Paris, lingerie and champagne is a pretty winning combination. The Salon de Lingerie is the largest European lingerie show and having not been for a couple years Mumsie and I couldn’t wait!
Simone Perele lingerie is a firm favourite with many of our Plums ladies and it’s easy to see why with the gorgeous Calais lace, stunning embroidery and everyone just loves the cute shorties. The Managing Director, Carole Launchbury, kindly too the time to chat with Miss Kitty Plum about what makes Simone Perele so special.
Simone Perele Aura
Simone Perel Caressence
Rosa Bella
Love is in the air this spring, well romance at the very least. The new Simone Perele lingerie collection is filled with pastel hues, delicate floral motives evocative of an English country garden or maybe more accurately a French country garden. The Bagatelle is the first to arrive available in a vibrant coral colour and muted and sophisticated ivory. A bold graphic floral embroidery works well holding it’s own against the strength of the coral while adding interest to the ivory.
As with all spring summer collections ivory makes numerous appearances but in the Rosa Bella it is combined with a pretty rose embroidery in lilac. Although the ivory is my personal favourite the azure blue makes a striking contrast to the pastels. In addition there is bubblegum pink but the colour over powers the details and the overall effect is bordering on gaudy.
The topic of this week’s lingerie chat was sports underwear. This post is a summary of everything we chatted about:
Q1. What are the signs of a good sports bra?
@PS_Lingerie excitedly said, “support support support!!!”
@MagnifiqueBras agreed “Support is my main focus of a sports bra.”
@PlumsLingerie asked “So how can you tell if a sports bra is going to be supportive? I always look for wide straps and band”
Simone Perele is a firm favourite with Mumsie and me. We have now started to take on more ranges and have found that their full cups are perfect for our F cup lovelies. The stunning Bagatelle and Romance in the Navy has already arrived. The Rosa Bella is my top recommendation for the summer. What’s your favourite?
Nikki, Mumsie and Roy - Post Shopping
No sooner has summer got into full swing it’s time to go shopping for next year. So Mumsie and I packed our bags and headed to the big smoke. This time it was swimwear, nightwear and very excitingly a new lingerie supplier.
First off we met with Roy from Alba who provide us with the fantastic Gideon Oberson and Gottex swimwear and Marjolaine nightwear. After two 1/2 hours of us driving the poor man to distraction and having the delightful model Nikki try on a pethora of different bikini’s, swimsuits and silk nighties we came up with our order. The first delivery of swimwear will dropping on our doorstep before Christmas. Perfect if you are going away for a bit of winter sun.
Then it was back to the hotel to meet with the lovely Carole from Simone Perele to show us the new collection for next summer. Lots of lovely pinks and lavenders, so pretty and fresh. Good news for fans of Nina and Romance as they are both coming in new colours. It’s always a pleasure hearing from Carole, we were her first new business when she became MD of Simone Perele and it’s fantastic to hear how well they are doing.
Lise Charmel Venetian
The final appointment of the day was to see if we were going to add a new brand to our little boutique. The stunning Lise Charmel will soon be winging it’s way to us. It’s a stunningly sexy range with fabulous waspies and suspender belts. It will definitely be on my Christmas list. Would love to know what you think. As soon as I have all the images I will get them posted.
I’d like to introduce our GuestBlogger for this review of the Implicite Autumn Winter collection. Emily Hamilton is the senior Saturday girl at Plums Lingerie and we have had the pleasure of her working with us for nearly 2 years. She is currently enjoying her summer hols after finishing her G.C.S.Es. Enjoy her first post with us and any encouraging comments will be much appreciated.
Implicite is a diffusion line created by the popular company Simone Perele which creates fabulous bras with a younger look and feel. This season, the company has dared to alter the typical strap ensemble and has created something a little different and brave. Their new autumn/winter range has the typical autumn colours, including lots of purple, red, brown and the all important ivory. The designs embrace lots of flirty lace, even on the smooth cup t-shirt bra.
The Neon doubles up as both a seamless bra and a strapless, combined with a light silky satin edge; perfect for skin tight strapless dresses. If you want something a little more interesting, the Crystal is also a very pretty strapless bra with various delicate lace detail and dotted tulle. For something a little more practical the Ambre is sophisticated with its grid detailing and fan inspired embroidery.
A different practical, yet pretty bra is the Opale. In warm raspberry or lavender, the stretch satin material makes it seamless and very comfortable against the skin. With black lace embroidery inspired by the skeletal structure of a leaf it is perfect to blend in with the seasonal theme. For the most quirky and unusual piece of the collection, Onyx is the right bra if you want to be a little more daring and unleash your provocative side this winter. In hot pink or black, it makes this bra very sexy, containing lots of beautiful lace detail. It reminds me of a subtle version of the Dutch designer Marlies Dekkers with its interesting strap arrangements on each style of bra and brief.
This autumn/winter range is brilliant as it contains a wide range of different bra styles including day-to-day basics as well as something a little sexier.
Implicite Opale in Hot Pink and Black
Implicite Ambre in Blue
So what’s your favourite? Anything to put on the wish lists?
Simone Perele Spring Summer from Plums Lingerie.
Miss Kitty Plum is a dedicated lover of lingerie and co-owner of Plums Lingerie.
