Lingerie party

Cosabella and Urban Boudoir Event for Brides-to-Be!

September 20, 2009 by Krista

Are you a Bride-to-Be? Join Cosabella and Urban Boudoir as they celebrate your upcoming nuptials. You and a guest are invited to the Cosabella midtown Manhattan showroom to create your custom lingerie registry with Cosabella’s bridal specialists. Additionally, you’ll have a chance to meet Urban Boudoir’s highly talented photographers and stylists who can help you create your own personalized, private boudoir photo shoot. And that’s not all! Each bride-to-be will receive a gift from Cosabella’s 2010 Bridal Collection along with exclusive specials on Urban Boudoir’s services.

Since this is such a fabulous event, space is limited. To attend the event, which will take place on October 15th between 6 pm and 8 pm, you must RSVP to RSVP@cosabella.com. Cosabella’s showroom is located at 40 East 34th Street, Suite 1101 (between Madison and Park Avenues).

Enjoy!

Knickerbox’ Autumn/Winter 2009 Collection

July 27, 2009 by Mandolina

Knickerbox (Exclusively available at Ann Summers stores, online and now at Ann Summers Parties) brand new Autumn/Winter collection launches in stores and online this week. The truly beautiful collection is fronted by model, actress and all-round socialite Florence Brudenell-Bruce (well known from her relationship with Jenson Button which ended last year), who is currently enjoying a successful Bollywood career while modelling for Knickerbox. The new range concentrates on what Knickerbox does best – beautiful lingerie and gorgeous nightwear that are fabulous value for money, perfect for all shapes, sizes and budgets. The softest satin-trimmed everyday bras in jersey cotton and rouched chiffon have a seamless fit, making you feel fabulous, and to compliment these extra special everyday ranges Knickerbox also has its signature glamour and fashion collections.

Using key fashion colours for the season to create the colour palette, the ranges have something to offer everyone. ‘Angel Bow’ is a girly favourite, with it’s sweet pink chiffon and bow print. Choose from Bra (£14), Brief (£6), Cami (£12) or Thong (£4) in this gorgeous range that is great value for money. Selected ranges are available up to an F cup at no extra cost, giving larger busts a glamour boost. For Autumn/Winter and Christmas, Knickerbox is all about adding that little something extra to give the customer great value.

Back by popular demand, Knickerbox has placed a renewed focus on nightwear for Autumn/Winter ’09, launching an extensive range featuring the softest jersey cotton, silkiest satin and fluffiest robes to make its customers both look and feel lovely all night long. Pretty pyjama mix and match sets come in a variety of shapes and styles, and all have that famous Knickerbox soft-touch feel. Choose to lounge around in a cute cami top with jersey palazzos or shorts in prints and tartans, or opt for a satin wrap over a delicate babydoll set for an instant injection of flirty va-va-voom for dull winter nights. What’s more, with Knickerbox’s recent introduction of exclusive ranges into Ann Summers Parties, customers can even hold Lingerie parties with their friends and have a girly fun night in!

Shop now at AnnSummer.com!

How to Host a Lingerie Shower

May 15, 2009 by Kelly

Summer is almost upon us where I live in the US, and that means that many brides are planning for their warm-weather weddings! If you are hosting a bridal shower soon, you might want to consider a lingerie theme – after all, a bridal shower is the perfect time to treat a bride-to-be to some pretty things to take on her honeymoon! After you’ve finalized the guest list and set a date (and made sure that the bride is comfortable with the theme), it’s time to start working on the details that will make this bridal shower truly special.

To have a party like this, the bride must be willing to give up her sizing information so her guests can purchase things that will actually fit her! This is a great time for her to head out for a professional fitting if she hasn’t had one lately. You can include the sizing information with the invitations, or the bride can create wishlists/registries on many lingerie sites including Secrets In Lace, Boudiche, and Hips & Curves. She can also set up a wishlist on sites like Amazon or Wishlist, which let her add any item from any website to her wishlist.

Now it’s time to send out the party invitations! There are plenty of lingerie-themed invitations available. I like looking at Etsy.com for unique and relatively inexpensive stationary from a wide variety of sellers. The invitation pictured here is from CraveDesign and is specifically designed to include a page of sizing information! Be sure to specify the theme on the invitation.

The party itself should be pretty, decadent, and feminine, just like lingerie! Be sure to include flowers, wine, and candles. The little details will makethe difference here – everyone expects snacks, but your guests will be impressed if you use lingerie cookie cutters to make on-theme desserts. If you plan to play shower games, you can even reward winners with lingerie. Of course, you don’t know what size the winner will be, so Hanky Panky thongs (or the Victoria’s Secret knockoffs) are a great idea because they are one-size-fits-most! You could also give away gift cards to local lingerie boutiques. When it’s time to say goodbye, send your guests home with a pretty party favor. You could hand out lingerie drawer sachets or inexpensive one-size-fits-most stockings, like these from Yandy.com (only $2.66 each with coupon code lingeriepost).

Have fun at your party, and let us know how it went! Before you buy a gift for the bride, be sure to check out our sales section to make sure you get the best deal!

Soft Paris Lingerie

April 17, 2009 by Rene

Soft Paris is an interesting collection of store, web front, home parties, and lifestyle magazine. You may have seen the brand when they received some notoriety for their homage to the iPod commercial, but this time with, ahem, something more adult. You can use the link to go see the video at YouTube.

Soft Paris has several lifetimes of adult products in their inventory, but they also have a pretty cute lingerie offering. Currently, the have three collections: Los Angeles, So Ho, and Rio. These pictures are from the three collections.

The entire offering comes in your basic black. A few pieces come in some alternate colours like deep pink, red, and white. Rio is mostly knickers, and mostly strings at that with plenty of side ties, back ties, and laced up ties for each offering. Soho has camis, corsets, and long bras. Los Angeles boasts a few baby dolls, some French can-can knickers, and a long dress.

Prices range from 20-49 € per piece. I’m unsure about the quality of the garments, but I think it would be a nice home party to see these things up close. If you live in France and are familiar with the brand, leave a message.

Photos courtesy of Soft Paris

Charlott’ Home Party Lingerie from France

November 1, 2008 by Brenda

Home party lingerie has not always been very fashionable nor did it really follow any trends. It tended to be uncomfortable and ill fitting without any elegance or glamour. But several companies have shown that lingerie sold exclusively through home party plans can be just as sexy, just as glamourous and just as luxurious as high-end labels. An excellent example of one of those companies is Charlott’ lingerie from France. And since French lingerie has always been the epitome of decadent undergarments, it is no surprise that a home party plan company would offer designer style lingerie.

Luckily for us, Charlott’ has recently launched the Fall 2008 “Attitude” collection of men’s and women’s undergarments. Each female model is photographed with snowboard or ski equipment in a rustic cabin in the snow capped mountains. This artistic backdrop actually makes the garments more appealing as they stand out quite splendidly in the ambience. Further to the photography, the creative names of the collections such as “Ange des neiges (snow angels)”, “Bleuet des Alpes (blueberry of the Alps)”, and “Douce méditation (quiet or soft meditation)” really inspire us to look fabulous.

Undoubtedly, a gorgeous collection, my favourite is the “Volupté” bra and panties in pretty pink and white spiral pattern with dark pink ribbing around the outline of the cups and along the sides of the panties. Each are finished off with sweet little bows for added refinement. “Braises ardentes” is a breathtaking design of red embroidered butterflies on black bra and panty ensemble in either string, regular or thong styled bottoms.

Classic whites, discreet beiges and bright reds in bras, panties and camisoles really shout out “designer lingerie”.