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panties.com

lilah wild — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:31:59 +0000

This shop promises to “uplift a woman’s spirits like jewelry does” through an exhaustive array of fancy underwear. Sheers! Crotchlesses! Microthongs! Silk! A Butterfly collection that actually riffs around quite prettily on tattoo art! There are pages of bustier tops, open-front playsuits and fluttery little nighties if you wish to build things into a full bedroom outfit, they do plus sizes, and of course a site like this wouldn’t be complete without a Panty of the Month club.

Heavenly Vintage Lingerie

lilah wild — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:18:51 +0000

A gathering of undergarments from the mid-century and thereabouts, each given a good detailed description. Bullet bras and lacy longlines, full-coverage panties, fluttery full slips, girdles, flowing nightgowns and robes, even some finds for the dudes in boxers and undershirts. This merchant also has an eye for insanely cute half-aprons.

Dillinger Ink

lilah wild — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:26:42 +0000

Pinup skivvies that balance between gingham sweet and satin evening-glove vampery. Most of it runs to seamed stockings and fantasy costumes with some rhumba panties thrown in, but where this catalog really shines is the very good selection of retro swimwear: halter-necked one-pieces and bikinis designed with boyleg cuts and ruching for a decidedly yesteryear look that’s also very fligure-flattering, available in zebra stripes, polka dots, cherries, Hawaiian florals, and straight-up solids.

Birch Place Shop

lilah wild — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:50:27 +0000

Fantasy costumes that push way past Halloween-in-a-bag getups into the realms of maximum frill. Trans and plus-size friendly, the designs are an explosion of lolita/french maid/cosplay ruffles – this is a great place for packing on some serious petticoat volume – with some more grownup occupational attire in PVC flight attendant dresses, boss-lady puff-sleeve blouses, military caps, and satin nurse masks. The lingerie is just as frothy, and accessories include tulle hair flowers, heels, wigs, and little lacy bags to match the outfits.

Insinuate

lilah wild — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:05:50 +0000

A lingerie catalog that carries on in the fine tradition of 80’s trashiness. Don’t bother looking for anything demure here, it’s all designed for supreme shamelessness: leopard babydolls, teddies with cutout sides, gold snakeskin bras outfitted with chains and zips, fringe thongs, the leather page looks straight out of a pop metal video girl’s wardrobe. The accessories top things off with lacy frostings of cuffs, garters, and pasties.

Tanga Fine Lingerie

lilah wild — Fri, 07 May 2010 20:22:44 +0000

A gathering of sweet nothings from Fruit de la Passion, Aubade, Lise Charmel, Ravage, Chantelle, and a bunch of other European brands. The selection is all over the map and has something for every mood, whether romantic and lacy in nighties from Rossella, or for those more femme-fatale evenings, Rien’s medical-laced Scorpion collection. Also stockings from Gerbe and Stocking Girl, and swimwear.

Voodoo Dolly

lilah wild — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:27:44 +0000

A large catalog of alt brands, the usual suspects of Lip Service, Shrine and Stop Staring are here with Baby Tears, Evil Kitty, Honeydew Intimates and Limb. The styles are all over the map, swooping through goth, fetish, retro, and steampunk, with shoes and accessories to match.

Mademoiselle Fred

lilah wild — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:16:53 +0000

A small but sweet line of pinup lingerie dipping heavily into yesteryear glamour. Bras and bustiers of black satin, panties that peekaboo in the back, wide garter belts to anchor the look firmly in the mid century, lots of stuff suited to the vampiness of 50’s fetish, but broken up with lighthearted sprinklings of polka dots.

YesStyle

lilah wild — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:29:10 +0000

This site gathers together a bunch of brands and designers across Asia and presents an enormous catalog – 293 pages of dresses, at this writing – with worldwide shipping. It’s the standard casuals-and-partywear stuff of the trendy modern wardrobe, but a patient perusal reveals the distinctive splashes of lolita style shining through in flowery leggings, tiered miniskirts, ruffled bloomer shorts, satin-bowed blouses, double-breasted coats, lacy capelets, and general pastel sweetness. There are also sections for swimwear and intimates, plus sizes, maternity, and accessories.

Ayten Gasson

lilah wild — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:52:52 +0000

Retro skivvies in silk: longline bras, bloomers and tie-side panties, babydoll nighties and slips, romper teddies, kimono robes, in a mainly cream and pastel palette with a few splashes of berry and black. Some of the lines also carry on into matching satin-tied cuffs, ruffled garters and lacy little eyemasks.

Silver Screen Loungerie

lilah wild — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:28:56 +0000

This vintage site specializes in starlet-style lingerie, heavy on form-fitting silk and shimmer from the twenties through the fifties. Full slips, nightgowns and robes, pajamas, teddies, mostly in a neutral/pastel palette with a bit of florals and fatale black here and there.

Linda the Bra Lady

lilah wild — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:45:47 +0000

A lingerie catalog that not only carries everything from balconette to nursing bras, but features a “search by bra problem” section that offers possible solutions to painful underwires, falling out of a bra, and the Quad Boob Effect. Also matching panties, bathing suits, shapewear, and various support-for-a-low-neckline accessories.

Ami Clubwear

lilah wild — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:05:41 +0000

This catalog touts itself as “the positive place for girls” while offering loads of short, tight, ‘n shiny – and some everyday basics, too. Floral batwing one-shoulder minidresses, sweater tunics and ruffled cardigans, leggings with all kinds of crazy prints/patterns/laces all over them, teeny little miniskirts, bikinis and one-pieces, and the beautifying extends into clip-in locks of hair, wigs, and Nyx cosmetics. Candy-striped spike heels and faux-suede scrunch booties can be found in the shoe section, and the accessories include fedoras, tiaras, cinch belts, fringy knit scarves, and gigantic bags for slogging around glamorously during the day.