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.
La Perla‘s striking Ingenue bodysuit, which debuted last winter, isn’t what normally comes to mind when you think of bodysuits: it reveals a lot more than it conceals. It would be more accurate to call it a panty with a built-in plunging halter top in whisper-thin chiffon.
But why quibble? It’s an exceptional and daring design from a classic label that one doesn’t …
La Perla has given the world some of the most luxurious decorative lingerie, and some classic basics as well. It seems fitting, then, that the venerable Italian label’s new Sensual line combines both traditions to create a new, and thoroughly contemporary, take on minimalist undies.
Sensual is as understated as it is chic: 14 separates in a monochrome palette of black, pink and pale blue, …
Anything new from La Perla makes us perk up, even when it’s not strictly, um, new.
The venerable Italian label has just introduced a bridal section to its U.S. online boutique. Fittingly, it includes something old, something new and lots of things borrowed.
The vast majority of La Perla’s bridal shop — which includes more than 50 pieces — is simply a curated selection …
When Jean Paul Gaultier‘s limited edition lingerie collection for La Perla finally reached the market a few months ago, it drew plenty of praise but a few quibbles as well. Sure, it would look fabulous on display at MOMA or the FIT museum, but was it actually wearable?
We’ve been waiting to seen some campaign shots from La Perla that addressed that question, …
