Happy Monday, darlings. How was your weekend?
I got a lot of input about my lingerie query on my facebook page that I found very helpful in my recent pursuit of thongs and accurate cup sizes. I thought you all might like to know what I learned there, too:
- Abby suggests reading All You Need to Be Impossibly French: A Witty Investigation into the Lives, Lusts, and Little Secrets of French Women. Great title, n’est-ce pas?
- Sara recommends NYC’s The Little Flirt and La Petite Coquette.
- Kate, Jess, Yelena and Sara swear by La Perla. “Simply beautiful, on and off,” and “such an exquisite creativity in lace and satin with tiny, velvet straps. Designers who really understand our body and celebrate it! It’s a surprise with every collection.”
- George (nice to have some male input!) and Sara (yes, she appears a lot in these recommendations, as her first job was as a lingerie buyer) say that Kiki de Montparnasse pleases.
- Kiki (different Kiki), advises taking the time to go to an independent boutique (rather than the mall) to get fitted. Read her experience of doing this and learning her true bra size!
I’m intrigued by Kiki’s comment that “buying lingerie is not cheap, but this is an investment that I believe is just as important as my retirement fund and emergency fund.”
I never thought about this, but why not start a “goddess fund” for manicures, pedicures, lingerie, and whatever else floats your queenly boat? I know all too well how easy it is to get swept up in our parenting, careers, or overall-feeling- badly about our bodies.
Yet lingerie is a wonderful way to keep feeling sexy, juicy, and, well, simply womanly through it all –a power that one of my teachers says we “keep under our skirts.” Only here, we literally do.
Bon journée!
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(photo credit: Lily Zaine. She has some other simple and elegant lingerie photos that are worth perusing….)
