There’s a theme to this week’s blog - the story
of how underwear emerges into outerwear.
Pokemon panties
First, the 20th anniversary of the annoyingly
cute Pikachu is being celebrated in Japan with a licensed underwear range
including shorts, underpants, a cap (?) and a sleep mask … more than anything
else this leaves us asking questions about the habits of the Japanese - we sort
of get the sleep mask but underwear lines don’t usually include caps. The mind
boggles as it so often does when exploring the peculiar world of the Japanese
psyche.
Underwear of the stars
Although to be fair, most of us have some habits
that we’d rather not talk about. You know what we mean, the things you do in
your scanties that you’d never reveal to the world. Then again, others of us
spend a lot of our time making sure the world knows about our lingerie.
Instagram appears to have been just about invented for women to appear in their
undies. As an example ….while people are still talking about Kim Kardashian’s
lingerie dress which totally overshadowed whoever’s wedding she actually wore
it too, here at lingerie.co.uk
we’ve been quietly fascinated by a different news story - Mariah Carey’s
pizza-making outfit. Oh yes, lingerie and pizza making (not eating) is a thing
now.
Should you feel the need to cook in your robe,
we’ve picked out two that we think fit the bill being as tasty as the food
you’ll be producing. First up, Diki’sMimi nightdress and robe, made to order out of gorgeous
lace, this is an outfit that you won’t want to splash tomato sauce on - just
gorgeous for those red hot days when you don’t want to get dressed too early
though. Second, for cooler weather and those gothic midnight feasts, Liliana
Casanova offers the stunning Fontainebleaudressing gown, also made to order but featuring a
waterfall of mousseline silk and toning lace, this is a flattering garment for
all.
Underwear as art
And the final thing we’re talking about this
week is a new Zoe Buckman show (in LA sadly so we won’t get to see it in the
flesh) in which she has embroidered the lyrics of two rap stars - Biggie Smalls
and Tupac Shakur - on vintage underwear to explore the dichotomy between
attitudes to women in the media. The show, as usual, is staggeringly beautiful
with lacy panties, flowery robes and even stockings displayed bearing lines
like “I swear I’ll never call you bitch again” and “Ain’t that a slut, hell
yeah, she even take it in the butt” to reveal the tension between empowerment
and disenfranchisement, often in the same song. You can find details of the
show online and it’s a fascinating tour through the kinds of language and
objectification that many women experience every day, and the range of messages
received by women about their places in the world, male expectation, the power
of labelling and even the nature of garments to enhance, constrain and carry
information about the wearer and what is expected of them.
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