New Lingerie

As a lingerie design student most people would take it as a given that I would own a large range of matching sets of underwear. However, this is not the case. Much to the shock of my course friends, I did not own a single set until a couple of weeks ago. I attended a sample sale in Notting Hill and was determined to buy at least one matching set just to prevent my course friends from ostracising me from the group!

Blue set with flowers: L'Agent, Lilac soft cup bra: Playful Promises, Blue set: Playful Promises 

I was personally quite disappointed with the options at the sale so I also made a cheeky purchase from the L'Agent sale. At the sale itself I bought these three pieces from Playful Promises (and I got a set! Success!). The Playful Promises table had some lovely pieces with good variety of styles and prices which is what you want from a sample sale.

The blue soft cup bra and pants are very comfortable and the two styles match each other well. I really like the front fastening on the bra which is something I have been unsure about until now and the frills are a really cute feature.

The purple soft cup bra has such a pretty print I couldn't resist it! The style is quite simple but the cut out at the front adds a playful element and the shape give good support which is not what I was expecting. As the sizes of their soft cup bras are small, medium and large, it is hard to find a good fit for both cup and band, so I will need to take in the band to make it smaller which is not ideal.

I am in love with L'Agent at the minute! I find that there colours and patterns work so well to make pieces that are both sexy and fun; the Clementina set is a perfect example of this!

My First Love

Whenever I tell people that I'm studying lingerie design at university I always get asked why? Whether this question is asked with genuine interest or it is just someone being rude, I always have the same answer "I don't know. I just like it I guess." This is such a ridiculous response as I do know why I'm a lingerie designer; it's because of innovative designers who have designed beautiful, crazy and inspiring pieces that have captured my heart and won't give it back.

The corset from this Jean Paul Gaultier advert started off my love of corsets and lingerie. It is such a simple design that uses lines to sculpt her body and hug her curves; it creates such an iconic piece that shows off the female form. It is not just the design of the corset that inspired me, it was the whole advert. The idea of the hotel room and the man being left alone in the room smelling the pillows after a beautiful woman has left him is something that I found empowering. This is the feeling that I want my designs to give someone and is what I aim for every time I pick up my pencil to draw.

I have a cut out of the advert on my bedroom wall at home and once my friend asked me "Why on earth do you have a picture of a lady in her underwear on your wall?" and I replied with "Because its beautiful and I love it."