where your wildest dreams can become reality and cast your imagination over a land of fairy tale and make believe.

As the nightfall draws in, immerse yourself in desire and succumb to your imagination, spot nets veil the body whilst chiffons flirt with lace, ribbon and ruffles. Precious jewels adorn womanly curves as crystals, jets and pearls tantalise and shimmer in the twilight. After dark provocation leads to exposure – seek the secrets through diamante-embellished layers.”

Luxury eye masks, whips and satin ties, bejewelled handcuffs and lacquered spankers. Seductive silhouettes in passionate reds, luscious pinks and deep blacks. I love the boned corsets and waspies – I adore the lacy skirts and the awesome open triangle bras, babydolls and knickers. Naughty Janet at its best!

“Fall in Lust and love fashionably ever after…”

More photos on TLP as soon as possible (yes, a little censored, but hey…), current Naughty Janet collections at naughtyjanet.com!

Belabumbum Fall/Winter 2009 Preview

Thanks to Belabumbum’s favorite photographer Alex Solmssen we have these great photos of Belabumbum’s Fall/Winter 2009 lingerie and loungewear collection.

More info on the apparel soon on the Belabumbum site – photos thanks to Alex Solmssen/FotonovaNYC.

Summer Unmentionables 2009 courtesy of Donna Karan and DKNY

We haven’t had Donna Karan Intimates or DKNY Intimates on TLP as much as we should have in the past, but we hope to change that with this great new summer collections…

Donna Karan Intimates

It’s the time to invest in intimate foundations; every woman needs a modern support system. Pamper yourself with classic underpinnings that flatter your figure. The Donna Karan Core Assortment Collection offers unsurpassed fabrics and unprecedented innovations. This collection includes featherweight t-shirt bras for casual moments, unlined bras for ultimate comfort and hipsters that gently lift and cradle. For ultimate functionality, the satin multi-way bra will transform for any off-the-shoulder or t-back ensemble. These pieces sculpt with style and sophistication. Go classic in sexy black or soft and flirtatious in the tastiest of taupes.

DKNY Intimates

The DKNY Intimates collection is full of electric beauty paired with chic practicality! With sweltering afternoons on the horizon it’s time to revamp the items that lie closest to the skin. The season’s hottest trends in lingerie are represented throughout the collection with flirtatious demi bras, trendy menswear inspired pieces and amazing floral details. DKNY offers a deluxe one-stop shop for summer’s best intimates.

As the weather warms, bare some skin in luxuriously flirty lingerie. Give in to trend with the allure of sexy sheer lace and classic plaid touches. You’ll look and feel your best in underpinnings masterfully designed for comfort and shape. Show off your straps with The Kinetic Sexy Bra. The Flirty Short offers a fresh take on underwear, with just the right amount of coverage accentuates your assets in all of the right places.

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