New Lily Gold Label from What Katie Did
What Katie Did, a favorite brand for retro-revival lingerie, has just released their first What Katie Did Gold Label range! The luxuriously designed Lily range uses limited edition lace Katie found in Paris last September. Later, when looking through old vintage pieces, they found a late ’40s underwire bra Katie found in Portobello over 10 [...]
January 24, 2009 by Kelly
Filed under New collection, Retro Lingerie, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did
What Katie Did Gold Label
On 15th January 2009 What Katie Did launch their Gold Label range. What Katie Did Gold Label will be a forward order line, with the first range being available exclusively through What Katie Did.
What Katie Did Gold Label will be more exclusive than their standard lines, using more expensive fabrics and being aimed at the [...]
December 16, 2008 by Mandolina
Filed under New collection, Press Releases, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did
What Katie Did Fashion Show
Retro lingerie company What Katie Did recently held a fashion show showing off new styles for fall: corsets, lingerie sets, Glamour shapewear, and the Striptease collection! Fabulous burlesque stars of all shapes and sizes breathed more life into it than most fashion runways, so it’s worth a watch just for the show! Below [...]
September 21, 2008 by Kelly
Filed under Catwalk, Video, What Katie Did
“A Glimpse of Stocking” Lingerie Show
If you are a retro lingerie fan living in or around London, you should know that What Katie Did will be having a fashion show open to the public to release the new Autumn/Winter ‘08 line. The show, named “A Glimpse of Stocking,” will be held the evening of Friday, September 12, at the Soho [...]
July 2, 2008 by Kelly
Filed under Catwalk, Retro Lingerie, What Katie Did
New Styles from What Katie Did
What Katie Did has been focused on building a range of good basics in recent years, but this Summer they decided to have a bit more fun with some new limited edition lines. The Hello Sailor range is very limited – only 18 sailor suits are available! The sailor suit comes with navy blue [...]
May 4, 2008 by Kelly
Filed under Bralette, Corsets, Katie Halford, Knickers, New collection, What Katie Did
Burlesque Workshops at What Katie Did
London boutique What Katie Did is teaming up with burlesque costumier Ruby Rouge to offer burlesque costuming workshops! Anyone in the London area (or anyone willing to travel!) can make reservations for classes on how to craft her own pasties/nipple tassels or fascinators (burlesque/cocktail hats). The classes (£35 and £45, respectively) will have all necessary [...]
January 21, 2008 by Kelly
Filed under Burlesque, Nipple tassels, Pasties, Ruby Rouge, What Katie Did
La Magia’s Winter Sale!
We’ve forgotten La Magia’s January in our post earlier this week — so here’s a little update! The luxury-e-boutique has a fab sale on at the moment, with some really deep discounts on some great brands like Made By Niki, Little Lingerie Company, What Katie Did, etc…
Check it all out right here on the [...]
January 10, 2008 by Mandolina
Filed under A Little Lingerie Company, La Magia, Made by Niki, Sales, What Katie Did, Winter
A big list of January Sales!
Straight from our popular sales page: bookmark it!
Clearance Sale at Henry and June
Up to 60% off
Victoria’s Secret Semi-Anuual Sale
Now in stores and online!
Winter Clearance at Bare Necessities
25%-50% off select styles from Le Mystere, Panache, Wacoal, and more
New Year Sale at Glamorous Amorous
Up to 75% select styles by Frankly Darling, Patrick and Skinner, and [...]
January 7, 2008 by Bert
Filed under A Brief Affair, Bargains, Discount Lingerie, Figleaves, Glamorous Amorous, Henry and June, Kiki de Montparnasse, Mio Destino, PureDecadence, Sales, Samantha Lingerie, SilkStorm, Smart Ass Gals, StockinGirl, Victoria's Secret, What Katie Did
What Katie Did January Sale coming up!
You’ll find no namby-pamby ‘10% offs’ at the What Katie Did sale. Corsets and lingerie is reduced by up to 50%. The pink Lulu set to your left is now reduced to: bra £20 (was £35), suspender belt £20 (was £30) and knickers £15 (were £25). Unfortunately the pink stockings aren’t in the sale but [...]
December 12, 2007 by Mandolina
Filed under Bra, Knickers, Retro Lingerie, Sales, Stockings, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did
What Katie Did petitions parliament to ‘Bring Back Stockings!’
Friday 19th October has been designated ‘National Stockings Day’ and retro lingerie company What Katie Did has teamed up with the Hurly Burly burlesque troupe to deliver their ‘Bring Back Stockings’ petition to parliament. The invention of tights should have meant the end for stockings, but whilst the sales of tights continue to fall stocking [...]
October 26, 2007 by Mandolina
Filed under Burlesque, Charity, Charnos, Events, Lingerie News, Nigella Lawson, Retro Lingerie, Stockings, The Hurly Burly Girls, Tights, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did
1950’s Underwired Bra inspires What Katie Did
Every once in a while, we’ll have someone write a story FOR us. Why? Because they have something amazing to say. Here’s news from What Katie Did’s Katie Halford:
At What Katie Did we’ve always worked from vintage patterns (40s to early 60s) but bras were causing us a problem as most women today prefer [...]
September 5, 2007 by Bert
Filed under Bra, Burlesque, Katie Halford, Retro Lingerie, Underwire Bra, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did
What Katie Did Lingerie AW 2007
Autumn/Winter 2007 looks like being the most decadent What Katie Did season yet. They’ve looked to 1930s Berlin for inspiration with luxurious fabrics including velvet and organza — resulting in beautiful vintage corsets that will pretty much dazzle any warm-blooded creature. All the “What Katie Did”-corsets are handmade by one corsetier from start to finish, [...]
August 30, 2007 by Mandolina
Filed under Bra, Burlesque, Corsets, Garter Belt, Handmade Lingerie, Katie Halford, Knickers, Retro Lingerie, Suspenders, Underwire Bra, Vintage lingerie, What Katie Did






