The luxurious 10-piece collection uses organic silk, cotton and jersey silk. All in navy with an autumnal pink leaf design, the collection consists of an exquisite kimono, cami set and flippy nightdress, jersey silk loungewear pyjamas with vest and long sleeve tops and a glamorous long nightdress and gown.

Produced in M&S’s first carbon neutral lingerie factory in Sri Lanka, using sustainable fabrics and dyes, the Eco-B collection combines M&S’s Plan A environmental commitment with Eco-Boudoir’s belief in “luxury with a conscience”

Gillian Ridley Whittle, Head of Lingerie buying at M&S says “It is great to work with Eco-Boudoir, a company that share M&S’s belief both in sustainable and ethical product but also beautiful, wearable lingerie and sleepwear”

Jenny White, Founder of Eco-Boudoir “We are delighted to be collaborating with M&S on this nature inspired collection as they are leading the high street in sustainable fashion and really striving to make a difference. With this collaboration it is our mission to make sustainability sexy”

Prices range from £40 up to £325 at M&S.

Launching in stores this week, images of Bar in a sexy silk stockings and suspenders and looking cute in pink heart lingerie are sure to stir up some extra sales in these tough financial times!

The ranges modeled are the Marks & Spencer Ceriso red silk bra and suspender string (£14/£8) and the heart print is from the Limited range jersey (£8/£3).

Browse all the Valentine’s Day pieces on the Marks & Spencer site!

Throughout the line a few things return: floral prints, soft & feminine colors and loads of paisley. You can browse the whole line at marksandspencers.com — but I’m afraid you’ll have to agree with me on the kimono above being the eye-catcher in the collection…

A year in construction, the public will see the results of the production first hand in July when the lingerie from this factory reaches the store racks by way of the M&S Autograph and Per Una labels. Company officials state that the prices will not be increased compared to existing lines despite the company’s sizeable investment in the plant. They also plan to phase in the Fairtrade cotton into the manufacturing over the course of the next year.

As the largest retailer of underwear in the UK, boasting a twenty-eight percent market share, M&S plans to open two more “green manufacturing” plants later in 2008 in Wales and Bangladesh to service other areas of their clothing lines.

I can see why — she looks so classy in these pictures. Lovely Noemie just gained a fan!

Corsetry is quite fashionable at the moment and these really curvaceous looks are quite market driven as well as being functional…The whole burlesque thing is driving some quite erotic, sexy lingerie looks on the high street at the moment.

Following laser-cut lingerie trends of the past year or so, M&S is also coming out with “No VPL” knickers in boyshort and Brazilian styles following a successful trial. In the same vein, underwear created with heat bonding instead of stiching will come out in autumn as part of the “body miracle” range and a “light as air” bra is in development. It aims to be the most lightweight bra available on the high street.

Marks & Spencer are now also in the midst of developing “eco-factories,” which will be quite “green” as they will be carbon neutral, use renewable energy, send no waste to the landfill, have the ability to harvest rainwater, use sun to light production areas, and use vegetation and compressed rice straw boards for building materials. The third eco-factory to be built will be based in Sri Lanka, which will be run by MAS Intimates and will make M&S lingerie.

“I came back to my apartment about an hour or two ago. There was a package by my apartment door. At first I was excited! I knew it was the multiway Marks and Spencer bra I ordered off of Ebay! Yay! It finally came! But then I was immediately confused – why was it in front of my apartment door? If a package is too big for the mailbox, the mailman almost never just leaves it. He leaves a little note that says to come pick it up at the post office. Also, the mailman can’t get past the mailroom to put it in front of my apartment door, anyway.

So I was confused but ultimately decided not to care, and I came into my apartment and sat down. I went to open the box with my Ebay bra inside. But then I saw that someone had already opened it! There was packing tape all around which someone cut, and opened up the box, (and I guess decided they didn’t want it?), and then they sat it in front of my door.

I’m so angry and creeped out by this whole situation. I knew I had thieves in my building, but seriously. I don’t even get what’s going on here. At least they were nice enough thieves to give it back to me since they didn’t want it.”

Read the full story here, she actually talks about the bra too (another dissapointment, though). Enjoy her blog!