How to Wear Boudoir-Inspired Styles in Everyday Life
May 18, 2016 by admin
Filed under Lingerie Events
From Dior to Céline, boudoir-inspired looks flooded this year’s Paris runways. In turn, lingerie brands are creating pieces with major daytime potential.
At the 2016 Spring/ Summer ready-to-wear shows, Céline flaunted lingerie-inspired slip dresses and camisoles.
“I design all my collections with the view that they will be shown off—with or without clothes,” says Sarah Shotton, creative director at Agent Provocateur (675 Madison Ave., 212-840-2436). The spring collection, which draws inspiration from the French countryside, is rendered in silks and leavers lace. In addition to the brand’s signature slips, Shotton suggests getting playful with the Annoushka bra, which features intricate lace that reaches up to the collarbone in a ’70s-style halter-neck cut. “It can be used to enhance any outfit as subtly, or unsubtly, as you wish,” she adds.
Lauren Schwab and Marissa Vosper, the founders of Negative (631-316-8641), launched their brand of chic, well-constructed pieces in 2010 because they felt that choices were either too fussy or too basic. “It’s exciting to see lingerie infiltrate more of the fashion conversation,” they say. This spring, Vosper suggests sporting their bodysuit—designed with daywear in mind. “Everything [else on the market] seemed to fall into either the simple foundation pieces or the pieces that felt very bedroom,” says Vosper, who likes to pair hers with a high-waisted jean or pencil skirt, or wear it underneath a shirt. Layers have never looked so enticing.
