I’ve been a fan of Gilda & Pearl’s lingerie for almost as long as I’ve been blogging. I love how all of their pieces are handmade to order using some of the most exquisite silks and laces I’ve ever seen (the designer, Diane Houston, has made keeping her label ethical a top priority). Inspired by the 1946 Rita Hayworth film “Gilda” and the unique beauty of natural pearls, Gilda & […]
Just before the recession, the lingerie industry got a little crazy. Every week it felt like there was a new luxury brand on the scene, each with even more outrageous prices than the last. I was still very new to the lingerie world at the time, but I remember feeling a bit confused. Were there really enough connoisseurs to keep so many high-end labels alive? The answer is… apparently not. […]
I’ve never been a very fancy person. I love nice things, it’s true, but I don’t really care about price tags and designer labels. At the end of the day, it’s about how a garment makes you feel, and lingerie especially should make you feel wonderful. Maybe that’s why I love Ari Dein. It’s hard for me to explain, but the entire line has that indescribable ‘it’ factor, a certain […]
It’s probably no surprise, but I love lace. Lace insets. Lace overlay. Lace trim. Whatever it is, if it includes lace, I’m all over it. Lace is the sort of material that, the more you learn about it and what goes into it, the more you love it. And while there’s a ton of cheap, mass-produced lace on the market today, nothing compares to the really fine stuff… like the […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. A couple of weeks ago, I saw the latest Marie Antoinette-inspired flick, ‘Farewell, My Queen’ which is based on the book of the same name by Chantal Thomas. Unlike most treatments of Marie Antoinette, which more or less cover her life from birth thru death, this particular movie (and the novel it’s based on) focuses only on the tumultuous three days after the storming […]
