OMG… I love this lookbook so, so, so much. It is perfection. To be honest, I’d never even heard of Beautifully Undressed before last week and now I want them to take all my money. That is the power of a gorgeous lookbook. As I’ve mentioned a few times on TLA, I really adore this trend of designers and boutiques putting together their own, fashion-forward, editorially driven photoshoots. Though they’re […]
Ava Corsetry is a new lingerie brand out of the UK, and, as the name suggests, the designer Danielle Cowan specializes in corsets. However, she also has some perfectly lovely pieces of lingerie sprinkled among this first collection, and you may even recognize the sheer half slip from Catherine’s report on Mode City Paris from earlier this year. While I’ll always love a good corset, I have to admit the […]
I must confess… I heard about MERE Basics several months ago, just after S/S 2014 Lingerie Market when summer was the only thing on my brain (both because of the trends I saw and because it was warm and sunny in Seattle!). The designer behind MERE Basics, Kathleen Baxley, actually lives in Seattle and she invited me to view her collection in person. I’ve only just become acquainted with the […]
After a stalled year (their collection showed at market last summer was never produced), Naked Princess is back with a brand new line of silk, lace, and modal basics. I confess that after their one-year hiatus, I was looking for more creativity and innovation from this particular brand. The Chantilly lace corselette and bikini in particular remind me of something I’ve seen from Kiki de Montparnasse, while the other items, […]
Gossard Lingerie has gone from being a has-been label (“Oh, they used to make good lingerie, yeah?”) to being a brand most everyone is familiar with… if not outright talking about. The brand Gossard has been around since 1901; their parent company, Courtald’s (which also owns Aristoc, Pretty Polly, and Berlei) has been around since the 1700s. Despite being Britain’s largest lingerie producer (a position that often leads to creative […]
