Going to talk to Dita Von Teese about lingerie is a little intimidating. The woman has created an entire career out of looking good in it, and then taking it off. And now, she’s designing it too.
We must confess: One of the invitations we were most excited to receive during Paris fashion week was from french-escort-turned-couture-lingerie-designer Zahia Dehar.
Of course, we wanted to talk to this fascinating new force in French fashion as well as preview the line, so we scheduled an interview with Dehar at her atelier. Unfortunately, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Right now every email in our inbox that isn’t related to fashion week is a pitch for Valentine’s Day. Pink this and pink that and they’re all pretty boring. But this one, pitching a ‘bespoke’ panty service that offers customers the chance to personalize a pair of fancy silk chiffon panties with your lover’s name (or whatever dirty word you can think of) embroidered across the crotch, caught our attention.
Everyone’s favorite former French escort turned ‘couture’ lingerie designer Zahia Dehar is setting her sights on global domination: The designer is planning to conquer the ready-to-wear and lifestyle market one flower pasty at a time.
Oscar de la Renta is switching it up in his latest ad campaign – after featuring Karlie Kloss for four consecutive seasons, Candice Swanepoel and Katryn Kruger take center stage this fall. {WWD} The September Issue? That’s so 2009. The editors at W are unveiling their very own behind-the-scenes docu web series, which takes you Read more →
We’re pretty sure the Chambre Syndicale doesn’t recognize Zahia Dehar, but that hasn’t prevented her from staging her second “couture” lingerie runway show in Paris today. Dehar, you’ll recall, is a former underage prostitute who made headlines for sleeping with a bunch of European footballers for payment. The French love her, as does Karl Lagerfeld, Read more →
Having modeled for Monsoon lingerie, Agent Provocateur and Victoria’s Secret, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley obviously knows a thing or two about lacy underthings. And now she’ll be putting her extensive knowledge to good use, designing a lingerie line for UK high street giant, Marks & Spencer, the Telegraph is reporting. The new collection will be a part Read more →
You know those nights when your two best girlfriends come over and the three of you hang out in matching lingerie and do things like talk into a vintage phone, needlepoint, read books and takes sips from tiny, tiny wineglasses? No? Well then you may not relate to Victoria’s Secret‘s 1979 catalogue (VS was founded Read more →
This question’s about as old as black and blue, but it is almost spring. Sure, underwear as outerwear rears its head every March, but for SS10 it was, arguably, the most prevalent trend, in part because if lingerie wasn’t featured on the top of an outfit, it was visible underneath all the sheer. The other Read more →
We’re bombarded with pitches throughout the day, some random, some funny, some awesome and some, like this, that are so awkward and inappropriate, we simply must share. Actually, we’ve never been so compelled to share. Behold the graphic from Mia Destino, a lingerie company banking on both the success of our new president and everyone’s Read more →
We knew Natalia Vodianova was the face of French lingerie brand Etam this season, and the partnership was obviously pretty serious since they launched a website dedicated to the Supernova smirking in her panties. But apparently, the Russian doll’s been moonlighting as a designer for the brand, too, having hosted her own runway show for Read more →
La Perla is having another one of their unbelievable sales, in case you didn’t get your fill last time: Where: All three La Perla boutiques in New York When: Today until the 20th, or until everything runs out (we give it until Wednesday for the good stuff) Why: Everything will be 40 – 60% off Read more →
