Cheeky Beach 2010 collection

I’m a girl that has trouble with not just finding the right size bra but also
finding the right size swimsuit (so I don’t flash half the beach and scare children)
Of course I am not complaining, my “assets” are well appreciated but I was happy
to discover a company that not only caters to us curvy girls
but also can design beautiful beachwear without looking matronly.

Cheeky Beach is a swimsuit company based in London and is now
my new favorite spot to look for swimsuits!
Their new 2010 collection has me swooning..now if I can only decide!
It comes in 3 styles.. The New York, Fiji and Dubai…

New York

See it here

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Kiki’s Ingenue collection

Kiki de Montparnasse is a favorite lingerie spot of mine
(if I could only afford the $300 bras..sigh)
nevertheless, Kiki is famous for their quality and naughty sophistication and I have
every right to drool over everything they have!

The wedding season is currently in full effect, so for
all you future brides you should check out their
new bridal Ingenue collection…..

Ingenue corselette bra + Ingenue thong

Wrap Teddy

Pearl Restraints

(yes this is the 2nd time I am featuring these pearl
restraints.. and yes I am obsessed with them)

Sleeveless Caftan + Amour Bloomers

Would you dish out the money to make your honeymoon perfect?

Maya Hansen Heavy Metal 2010 collection

If you have never heard of Maya Hansen, I suggest you go here and acquaint yourself!
The beautiful corsetry work Miss Hansen designs every season has been
a favorite of mine (think of her as the Betsey Johnson of corsetry)

This past collection that was shown during Madrid Fashion Week in February
had a lot of heavy metal/rock influences

Mix of elegance in gowns and the bad-ass look of heavy metal?
(why wouldn’t I like it?)

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From the ranch.. to the lingerie store

A recent online editorial by CITY magazine shows model Valentina in beautiful
lightweight lingerie pieces that remind me a bit of what a country girl would
wear if she made her own pieces at the farm.
(and I don’t mean that in a bad way!)

photography by Victoria Stevens

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Crystal Renn in vintage-inspired lingerie

I personally have a huge girl crush on Crystal Renn. She’s absolutely beautiful, full-figured and amazing for being able to come out from the fashion world slamming it for its terrible influence on younger girls and their body image.

and she looks fabulous in this photo.

Agent Provocateur bra and Dolce & Gabbana panties

and other news…

Karl Lagerfeld is purely talented and amazing (we all know this) There have been times when I questioned if I really liked him, especially when I read he doesnt like fat people…? (read it here)
but I have made a final decision and I am pretty much in love with this man.

his interview with Vice…

Bruce: I like that you make it clear that you don’t want to be photographed or filmed without your sunglasses on. I don’t either. Who would?
Karl: They’re my burka.

Bruce: Exactly. A burka for the eyes.
Karl: A burka for a man. I’m a little shortsighted, and people, when they’re shortsighted, they remove their glasses and then they look like cute little dogs who want to be adopted.

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Bruce: I hate it when photographers are like, “Can we have one with your glasses off?” Why? You can see me just fine.
Karl: I had an interview once with some German journalist-some horrible, ugly woman. It was in the early days after the communists-maybe a week after-and she wore a yellow sweater that was kind of see-through. She had huge tits and a huge black bra, and she said to me, “It’s impolite; remove your glasses.” I said, “Do I ask you to remove your bra?”

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How do you feel about Karl Lagerfeld?

and Crystal Renn in a fabulous set?

Lace has grace but Buckles are quick release.

What do you get when you put a bulletproof and a corset together?

a tactical corset!

who said corsets had to be feminine?

These corsets are not only high fashion, but have extreme high-function.
And as the Tactical Corsets company states “why should men get all the high-speed low-drag tactical toys”? and they are right,
now women can be bad-ass, sexy AND have a place to put their bullets.. bingo!

p.s please tell me I am not the only who thinks these bad boys should be
a mandatory uniform for female cops now a days… (my inner feminist weeps)

Go on their website to see more! (and order if you dare)

http://www.tacticalcorsets.com/

Lingerie as outerwear?

As we all already know this spring trend has been taking over the runway as well as the streets. Of course being the lingerie lover that I am, you can take into account how excited I am for this lovely trend to appear.

For the Spring/Summer 2010 collections, designers like Dolce & Gabbana and John Galliano rocked the runway with Galliano’s haunting Parisienne look and Gabbana’s flirty and tailored frocks. Whether you keep up with the runway looks or you channel the urban fashion, you know lingerie is hardly “unmentionable”.

(background photo: Judit Garcia-Talavera)

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Guest post at Confessions of a Lingerie Addict!

Andres Sarda Spring/Summer 2010

Secret Diary of a Call Girl…

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