Old-Hollywood Glamour - French ELLE

It is always a pleasant surprise to see lingerie featured on the cover of a major fashion publication - and in this case it's French ELLE!

For February, the cover story features Laetitia Casta wearing an assortment of sexy lingerie pieces. We think that most of the lingerie is vintage, since we don't see any designer credits in the story (or at least we don't see any...if you know who did what, please let us know so we can give proper credit!).
What we particularly love about this shoot, and the reason why we're posting it, is to show how lingerie can be classic, sophisticated, stylish and glamorous. The theme of the shoot is a celebration glamour icons of the silver screen, and photographer Vincent Peters perfectly captured the look! All of these styles are something that can be worn underneath clothing, which shows how sexy intimate apparel can also be practical.

Some of our favorite old-Hollywood glamour pieces in our boutique are the Alice & Astrid Long Satin Silk Gown, and the Beau Bra Long Gown. Both pieces look so cute with the ivory Fifi Chachnil angora cardigan worn with it. Actually, pretty much anything by Fifi Chachnil has an old-Hollywood glamour style!

Fifi Chachnil - A Fleur de Peau Slip Dress

Alice & Astrid Long Gown

Alice & Astrid - Luxury Loungewear

Alice & Astrid is an adorable brand from London that has won over the hearts of us at Faire Frou Frou. Just recently we received our Fall collection and simply love the beautiful night dress and baby alpaca wool sweater (shown left). In fact, we've gone crazy over the Sweater and the Gauze Shrug that it's on almost every display in our store!!!! Heck, I'm wearing mine as I write this! Needless to say, I would be wearing the long satin gown if I weren't at work this very moment.
Alice & Astrid really is a sweet, adorable line (with a very kind sales rep that I work with) that specializes in creating their own prints and using an old fabric-dying process done in India using the sun to saturate the colors. This brand comes out with 2 collections per year, and you can find a sampling of their goods on Faire Frou Frou.