Lingerie Moves From The Drawer To Couture With Strumpet And Pink.

Above: Willow



Lisa Z Morgan and Melanie Probert have taken lingerie out of the drawer and into couture with their UK company Strumpet and Pink. The finest materials including silk satins, netting, seed beads, and chiffon are given bias cuts, ruffles, flower like petals and silk covered buttons to create unparalleled sensuous silk undergarments. Made by hand, be aware that the prices are couture as well. But what a gift these pieces would make, especially for a blushing bride!


Above: Garden of Delights

Above: Black Forest Gateau

Above: Fifi

Above: Dreaming of Jade

Above: Eve's Drapes

Above: Rosette Cheeks (extended)

Above: Mimi

Above: Swan's Tail

Above: Princess And The Pea

Above: Where The Sun Does Shine

Above: Sowing Her Seeds

Above: Maiden's Belt

Above: Ming's Vase

Above: Hunting Through The Ruffles (extended)


Above: Hunting Through The Ruffles

Above: Rosette Cheeks

Very hard to find and sold primarily in the UK, these online boutiques do carry some of their products:

Find them here at Catriona Mackechnie. And at Glamorous Amorous, here. And at Faire Frou Frou here.

Want to see the Dark and Sexy Side of Lingerie?

Then check out Bela's Dead lingerie here.

Damn, I Hope He's Worth It. The 8 Million Dollar Wedding Dress

The world’s most expensive wedding dress, valued at 1 billion Japanese yen (Dh31.2 million, USD 8.4 million), has been created by Japanese designer Yumi Katsura. It is made from silk-satin and embellished with zari-embroidery and 1,000 pearls, a green 8.8 carat diamond emblem and a five carat white gold diamond, which is one of only two in the world.

Seen below as worn by Korean Song Yu Ah at a fashion show in Osaka:




About Designer Yumi Katsura

As a pioneer of bridal fashion, Ms. Katsura is always at the forefront of this industry. She continues to realize dreams of the wedding through worldwide bridal events. So that she has become known "Missionary of Bridal".
Her various licensed total 30 throughout Japan. The annual gross sales of her brand reach 13 billion yen.
There are 4 direct management shops under her control in Japan, and her franchises now total 70. More than 30,000 brides wear wedding dresses designed by Yumi Katsura for yearly.
She staged bridal collection show throughout Japan as well as in such foreign locations as New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Barcelona, Monaco, Moscow, Bucharest, Singapore, Jakarta, Bombay, New Delhi, Honolulu, Seoul, Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, New Delhi, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Ho-chi-minh.

Born in Tokyo, Japan. Graduated from Kyoritsu Women's University, Department of Apparel Science Studies, Faculty of Home Economics. Studied the techniques of haute couture in Paris at Les Ecoles de laChambre Syndicale de La Couture Parisienne.

Yumi Katsura's Website

Wedding attire designed by Yumi Katsura
-Ms. Nadia Comaneci and Mr. Bart Conner (Olympic Gold Medalist)
-Mr. & Mrs. Kazuyoshi Miura (Japanese soccer player)
-Mr. & Mrs. Masashi Nakayama (Japanese soccer player)
-Designed the wedding gown for Catherine Turner in the 20th Century Fox movie, "Jewel of the Nile."The special vestment for Pope John Paul II.