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Lingerie Chat – Corsets 10th July

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

 

Electra corset

Electra Designs

Welcome to this weeks summary of lingerie chat! The topic of this week’s lingerie chat was all about corsets. This post is a summary of everything we chatted about:

Q1. Tell us about your experience with corsets, wearer, designer, devoted fan?

@PlumsLingerie answered, “I like to wear them but only for evenings, always a little worried about daytime wear maybe a tad too out there?”

@franticafrances said, ” I used to wear a corset daily, a lovely underbust, and it did actually reduce my waist by a few inches. Eventually!.. I do have a friend who makes corsets, @sarinapoppy, her stuff is lovely”

@piperewan said, “I am in process of designing a line for a trunk show this fall. it is fun & challenging!”

@MagnifiqueBras said, “I love the way they look and feel but rather them for evening wear.”

@DottiesDelights said, “hello all! Designing corset was actually my gateway into designing other lingerie..I will still do them on occasion… corsetry class @ FIT was 1st time everything “made sense”…we learned off original corsets from the museum”

Q2. What do you look for when buying a corset or make sure you include when

@LilyOfOpulence said, “MY dream corset would be customized & designed by Mr. Pearl (more…)

#lingeriechat 13th February – Corsets

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

red agnes The topic of this week’s lingerie chat was corsets…. This post is a summary of everything we chatted about:

Q1. What should you look when buying a corset?

@Lingerie_addict helped define a corset, “1st a corset must be strong enough to mould the figure. That’s what distinguishes it from traditional shapewear…That kind of moulding (which includes waist reduction & other things) necessitates strong fabrics; back lacing & steel boning…Finally a truly excellent corset must be fitted to the individual wearer. There are some good off-the-racks but best is custom…I don’t think there are any mainstream manufacturers selling what I would call a corset, and I’m including Agent Provocateur.”

@MagnifiqueBras answered, “You want to look at the construction of a corset. If wearing one for purpose of a corset, you don’t want a cheap one.”

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Eternal Spirits Corset Evening

Thursday, November 11th, 2010

We are very excited as on the 26th November the lovely Susi Henson from Eternal Spirits is sending over large suitcase filled with corsets for a Champagne & Corsets Evening at Plums Lingerie.

Tickets for the event are £15 and can be bought from Mumsie in the boutique.  If you can’t make it up you can always telephone on 731302.  Because we only have a little shop numbers are limited so it’s a first come first served.  All ticket proceeds and 10% of every corset sold on the evening will be going to After Breast Cancer Care.  Click here to see the Facebook Event posting

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Dita von Teese Wows in Gaultier Corset

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Jean Paul Gaultier has always been renown for his lingerie inspired collections and his latest in Paris is no different.  The fabulous Dita von Teese sauntered down the catwalk is a stunning black ensemble and matching turban only to strip down to a skeleton inspired corset. Jean Paul Gaultier has recently designed a collection for La Perla with 10,000 pieces being produced cast from £500 each!

Dita von Teese at Gaultier's Paris showDita von Tees in Gaultier Skeleton Corset backDita von Teese in Gaultier Skeleton Corset front