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Fancy Heeled Vintage Stockings - Image Scan via Slip of a Girl
Today, May 14, is the 73rd anniversary of the nylon stocking, which was first introduced by the DuPont Company at the 1939 World’s Fair. Before nylon, stockings had been made of cotton, wool, rayon, or silk…materials which were either too bulky and warm to wear comfortably year-round or too fine and delicate to wear all day without tearing.
Gerbe just sent over their new 2012/2013 lookbook, and I’m smitten. As some of you know, I started blogging as Stockings Addict, so hosiery will always hold a special place in my heart, and I love how Gerbe constantly comes out with new patterns, colors, and designs every season. Below are a few of my favorites. The new styles will be available starting July 1st.
Lyrique Lace Leggings
Paris by Night Tights
Parisienne Thigh Highs
Nymphia Tights
Sensation Stockings
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Here’s what I know for sure: lingerie is more than just bras & panties.
For the longest time, I thought I was writing “just” a lingerie blog, or “just” a fashion blog, or “just” a shopping blog. But in the past year, and especially in the last few months, I’ve realized that lingerie isn’t “just” about what we wear beneath our clothes or in the bedroom. It includes parts of our self esteem, our self image, and our own sense of self worth.
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By Pippa
I remember the precise moment that I fell in love with suspender belts, and I remember the exactly one in particular that started my obsession. About 3 years ago, as a walked home from uni, every day I’d walk past a big department store and never pay it much attention, but one particularly wet and rainy day, I noticed this stunning set from Lejaby in the window, and my lingerie collection has since grown bigger and better due to the discovery of suspender belts.
Lejaby
Just a few weeks ago, Bare Necessities sold its 5 millionth bra, and to celebrate that milestone, they’re giving away five $1,000 shopping sprees in their biggest lingerie sweepstakes ever.
Wacoal Lace Embrace Bra ($46, matching panty: $27)–I love lingerie that manages to be sexy and wearable at the same time and this Wacoal bra is it. The embroidery, the detailing, the fit…I’ve seen bras in this style that cost three times as much. Best of all, it’s so comfy that it makes great everyday piece. Available in sizes 32B to 40DD.
By Marianne:
Part 2 of my travel diary is all about London…and a little bit of Brighton! There’s quite a bit of ground to cover so I’ll jump right into things. But if you’d like to read pt. 1 again, just click here.
Day 7/8 – Brighton
In Brighton, my sister took me on a tour of boutiques and vintage shops. On our second day there, I spent an inordinate amount of time in Ouh La La lingerie boutique, trying on beautiful bras from Aubade, Simone Perelle, Elle MacPherson, Stella McCartney, and Lise Charmel. They also stocked corsets from What Katie Did and French corsetiere Cadolle.
We’re closing Pin-Up Week with a subject very close to my heart–the rather remarkable and often ignored absence of women of color in the pin-up genre. We don’t see pin-ups of color in magazines. We don’t see them on pin-up tribute sites. We don’t see them in pin-up contests. Long-time readers of my blog know that this issue is one I’ve talked about before, most notably in the article “Why Doesn’t the Lingerie Industry Like Women of Color?”
Last Friday, in an e-mail sent out to my Very Important Addicts, I offered a prize to the first 3 people who could guess the subject of my very first post. I got a lot of responses, but not very many correct answers, so I thought I’d reblog the article for everyone to see. In a fit of creative genius, my very first post is titled…My Very First Post. Ladies and gentlemen, these are the stockings that started it all.
In the left corner we have Agent Provocateur’s gorgeous and exclusive Whip Me Stockings. Selling for $70.00, these stockings have the words “Whip Me…Bite Me…Eat Me…Tease Me” in place of the traditional backseam.
In the right corner, we have the luxury-inspired but budget-friendly ASOS version. Retailing at $17.93, these Love backseam tights have all the class of the more expensive version but for considerably less cash.
What do you think, fellow addicts, are these sexy stockings a purchase…or pass?
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Treacle
Founder of The Lingerie Addict, the world's leading lingerie blog. Digital media consultant for the lingerie industry. Obsessed with lace.
