Hey ESB,
I know you're on a long weekend / vacation right now but I thought maybe I could get some help when you get back? (Hope you have a great time, btw) To be honest, I don't have much of a fashionable lady support system so your blog has been my LIFESAVER throughout wedding planning.
I'm looking for some sort of honeymoon / night of bridal lingerie. Lingerie stores are my worst enemy. I go inside of them and I feel as awkward as Michael Cera in every one of his movies all put together. All, "Do you... like... uhh.... well... my size?" Then shop ladies are like, "ooooooh, try on these FEATHERS! WOOOOWWW! How's it gooooooing? Shoooow meeee!!" I'm usually perfectly comfortable with m body and sexuality but there's something about lingerie "boutiques" that turns me into a 13 year old shopping for her first bra.
I don't have a ton of money to spend (budget is about $100) because any I do have is for last minute wedding shit. I'm willing to stretch the budget but only if I LOVE it, not just "kind of like and it will do."
I don't know why I'm having such a hard time with this. My fiance is super chill and probably wouldn't care if I were wearing a potato sack. I want to look / feel nice FOR ME. It's our honeymoon / post wedding and I somehow want to feel special. (oops, guess I should have held out for marriage and losing the V-card could have been my "something special.") (totally jk). But I don't want to be all post-wedding on our fabulous vacation in my normal striped man pajama pants.
I'm going more for, "Wow, how pretty and beautiful and sexy." NOT going for, (In dude-ly bro douche voice) "Damn girl, that's HOT! I want to spank that ass and put my d in your v!"
I like lace, rompers that don't give camel toe, generally soft things, and comfort (read as: no thongs). I think I'm looking for pajamas that are nicer than normal.
Here are some I've been considering but I'm looking for more options / similar but cheaper options:
La Fee Verte Romper (My last option if I can't find something more budget friendly)
Only Hearts Chemise (I have mixed feelings about chemises?)
Salua Romper (I'm afraid this would look funny with my relatively big titties.)
Also, I hate things like this: Lace Silk Chemise
Any help you or your readers could give would be seriously appreciated.
Thanks,
Lingerie-less
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So. I was all ready to tell you "MEN DON'T LIKE ROMPERS," but according to the totally and completely scientific data I collected over here, 35% of men actually do appreciate a good romper. A sexy one, not a religious undergarment one.
I'm thinking you should go with a teddy. Which may or may not be the exact same thing as a romper?? (Shopbop is certainly confused about the whole thing.)
(Alex Teddy from Araks in Mist)
(The Ace x Araks in Fog)
Anyhoo.
These two are a little out of your budg, but that's what you get for asking me to shop lingerie.
These two are a little out of your budg, but that's what you get for asking me to shop lingerie.
Photo at top: Alexa Chung for Araks via Refinery29
I think Zinke's stuff is pretty and low-budget.
ReplyDeleteYes - loving the stuff at the top of the page (assuming it loads the same way every time).
Deletetry eberjay. they have pretty things that aren't too much $$. i'd link it for you but my work has a sonic wall preventing me from accessing any website with "swimwear/intimate apparel."
ReplyDeleteI like chemises, but if you're not used to them you can get wrapped up pretty easily if you tend to toss and turn. I think you should get a fancy version of what you normally wear to bed. This might be a sexy tank and satin tap pants? Eberjay is fine, but can err and the saccharin side of things, which doesn't seem to be your style. Lille boutique is super dream boutique, and they have some good sales.
ReplyDeleteYes to the fancy version of normal. You run the risk of dude going, "what in the world are you wearing?"
DeleteAlso, it's called PV time, not DV time so the quote needs the d edited to a p, to be all correct and stuff.
Hopefully her guy would not be so obtuse on their wedding night/honeymoon.
DeleteI think Beautiful Bottoms' Bridal collection is really sexy in a delicate sort of way
ReplyDeleteTheir "playsuits" (there's another ambiguous one-piece moniker to add to the list) are also pretty if that's what you're into
I like the dove print in the sale section too
Well you aren't going to find any cute indie designers using this method but I had a "bridal consultant" at Nordstrom help me with lingerie. She asked me what I was looking for before I came (via email), then installed me in a giant dressing room that was already stocked with a billion things to try on. And then LEFT ME ALONE! Hooray. I got one cute white getup for the honeymoon and something in black for general sexy wife-ness. They carry a brand called Honeydew that's kind of cute and casual - step up from regular jammies. This was less than a week before the wedding so I was kind of in a rush, and they made it really easy.
ReplyDeleteI take back what I said about teddies. Love these.
ReplyDeleteThey seem to be reclaiming the word ;)
DeleteI'm the question asker.
ReplyDelete1) thanks.
2) lingerie shopping DOES suck!
fortnightlingerie.com
ReplyDeleteteddies (i think) = buttons in the crotch for p in v partytime and also peeing from your v.
ReplyDeleterompers = no way in or out except through the top/pull the leg to the side.
oops. by buttons i mean snaps, usually.
DeletePatricia Fieldwalker makes absolutely beautiful pieces. For my wedding I bought a glamorous silk wrap/robe which I use for all of my special occasions/lounging with a martini, and a cami-shorts set which looks a lot like this. Completely worth the investment - my husband (who is not normally a lingerie guy) loved it, I felt like Grace Kelly, and I still use it. Have fun!! - Jess
ReplyDeleteI love you, whoever you are !
DeleteTry figleaves.com - unusual things as well as the standard brands. Also excellent selection for bigger busts. I took a teddy and a chemise on honeymoon - both were hits, but the teddy needed more washing (sorry - just being practical).
ReplyDeletehad to share this - seems like it fits the no-camel-toe, soft, and comfortable bill, at a whopping $60.
ReplyDeletehttp://store.vplnyc.com/products/insertion-bra-n-fluorescent-pink?utm_source=expressrex
ReplyDeleteMaybe I'm just crazy, but I love the VPL lingerie line. Thinking of getting some for my upcoming anniversary weekend.
That shit is HOT.
Deletei have become a big fan of chemises so I would have to recommend a hanky panky chemise like this or this. They are super soft and comfy, can be paired with a suitable pair of undies (read: not thong), and are stretchy so you can likely order the right size online reliably). Personally (not that you asked, but you sort of asked), I received this one (in tan/white, not leopard) and really loved it. It's very flattering, holds in the boobs, and has served me well at home paired with PJ bottoms for sleeping-on-the-regs.
ReplyDeleteI've got this set in black linen/white tatted lace, and it looks quite smashing.
ReplyDeleteThe husband appreciates it lots, anyway. The etsy seller was also really great to work with re: sizing and whatnot!
Aaaand it helps when I add a link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/60264110/womens-linen-bralette-cherish-lingerie
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