Shaping Your Winter Wardrobe

Fashion.Lingerie.Bordello

As the nights grow longer and the days become shorter, it can only mean one thing: time to crack open the winter wardrobe! This Winter season get ready to embrace vintage trends and your hourglass figures. Vintage shapes counterbalance our minimalist clothing trend at the moment and we finally get to show off our womanly waists beneath. Here’s what I have to say...

UK Lingerie & Bodywear label MadebyNiki prides itself on innovation & shaping, resulting in some truly covetable designs and them winning ‘Shapewear Brand of the Year’ at the first UK Lingerie Awards 2011. Last week at Bordello our  MadeByNiki Autumn Winter 11 delivery arrived and I had the exciting job of trying each and every beautiful piece on.

This summer they released the String collection with its trademark skin tingling sensation & stunning string formation. It was no surprise it became a favorite among the stars including KT Tunstall, Paloma Faith and Alexandra Burke. These pieces were among some of this summer seasons favorite, selling out of the shop as fast as they had arrived. 

Coral and Stone String skirt: £230

Coral and Stone Triangle String Bra: £125

The winter‘Feel’ collection features sculptural bras, waist cinchers and body-control panties & dresses whose super-soft body-sculpting modal fabric just begs to be touched. The collection has already featured in Elle, Cosmopolitan and Instyle Magazine. 

Available in dusty pink or jet black, it’s interesting how a choice of colour can change the tone of the lingerie from pretty in pink to dark and seductive. Luckily for us MadebyNiki has given us two choices of bra & brief: the Bandeau  with strapless option or  Bullet bra for the bigger bust & Brazilian or Girdle knickers with detachable suspenders. Both knickers incorporate the super soft modal fabric with pretty lace panel sides with ladder stitch detailing.  For all the hourglass women the Girdle knickers sit  high on the hip & nip in the waist , while the Brazilian tanga shape flatters the bottom. Their naughty zippers gave an unexpected surprise &  as usual MadebyNiki helps to hit the curves in all the right places!

What struck me most about this seasons MadebyNiki was how they managed to combine sexy with comfort. It  features practical solutions such as strapless bandeau bras & detachable suspenders. The fabric is thick enough to say outerwear & sturdy enough to offer shaping and support yet the lace panels, decorative ladders & soft ness of the fabric made me yearn for it next to my skin. 

And as far as the fabulous bodycon Girdle zipper dress was concerned, it was hard for me to take it off. In fact I just wanted to add my stockings and heels and walk out the door !

'Feel' Body Con Dress: £230

Fashion.Lingerie.Bordello

At Bordello Boutique we aim to excite and inspire our clients with the fabulous fashion world of lingerie. Now after four years of buying & selling & fitting & styling in our beautiful Shoreditch Boutique, we cant contain our excitement any longer. We need to let you know about it. Allow us to introduce you to Fashion. Lingerie. Bordello. 

Since we opened our doors in 2008, we have supported & championed the new young lingerie design talent & take great pleasure in seeing them develop & grow both in creativity & reach. So seeing one of our favorite designers Mint Siren making an appearance in Wonderland Sept/Oct 2011 issue did not surprise us. But what did strike us is that the bondage trend is spreading like wild fire! Although dealing with all different styles in the lingerie industry, from Vintage to Burlesque to Bondage, our heart will always be on the dark side. The Bondage style is incredibly flexible and contemporary, with the ability to wear your naughty underwear as outerwear. Josefine Wing designer of Mint Siren grasps this idea and infuses both aspects into her designs: fashion outerwear as well as for your own guilty pleasure. Following the success of their luxurious leather lingerie, Mint Siren has steamed ahead producing more lust worthy pieces that we dream of.

Mint Siren
Leather Strap Pencil Skirt
£195

Mint Siren
Leather Strap Torso Harness
£125

However Mint Siren is not the only one to have cottoned on to the naughty leather lovers. De Montfort graduate Leanne Brooke has created an Award winning label Obey My Demand which explores luxury leather lingerie and body wear. With the focus on contrasting elements of silk and leather, OMD brings out your dark side to play. Each leather set is lovingly hand studded ensuring the uniqueness of the pieces which makes this brand only more appealing. Everyone loves to believe that who they are and what they wear is unique to them. As an individual myself, I like to believe that I have something that other people do not, which would be my hand made OMD leather set.

          

Obey My Demand fan Lady Gaga

Obey My Demand
Goddess Silk & Leather Studded Bra
£175
Goddess Silk & Leather Suspender Belt
£495

So when does luxury lingerie cross the line of contemporary fashion? Its exciting to see that lingerie has finally stamped its mark. Women are no longer just talking about the latest Hermes bag; Lingerie is every woman's little fashion secret. Only they know what lies beneath and they are wearing it with pride. Why does fashion always just have to be about who or what we wear on the outside? Its time to explore what lies beneath.