Shapewear: The prettiest practical lingerie
June 14, 2012 by admin
Filed under Latest Lingerie News
I remember accompanying my mom on shopping trips to Sears when I was a little girl. Rounding the corner to the lingerie section caused great confusion, as grown-up ladies’ undergarments looked nothing like mine. They had enough fabric to reach the ribcage and only came in two boring colours: nude and black. How bland! A blink of an eye later and I’m old enough to start shopping for that special underwear myself; the type that changes the way your body looks beneath clothing.
Good for me, shapewear has come a long way since sulking in my mom’s shadow. Modern tummy-control intimates are way more appealing, with a wider variety of pieces available and plenty of pretty patterns (and laces) to choose from.
Gallery: 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
Dolce Gabbana, for example, has designed a beautiful one piece that looks good enough to eat, with oversized onions, lemons and daffodils painted upon it in bright, artistic detail. Even the less fashionable, more practical body slimmers – by brands like Spanx, Skinnygirl, Wolford and YummyTummie - are seriously appealing and well-worth wearing if you care how you feel in your clothes.
The unexpected find was pieces you could wear without clothing overtop. As in, shapewear that is beautiful enough to expose and wear as a garment on its own – the best ‘two birds, one stone’ arrangement we’ve come across yet!
The degrees of “slimming” have widened, too. Shapewear is no longer reserved for the most curvaceous – they’re now designed to smooth and shape even slim figures striving for perfection. Just as we’ve discussed in previous posts, a woman’s size doesn’t really matter these days, so long as she looks her best.
Shapewear helps us look our best, so we went shopping! Check out our favourite pieces we’d love to have in our top drawer:
Shop the look:
1. Dolce Gabbana Onion and Floral-print brocade bodysuit
2. The Sculpt and Shape bodysuit in ‘Romantica’ by Body Shape
3. Wolford Mystery Forming stretch-mesh bodysuit
4. Bodywrap Control Body with shimmer
5. The Must Brief-it Dark Romance by Body Shape
6. The Skinnygirl lace shaping thong
7. The Slim-Fit boy short by Body Shape
8. Nancy Ganz Firm Control Betty High-Waist Brief with Lace
9. ‘The Grace Slip’ by Resultwear
10. SPANX Haute Contour Chantilly Couture Cami
11. SPANX Haute Contour Captivating Full Slip
12. SPANX Assets Chic Peek Camisol
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Lingerie Football Video Game: Should Madden Franchise Be …
June 14, 2012 by admin
Filed under Latest Lingerie News
No.
We will now use the rest of your time and mine to explain why this is a horrible idea and one that will be swept under the rug as soon as the video game launches.
It’s official, the best league in all of lingerie and football has partnered with a Japanese developer to create a video game dozens of people will play.
I am less than stoked.
Photo Credit: LFL Facebook page
The official press release can be found over at the official Facebook page of the Lingerie Football League.
(LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – Thursday, June 14, 2012) Officials from ‘US’ fastest growing sports league’ (BusinessWeek), Lingerie Football League, LLC. (or ‘LFL’) announced moments ago that the LFL has teamed with Osaka, Japan based YUKE’s Co. Ltd to design and develop the official LFL gaming platforms.
YUKE’s is a leading video game developer having produced popular sports gaming franchises such as ‘Undisputed’ for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ‘Smackdown!’ for World Wrestling Entertainment…
Yuke has made some fairly good games for MMA fans in the past. There is this lukewarm review of Undisputed 3 from Kotaku.
Brash Games has some cutting thoughts on Yuke’s SmackDown vs. Raw. In all, the developer seems to know how to put a good fighting game together, one that will garner fans to get their wallets out and head to GameStop or another brick and mortar.
When it comes to sports games, Yuke’s has experience in MMA, wrestling and little else. I am not convinced this first foray into football will have fans claiming a pure pigskin experience.
Not that this is the point.
Photo Credit: LFL Facebook page
Photo Credit: LFL Facebook page
YUKEs and the LFL will go into design and development of the official LFL gaming platforms with a focus on capturing the essence of the intensity, speed, beauty and on-the-field action of LFL football. The core global fan base of the LFL which consists of nearly 60 percent men 18-34 perfectly aligns with the gaming world’s target demographic.
Here we go. We get to the people that will actually look at Madden and LFL football on the rack and buy the lingerie version.
Essentially, you will want a demographic of young men who don’t have an Internet connection to ogle women and would rather get their kicks in avatar form.
This game would have to be an over-the-top slugfest that features ridiculous NBA Jam-type play and the hardest of hits.
Only then will it move units. I could be wrong. The thought of some video game simulated skin may be enough for some oddball gamers.
I would rather deal with the frustration of computer assistance in Madden.
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