GLAMOUR PHOTOGRAFY

For Spring 2012, Marlies Dekkers designed a powerful collection inspired by The Far East with aesthetic touches drawn from Japan, China and Thailand.  According to the designer, the Far East is a part of our world that "combines age-old traditions with cutting-edge modernity".  Each group has very specific inspiration, and is named accordingly.  For instance, there's the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon black satin lady warrior set, the Blue & White China set inspired by 17th-Century porcelain, and our favorite, Kunoichi, the nude with black lace set with neon ribbon detailing inspired by the female ninja.
Any fan of Marlies Dekkers will already know that each of her bras is perfect for layering and having peek out of your top.  This brand is a stylist's dream come true since it's so easy to make a statement with a small detail such as a decorative bra strap or a pop of color on the bra itself.
We now have the Kunoichi collection on our website, so see the entire collection here.

We hope that by now all of our readers have seen Sex & the City 2 (SATC 2), and if not, you need to go see it! Granted, it wasn't the best movie in the world, but it's just so much fun to see our 4 favorite females together and in dozens of wardrobe changes. It's inspiring seeing so much glamour, and kind of fun predicting how the movie will affect fashion trends.
We had a great time identifying the lingerie in the film...it kind of felt like lingerie detective work. Carrie Bradshaw is the queen of perfectly layering her bra as outerwear, and really exemplifies the importance of glam underpinnings.
We are pleased to congratulate the small group of lingerie brands that made it into the film: Marlies Dekkers, Hanro, Eres, Huit, The Lake & Stars, Carine Gilson, La Fee Verte, Cosabella, On Gossamer and vintage Calvin Klein.
On a side note, we received word that a Fleur of England bra (called Raspberry Lace) was selected by Sarah Jessica Parker for the film, but apparently we just didn't see it...we wonder which dress it was concealed under! We were also told that SJP requested to keep the bra after filming wrapped for her personal collection (lucky gal).

Gemma Arterton is a name we will be hearing a lot more of, according to the April 2010 issue of British GQ. The young star, who's claim to fame is having been a Bond girl, will soon star in the movie (& expected blockbuster) Prince of Persia. We have to admit, we didn't know her name before doing this post, but have a feeling we won't forget it!
Of course our main concern is the beautiful lingerie Gemma's wearing, particularly in that first shot! We love that the red Marlies Dekkers bra made the cover shot, and the La Perla panties with the Roksanda Ilincic corset top in the first picture is brilliant.
You can actually see a short video dedicated to this photo shoot on the GQ website here.

P.S. As we celebrate the arrival of Spring (this weekend) enjoy a promotion of 20% off our entire website with the coupon code FROUTWEET. Starting now through 3/20/10 we will manually deduct 20% off your order on our website with the use of the promo code.