Known for the best selection of fine line brand name lingerie for all occasions, Laurela.com has something for every bride. The prettiest French Lingerie collections of bridal and wedding lingerie fashions for the wedding night and honeymoon are very carefully selected by the store and come in a range of styles. From lacy panties to sprinkled with crystals bras dripping with beauty and luxury, Laurela.com lingerie store can outfit the wedding night, the honeymoon, and any day thereafter.

What brand could provide more chic and glamorous bridal lingerie styles, than Lise Charmel? A variety of lingerie styles are made of the finest lace and sumptuosly decorated with floral embroideries and crystals will set up a romantic mood. We particularly like the Allure de Star collection, which is done in the very sheer sparkling white tulle fabric and has floral embroideries all over. The sprinkles of Swarovski crystals here and there make the collection peices drop-dead gorgeous and very unique.

Lise Charmel, Allure de Star Collection, Bra & Boyshort (above)

Another favorite is a new collection from Lise  Charmel, which can take your breath away, called Femme Toujours, featuring elegant bridal underwear pieces accomplished in gorgeous fine lace that has a silver lurex thread in it giving the peices a slightly frosted look. We also love the satin appliques that perfectly blend in with lace and embroideries to create and elegant and glamorous look.

Lise Charmel, Femme Toujours Collection, Demi Bra & Boyshort (above)

If you are a fan of exquisite lace and embroideries, then Precieux Design Collection is right for you, with tulip floral embroideries all over sheer demi bra cup and boyshort panty. Both of these bridal lingerie styles are very popular with brides to be.  The scalloped lace embroideries along the boyshort panty are trully amazing in their attention to detail and classic beauty.

Lise Charmel, Precieux Design Collection, Demi Bra (above)

Founded in 2001 by a designer Damaris Evans, the Damaris brand marched into the lingerie industry with its very fresh and unique, now signature, styles, such as Bow Knicker and cheeky bottom cleavage. The brand concept was to create high fashion, avant-garde designs in natural luxurious fabrics in order to seize upon the gap in the lingerie market that has been dominated by nylon lace and cotton Lycra for years. Spawned something of a lingerie revolution, the brand became an instant success.

The heart and soul of the brand is the St Martin’s fashion print design graduate Damaris Evans who, at the age of 25, started her own lingerie business from her kitchen with a £5,000 loan from the Prince’s Trust. Damaris’ goal was to sell her lingerie in the Europe’s top lingerie departments. When she first took her collections to Selfridges and Le Bonne Marche in Paris, both stores immediatelyadded them to their inventory, despite a retail price ranging from £125-£3,000 per piece.

The next challenge was to conquere the fashion press, that unanimously found the Damaris concept to be a hit and awarded Damaris the title of “Lingerie Queen.” Damaris styles were featured in ES, Vogue and Elle, and as a result, a waiting list for the Bow Knicker in Selfridges, spawned an instant celebrity clientele and buyers from Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Liberty and Browns Focus followed. All stores have since featured Damaris in their window displays.

Damaris’ designs and entrepreneurial skills were also acknowledged when she was awarded an Elle Style Award for ‘Young Enterprise of the Year’ for the Spring/Summer 2003 collection. Two years later, she also received the Royal seal of approval, being the only lingerie designer to be invited to the Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen for a Celebration of British Design.

It is not a secret that not only the entire lingerie market is uinfluenced by Damaris’ designs, but also the brand’s direct competitors and the high street have also given her recognition by blatantly trying to replicate the famous Bow Knicker style. While fighting off any wanna be attempts in court, the Damaris brand continues to develop its own unique signature styles that are feminine, elegant and drop-dead gorgeous.

Couture Lingerie is a very good quality pricey lingerie usually made by high end brands, labels and/or designers. Its price can be measured not only by the designer or brand name on the tag, but also by the cost of materials and labor invested in making that piece. What cannot be possibly measured is the feeling of beauty, serenity and happiness experienced from owning and wearing a beautiful and exquisite piece of couture lingerie. Another quality that separates couture lingerie from regular lingerie is that it can last for a very long time, given that you handle it with care.

Flibustine, Lingerie Couture, “Feu Sacre” Collection, Bra & Panty (above)

There is an unspoken golden rule of trade – you get what you pay for. Most lingerie sold today is an average lingerie that is mass produced, made of cheap materials, cannot endure long wear and needs to be frequently replaced. It is true that life requires us to be practical. If we find something good enough to sleep in, or to wear underneath our everyday clothes, we  buy it.  The fact that this countour bra is going to loose its shape and that shorty is going to stretch after several washes will bother us later. For now we are happy to have saved big bucks and bought something in bulk cheap.  

Vannina Vespernini, Lingerie Couture, Silk & Lace Chemise (above)

Wearing a good quality, Couture Lingerie is a totally different experience in that it inspires a transcendent state and sweet dreams. Being part of the private, inner world of a woman, couture lingerie can make a woman feel beautiful, confident and feminine. It is not a secret, that almost every woman lacks self-confidence to some degree. We want to be thinner, taller, richer, smarter, more happier, more famous and look sexier. Having that special piece of high quality beautiful lingerie can boost a woman’s self esteem by making her feel good in her body, love and treasure herself.

Carine Gilson, Lingerie Couture, Embroidered Sheer Robe (above)