Samantha Chang is available at Journelle, La Mode, and Kaori’s Closet among other retailers.

Hopefully this lovely robe will be at these retailers soon if it isn’t there already!

By all means, pull out all the stops in the bedroom! But what about the rest of the night, when you’re enjoying dessert or curling up in front of the fireplace? Valentine’s Day deserves something a little special and extra pretty even if you’re not leaving the house. Here are some of our favorite options for a cozy Valentine’s night in:

Figleaves Poppy Vintage Lace & Silk Set

Eberjey Anouk Chemise

Soma Sensual Printed Short Robe

Mystique Intimates Elise Chemise

Betsey Johnson Rose Print Babydoll

Hanky Panky Mini Hearts Babydoll

Julianna Rae Silken Jewel Print Set

Inspired by Queen Victoria, the Victorian Gothic era, and other things dark and exotic, the Fall/Winter collection features intricate details, interesting patterns, and intriguing designs.

Fall/Winter 1, currently available in stores, is inspired by Victorian Indian Summer with unique collections including Wild Life, a exotic, safari inspired pattern (incorporating zebra, leopard, and tiger markings!), Language of Flowers, featuring pops of a bold, floral pattern, Oriental Beauty, inspired by Persian palace architecture, Salomina, inspired by the geometry of Persian carpets, and Queer Pets, featuring an embroidered monogram as an accent to both the bras and panties.  Each group in cludes a variety of bra styles including padded plunge, padded plunge balcony, unpadded plunge balcony, and padded french balcony.  Corresponding panties include a thong, brazilian short, tanga, brief, and short.

Fall/Winter 2, Dark Fever, explores a parallel universe.  The Deamon collection, named after the wild animal alter egoes of The Golden Compass, include accent prints of snakes against raspberry red and leopard against chocolate brown.  The show stopper?  The animal print trims are zippers!  Hot!  The other collections include Dark Victoria, a classic floral lace pattern of black on grey inspired by the  elaborate mourning fashion of Queen Victoria, Beautiful Bat, black microfibre accented with leather and inspired by Victorian Gothic Horror and lady vampires, Masked Ball, black microfibre accented with ruffled elastic trim and edgy miniature gunmetal studs, Divination, featuring prints of 19th century copperplate writing and mythical creatures inspired by fortune telling and tarot cards, and Secret Society, a black stretch mesh featuring prints in silvery grey flock.  In addition to the bra and panty styles listed above, this range features a very sexy waspie in Dark Victoria, knitted top in Beautiful Bat, jersey top and eyemask in Masked Ball, suspender in Divination, and a body (aka teddy), peek-a-boo unpadded plunge, and stockings in Secret Society.

Christmas Crackers is the theme for Fall/Winter 3.  Collections include Key to Deliverance, black velvety flock on black mesh is accented by tiny patterned keys in gunmetal is inspired by A Christmas Carol, Red Xmas, a poinsettia colored collection sprinkled with glittering rhinestones, The Spirit of Christmas, styled with engraved flowers in deep purples and accented with a favorite phrase of Marlies, ‘Let me lead you elsewhere to that boundless space where your spirit is already free,’ Christmas Baubles, a ribbon braid  accented holly red microfibre celebrating the Victorian tradition of decorating a fir tree, and Global Fireworks, the Swarovski crystal adorned, Platinum collection which pays tribute to New Year’s Eve celebrations.  Again, the collection features a range of mix and match options for bras and panties and also include stockings in The Spirit of Christmas and suspenders, a babydoll, and a nightgown in Global Fireworks.

Marlies Dekkers bras range in sizes from A-F (including some maternity styles!) and panties XS-XXL.  Check Marlies Dekkers or your retailer for specifics.  Marlies Dekkers is sold at leading retailers including Journelle (where I just bought mine!), Neiman Marcus, and Honey’s Lingerie.

Very special thanks to the AMAZING photographer of all these looks – Carin Verbruggen.  What phenomenal photos!!!

Frederick's of Hollywood - $36

Natori - $160

Betsey Johnson - $70

Dreamgirl - $25

And God Created Woman - £230

Secrets In Lace - $55

Myla - £250

Cosabella - $99

Finally, Carine Gilson is purely eye candy for me! These robes are gorgeous but quite expensive – over $1,200 each!

Do you wear robes? What is your favorite style? When shopping for robes, is there something in particular that you look for, or do you just wait to find one that you love?

In the Micro Mesh range, there are four patterns (Deco Floral, Wild Paisley, Baby Bloom, and Tropical Holiday), with one arriving on the scene every month starting later this month.  In addition to a traditional babydoll and chemise, there is a more supportive, lined, built up lace chemise offering wider, adjustable straps for additional coverage.  Two piece options include here a bralette, lace cup cami, or built up lace cup cami that can be paired with either a lace back brief, lace back thong, or lace waist pant.

The soft jersey collection features solids including Black, Purple Orchid, Mandarin, and Ivory and is also mix and matchable.  In addition to the cami, chemise, babydoll, pant, thong, and brief, there is also a fabulous, easy to wear short robe.

For a more opulent look, the Silk Satin with Leavers Lace range is to die for!  Elegant Silk Satin is paired with delicate Leavers lace (from Calais, France) in a babydoll, chemise, cami, minishort, and thong.  Delightful!

Other ranges in the fall collection include Plain Powernet, Jacquard Herringbone Powernet, Jacquard Cotton Rib, and Pure Cotton.  The Samantha Chang collection retails at stores throughout the U.S. including Brooklyn Fox and La Mode Lingerie.

The official Ari Dein site gives us more of a background on the talented designer Arielle Shapiro:

“Arielle blends her past design experience within luxury brands and her fine art background with hand-selected materials, bespoke tailoring and exquisite details that make her work truly unique to the modern lingerie market. She follows a rich and authentic family tradition of timeless elegance, refined attention to detail and tireless ambition as she carries on her family legacy and name, producing ARI DEIN in the very same New York City garment district where her great grandfather worked in a sweatshop before climbing to the top of the American fur industry four generations ago.”

We asked Arielle to pick us here six favorites from the collection for TLP.

I’m already excited about what we can expect next season!

Photos: (Copyright ARI DEIN LLC 2010) (Hannah Heinrich Photography)

Plum Pudding (pictured above, left) is a rich decadent range in a deep red and the highlight piece is a bra with an innovative flexi-wire, perfect for extra support and shape without constriction.

French Vanilla (pictured above, right) is a sweet favourite featuring enticing stretch lace in angelic baby blue.

Blueberry (pictured above / released June 2010) is a special surprise featuring a deep blue vintage inspired print. This flattering collection is a real slice of heaven. Blueberry is so appealing that Cake has extended their collection to include sleepwear. There is a magnificent robe, sleep short, luxurious modal ¾ pants and a camisole with the same amazingly soft fabric. The camisole features lace straps; seam free cups for perfect comfort, drop cups for easy feeding and gathered sides for easy fit. The new sleepwear pieces are essentials for all expectant Mums.

Cake Lingerie says it “takes pride in offering lingerie indulgences to new Mums that are designed to make them feel special, products that celebrate being a women and becoming a Mother.”, and I think they’ve done a great job on their third maternity lingerie line!

For more info and a list of boutiques and e-shops, check out www.cakelingerie.co.uk

Pictured below are some of the new styles from the Josie Natori, Natori, Josie and Cruz lines. Check out Natori.com for the full new offering.

Josie: Bowery Girls Chemise ($68) and PJ set ($98)

Josie: Nightfall Chemise ($68) and Robe ($88)

Josie Natori: Mystic Chemise ($150) and Sunset Safari Chemise ($150)

Natori: Palazzo Caftan ($170) and PJ ($160)

Natori: Autumn Caftan ($170), Gown ($98) and Robe ($170)

Cruz: Urban Jungle Gown ($58), PJ ($78) and Robe ($78)

See the clip featuring Jewel in the Black Bohemian Rhapsody Dame Robe (which I also happen to own!) shown to the left.  Want to see more of the beautiful robes and wraps from Daddy’s Favorite?  See the entire collection on the Daddy’s Favorite website.

Order online or search the rapidly expanding list of stockists for a store near you.  Enjoy!

With names like Snowplush, Cozy, Polar Star, Holiday Dots and Ultra Soft, you cannot go wrong when purchasing one of these housecoats either to wear yourself on a cold night staying home or to give to a friend as a gift. They look great with other pieces of the La Senza lingerie group such as the camisoles or bras and panties. Add some cute sayings emblazoned on the backs of the robes in embroidery or metallic patches and they become chic lounge wear.

In long or short lengths, shawl collars or hooded, complete with pockets and tie belts, these playful robes designed with hearts, polka dots and animals are made in a variety of colours including fuschia fantasy, palace blue, lime green, royal quartz, cosmo red, jujube pink, and the old standbys black and white.

Although La Senza does offer considerable discounts for multiple purchases on selected items such as bras and pyjama bottoms, the robes do not carry any discounts. But I did notice that when I placed a robe in my shopping cart, there was a ten percent discount for customers that hold the La Senza Prestige Card. Personally I think it is great when customers are rewarded for their purchases with actual cash instead of free bags and token gifts that no one uses. Plus in this tough economy, being rewarded with cold, hard cash is a pleasant surprise!