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Konrad: Polish Lingerie

June 14, 2008 by Rene

In this series, TLP will narrow our coverage of lingerie around the globe and focus on the country of Poland. Poland has a long history of textile manufacturing and since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Poland has been embracing market economies. Freed from quotas and mandated manufacturing, many Polish textile companies are stepping on to the world stage.

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TLP has featured Konrad earlier this year. Konrad started in 1990 like many of the Polish lingerie companies. Konrad sees their market as Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Kazakhstan. With nearly 10 years of designs, Konrad’s collections are becoming more refined over time. You can see most of their designs in the thumbnails at the end of this article.

The site is available in Russian, Polish, and English. You can find Konrad at the company store in Poland. Free Spirit, Always Beautiful, and Cupid Lingerie carry the brand for English speakers.

Photos courtesy of Konrad Lingerie.

Roza: another Polish lingerie label

November 24, 2007 by Mandolina

We just featured Konrad two days ago, and today we’re back with a second Polish lingerie label sold at the relatively new husband-and-wife owned Cupid Lingerie e-boutique. Jason and Rachel describe Roza as less of a fashion brand than Konrad, producing sexy, wearable, mostly black and white lingerie. They specialize in strings and thongs, although they do produce bras also.

I’m actually a fan. Affordable, daring pieces — excellent designs without being super-innovative. I do get somewhat of a “I’ve seen this before”-feel, but probably not at these prices. I’m definatly trying Roza out. 😀

Hope you enjoyed the pics — more are on the Cupid Lingerie site!

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Konrad Lingerie: Polish, but high-end?

November 22, 2007 by Mandolina

Konrad, a Polish label sold at online retailer Cupid Lingerie is completely new to me. I asked shopkeepers Jason and Rachel Stanley of Cupid Lingerie to introduce me to the brand, and this is what they told me:

Konrad is one of the high end lingerie brands in Poland. They were established in 1990, and are sold in most of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. I know that probably conjures up images of Russion shot-putters and steel reinforced bras, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact I understand before the war Warsaw was a major centre for fine lingerie in Europe. Konrad produces fashion lingerie. They have a permanent collection and release new collections a couple of times each year. Konrad bras are made by hand, using very high quality materials, much of it from France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.

The quality of construction is very high, and the bras are a very well fitting. We’ve been realy impressed with the stock that has arrived. The embroidery is good quality, and they are all finished off well. Most of the Konrad bras are push up bras (with removable soft pad inserts).

I like the photos attached. I still feel like “I have to see this before I’m convinced”, but I’ll probably be doing that in the near future. I promise to keep you all posted!