That Jean Paul Gaultier sure knows how to make a splash.

While the fashion world is still buzzing over yesterday’s Paris couture show from Gaultier — a suitably trashy collection inspired by the late Amy Winehouse — shoppers on this side of the pond can finally start lining up to get their hands on his new Créateur lingerie collection for La Perla.

We first …

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When Spring Cleaning Was Sexy
Posted by LT Staff | January 25, 2012

Canadian photographer Malina Corpadean gets an 8-page spread in the February issue of Fashion magazine for this wry, retro-styled editorial series called Spring Cleaning.

The feature is a great showcase for nouveau vintage styles from some contemporary lingerie masters, ranging from Dolce & Gabbana to UK retro label What Katie Did and Canadian stars like Fortnight (above) and Blush.

The Romanian-born Corpadean has …

Etam’s Dazzling Disco Inferno
Posted by LT Staff | January 24, 2012

Last year it was spring lambs on the fashion runway. This time, it was pythons and poodles and models in matching afros.

But those weren’t the most exotic creatures in last night’s spring runway show from French lingerie brand Etam, held at the Beaux-Arts de Paris and streamed live on the internet.

That honor would go to Grace Jones — at 63, still …

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This is awards season in Hollywood or, as I like to call it, shapewear season. There’s so much shaping, sculpting and squishing happening on red carpets today that I wouldn’t be surprised if one day Lycra is named the official sponsor of the Oscars.

And no one watches award shows more closely, or critically, than Greg Gimble. While other people just want to get …

Passionate, intelligent, self-assured, pioneering: these are all qualities associated with people born during the year of the dragon, which begins today and is considered the most favored sign in the Chinese zodiac.

Those are also characteristics often ascribed to Marlies Dekkers, the renowned Dutch lingerie designer who has chosen to welcome the year of the dragon with a dramatically artistic tribute collection to …

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