The popular blush colours of pale pink and creamy flesh tones
are prominent in a new fashion trend for 2010 lingerie looks,
namely underwear as outerwear. Soft
tones can still be stand-alone colours,
but they are also now used to emphasize underwear outerwear styling. The soft gentle blush
tones, pastel greys through to white, all get the underwear-outerwear treatment. Blush can be as rosy as coral (see below) or
as neutral as beige based nude tones; or blush can be gentle, soft,
subtle and as pastel as magnolia pink.
WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR WORN AS OUTERWEAR in 2010
Corsetry as outerwear features especially with ribbon lacing combine
stylishly to create the stencil
like effects of
underpinnings. Body contours are created with applied tapes and lace. This is an old figure-defining
silhouette trick used in many other lingerie fashion periods such as the bustle era. Following the curves
of a corset, especially a princess line corset, creates an
optical illusion of shape; Venus curves and hour glass
cleavage.
Above Left - Debut - Black Tape Bandeau Corsetry as Outerwear Dress £80/124 at
Debenhams.
Above Centre - Jane Norman Spring 2010 Piped Pleat Dress £42
Jane Norman - Premium Collection.
Above Right - M&S Spring/Summer 2010 Dress £59/80, Marks &
Spencer. Camille also provide a
good selection of affordable lingerie.
Single colour underwear outerwear dresses, like these above, emphasise
corsetry lines with piped and taped seams. This modern lingerie
fashion almost appears to
have reversed the construction of 1950s boned-couture sheath
dresses.
We are all familiar with the empire line bra dresses, such as these summer
sundresses below left and centre. Sun dresses morphed into bra
dresses decades ago, so a bra dress is nothing new. Even when a
bra dress is not in mainstream fashion there are always girls
wearing them at seaside holiday locations.
This washed denim corset bra dress right, ticks all the boxes
for a stylish summer holiday dress in corsetry as
outerwear. Its denim and pastel so very on trend.
For those wishing to reduce luggage this is a good double-purpose dress.
Easy to get to the beach with just a bikini bottom, it
is also a great cover up for lunch at the beach bar and offers
the freedom of a full skirt.
Right - Marks & Spencer - Light Wash Blue Denim Corset Dress.
Such lingerie fashion styles are relaxed, cool
and
comfortable to wear when
the bodice gives enough shaping for a woman to feel comfortable
enough to wear top clothing without a bra. This makes this
dress style ideal summer holiday wear for
hot days. The easy flowing style also lends itself well to
summer maxi and evening dresses.
Above Left - Embellished Dress by Oli.
Centre - Summer Whites - Marks & Spencer Pintuck Embroidered Cup
Dress T69/3019 £35.
Right - Marks & Spencer Dress £49.50 May-June.
The bra dress, far right above, is another colour way of the same
underwear outerwear grey/white tape dress shown modelled at the
top of the page. The more
tailored construction gives the dress greater
formality of corsetry as outerwear and thus is ideal for smarter wear. It would also team well
with a jacket or light bolero giving just a glimpse of the
underwear outerwear feature.
Pastel and sugar sorbet fashion colours for 2010, mean that the
palest pink is exquisitely delicate, sophisticated and subtle,
yet ultra girly in its prettiness.
Above Left - Jane Norman Spring 2010 - Lace Bandeau Belted Mini
Prom Dress £50.
Centre - Monsoon Spring Summer 2010 - March - Grey Petal Dress
£160/250 Eire - Monsoon Originals.
Far Right -
Body Con Dress £45 at ASOS.com - ASOS April Clothing.
As well as surface application of lace trims, designers are also inserting lace or chiffon
pieces of fabric in main areas of silhouette and seaming focus. Strong Corsetry
as outerwear looks
include pastels mixed with overlays of black lace.
These dresses
left and below show how black lace can be applied, or used as sections of a
garment and create a different underwear outerwear look for 2010. The
garments take a fresh twist when lace is mounted on flesh or pastel
coloured fabric rather than the more usual black lace on black.
Far Left - New Look - Green Lingerie Dress -
£25/35.
Centre - Body con dress evening fitted lace party style wear
from - Jane Norman Spring Summer 2010 - Lace Corset Panelled
Dress - £45 Jane Norman Dresses.
Near
Right - French Connection Summer 2010 Crepe Deluxe Insert Dress
£120, French Connection Ladies Clothing. This black concealed
cut-out dress has a fitted lace neckline and sleeve with a
tailored zip.
The
pastel green dress near right is a straight forward lingerie
dress and a pure take on a woman's underslip petticoat. Although
to be fair, the wearing of a petticoat slip or chemise as an
undergarment is rarer today, especially since most dresses are
lined, and women prefer to wear alternative Spanx and Sculptz type
foundation products.
A full lace slip was always seen as a very
alluring garment in the past. Elizabeth Taylor wearing a
gorgeous underslip in the old film, 'Cat on A Hot Tin Roof'
springs to mind. Maybe lace trimmed slips as pretty as this one
will make a come back if we continue to wear dresses so much.
This black dress far right above,
and with lace sleeves, must be the little black dress that every
woman falls asleep dreaming about, especially the woman who wants to hide/cover
up her arms.
Every fashion retailer in 2010 has dresses with underwear
outerwear lines that emphasise the upper body and waistline.
This lace panel black dress £65 right and which
gives ample coverage is from Marks & Spencer - T421923 and
is made from lace and satin totally in polyamide (100% nylon) so
is fully washable, making it low cost on laundry after
spillages.
This skimpier outfit far left is from Boohoo.com and their Edgy Parisienne Spring
Summer 2010 collection.
So consider your age
group and take your pick from all the lingerie fashion looks.
Lace is big fashion news, and some blouses, tops,
and bustier corsets
are made entirely of lace. Some fashion lingerie pieces have lace
band strips applied in the garment
sections. Others are made from satin giving a luxury lingerie
underwear outerwear experience for the wearer.
This corsetry
as outerwear look is
nothing new and was worn hundreds of years ago along with
quilted petticoats which became the most showy underwear
outerwear part of a woman's ensemble.
Top Left - Oli Contrast Bustier £38.
Centre Left - Internacionale Lace Corset Top £16.99 -
Internacionale Summer 2010 - Stockist Tel. 0141 552 2020.
Centre Right - A|wear Womenswear - Peach Lace Corset 22 £16 -
A|wear Stockist Number: 00 353 1 4724900.
Far Right - Jane Norman Spring 2010 - Jewelled Embroidered Front
Pink with Black Corset £35 - Jane Norman.
Lace is alluring, but it also has the texture to
make it suitable for more sculptural pieces. Lace is often
partly mesh net of light to heavy quality, so this makes it especially suitable for areas
that need to be crisply self-supporting. The designers of the
blouses right have used lace to create interesting sleeve heads. Stretch lace is also an interesting fabric
because it lends itself to body con looks.
Near Right - Lace Blouse from a selection at
Primark.
Far Right - Lace Blouse by Rare.
Frilly fashion thrills with layers, flounces and tufts of tulle
creating a girly romantic pastel prettiness not seen for
decades.
Above Near Left -
Baby Doll Dress Oli Dress Cat.No: 24C938WB9 £65 - Oli.
Centre - Simply Be - Ivory Crochet Dress £60.
Above Right - Rose Lace Dress 17 - Penneys Ireland Collections Spring/Summer 2010.
See-through
sheer or lace areas and erotic cut outs, create dresses and
tops with the air of negligees. Nightdress looks and baby doll
cuteness rule the day as well as the night.
Far Left - Marks & Spencer Negligee Dress. Spring Summer 2010
Dress £45, Bangle £9.50, Shoes £45.
Centre -
Warehouse 90's Grunge Yellow Cami £35/46 Dress £45/60
Warehouse Spring 10.
Right - New Look -
Tiered Chiffon Dress £25-35 - Embellished Frill Top £40-55.
Flounced Skirts
Lace is used to make whole dresses,
however you could also trim fashion lingerie with tiered lace inserts or decorate dresses with frills
and flounces, primarily of lace. Customizing a basic item
with extra lace or trim will put your fashion piece into the
designer category at a haberdashery price. Another girly pretty variation
is for torn, frayed or
laser cut chiffon, crepes, sheers, or semi sheer fabrics.
These frills and tiers also translate into catwalk looks in
easy flounced skirts and tops.
Near Right - Jaeger Catwalk Model.
Centre Right - WW ASOS SS10 Campaign Shots ASOS BLACK Dress £100,
Shoes £110, Ring £12 ASOS.com WW ASOS SS10.
Far Right - Decorated Top - SS10 Womenswear Miso by Republic.
Bottom Right - Flounced Frill Skirt by Penneys Ireland.
You may well have noticed that many of the fashionable looks
on this page feature flesh tone mixed or trimmed lightly with black. This colour
combination is everywhere, especially in fashion
accessories like these pink blush ballet pumps with a fine black
tape trim. Gorgeous - must have some!
Far Right - Shudoo French Sole Henrietta Blush/Black Trim
Ballet Pump Shoes
£95.
Stockist Number: 0845 680 0251
info@shudoo.co.uk
Even shoes are made to blend and coordinate with the underwear outerwear
look. The touch that says its summer 2010 are the spots and
studs since spots and studs continue as a strong summer
decorative theme. The black binding adds the trim often
featured on bras with contrast sherbet colours.
Far Left - SPRING/SUMMER 2010, NEARLY NUDE Faith Footwear
CANDICE - £55/70 NEARLY NUDE bar beige court dolly
faith neutral nude pale peep-toe Perspex shoe suede
Centre Left - Office Betsy Bow £60 Office Spring
Summer 2010 Ladies Collection.
Office say "Have Fun in the Sun.
Think Carry on Abroad and enjoy some summertime frolics by
letting your playful side run riot. Like your
favourite childhood cartoon characters, the emphasis is on candy
colours and pretty prints. Shopping has
never been so much fun as OFFICE is transformed into a
fantasyland full of suitably sweet shoes. Cute
court shoes and pretty pumps are decorated with Mini Mouse style
polka dots, Captain Birdseye stripes
and larger than life kitsch motifs such as hearts, stars and
anchors. If in doubt just remember, mish-mash
and colour clash!"
Centre Right - Faith Leather Strapping and Studding Neutral
Nude Pale Court
Shoe. Stud shoe SPRING/SUMMER 2010 NEARLY NUDE
Faith Footwear CALISTAT - £125/155.
Stockist Phone Number: 0845 880 1195.
Far Right - SPRING/SUMMER 2010 NEARLY NUDE Faith Footwear DEARY
- £70/90 NEARLY NUDE. Stockist Number: 0845 880 1195.
The little clutch bag is a winner especially at night and for
occasion wear. Many are like exotic pieces of jewellery, trimmed
with satin ribbon, feathers, and crystals. Clutches and
minaudiθre add the perfect finishing accessory touch to any
outfit.
Above Left - River Island Bow Clutch Bag £24.99 SS10 Womenswear.
Right - River Island Clutch Bag - £24.99 Spring Summer 2010.
River Island Stockist Number: 0208
991 4904
Conclusion on Underwear as Outerwear Lingerie Fashion
Creamy flesh tones
are a major new fashion trend for 2010 of lingerie looks,
namely underwear as outerwear. You may even spell it
underware outerware. The soft gentle blush tones,
pastel greys through to white, all get the underwear-outerwear
treatment.
Corsetry features, especially with ribbon lacing, combine
stylishly to create the stencil
like effects of
underpinnings. Body contours are created with applied tapes and lace. This is an old figure-defining
silhouette trick used in many other fashion eras such as the bustle
epoch. Think outwear lingerie looks and underwear-outerwear when
you shop next.
Copyright of images courtesy of Prshots,
Marks & Spencer, River Island, Simply Be, Rare, Office, Debenhams,
River Island, Accessorize Monsoon, ASOS,
Warehouse, Pantone, Oli, Dorothy Perkins, Jane
Norman, French Connection, New Look, Shudoo, Office,
Faith, Warehouse, House of Fraser, Jaeger, NEXT, Penneys,
Internacionale, A|wear, Primark, boohoo.om, Miso by Republic,
Simply Be,
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These dresses
left and below show how black lace can be applied, or used as sections of a
garment and create a different underwear outerwear look for 2010. The
garments take a fresh twist when lace is mounted on flesh or pastel
coloured fabric rather than the more usual black lace on black.
The
pastel green dress near right is a straight forward lingerie
dress and a pure take on a woman's underslip petticoat. Although
to be fair, the wearing of a petticoat slip or chemise as an
undergarment is rarer today, especially since most dresses are
lined, and women prefer to wear alternative Spanx and Sculptz type
foundation products.
Lace is used to make whole dresses,
however you could also trim fashion lingerie with tiered lace inserts or decorate dresses with frills
and flounces, primarily of lace. Customizing a basic item
with extra lace or trim will put your fashion piece into the
designer category at a haberdashery price. Another girly pretty variation
is for torn, frayed or
laser cut chiffon, crepes, sheers, or semi sheer fabrics.
