Lingerie News: Loulou loves you, standard bra sizes, and other goodies!

Loulou loves you!

Are you a frilly-underwear kind of girl? Do you skip past the bra sets and head straight for the adorable pairs of knickers? If so, meet Loulou Loves You and their inaugural collection of adorable silk underwear. Handmade by Loulou herself (who is also a Knickers reader!), these panties are sweet and simple frilly goodness.

Loulou’s signature knickers (pictured above left) are silky, frilly concoctions available in four bold colours for £35. If you’re already having panic attacks about your panty line with all those frills, head straight for the simpler “Lorelai” (£30, pictured above right), or her checked version, “Dorothy.” (£22).

Loulou will be adding more lingerie to match these knickers, so check back to her lovely site!

EU Introduces Standards in Bra Sizing

The European Union has issued a sizing standard designed to replace the patchwork sizing system currently used across Europe. The standard includes all clothing, but has a detailed section on bra sizing as well. The bra sizes are based on bust girth minus underbust girth, and are measured in metrics. The British Standards Institute are currently looking for feedback on these guidelines, so if you’re a lingerie designer, check it out. For those of us who just wear bras, there may be salvation in sight for the russian roulette that bra-shopping currently is!

Cashmere, free money, and a quick pick:

Here’s a few more tidbits of news worth checking out:

• UK readers, did you like the cashmere bra set we recently wrote about? You can now buy Play by Julien at chic London waxing-bar Strip. I suppose they’re selling you the lingerie to look fabulous in after you’ve had your wax!
• Want to win £500. Discount designer store Koodos has just launched their refer-a-friend system, which lets you give a £5 Koodos gift voucher to a friend just by e-mailing them. To celebrate the launch, they’re having a £500 giveaway for one lucky referrer!
• Finally, here’s a quick pick for a unique bustier: this blue satin bustier is part mermaid, part fierce, and totally brilliant at just $47.

Psst!

By the way, are you checking out our bargains page? Our new writer Katie is keeping an ever-vigilant watch over it, and is posting some fantastic deals over there. We’re convinced that Katie can smell a bargain like a shark drawn to blood – she’s amazing!

If you’ve got a killer bargain of your own, just e-mail katie@knickersblog.com.