Viva Voluptuous Launch Party

Viva Voluptuous, the luxurious, handmade, plus-size boudoir lingerie brand, held their official launch party last week at the plush cocktail bar of Jewel Piccadilly.

The night included burlesque entertainment with a catwalk of the brand's latest collection.

The collection features plus size corsets. Below in fuchsia pink is the sparkly satin pink corset at £80.

A range of baby dolls and kimonos.

The brand is exclusively designed for women who are size 16 or above.

https://vivavoluptuous.com/

See more designs in the video of the catwalk show.

 Video of Burlesque entertainment

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Hot Pink for Spring 2017 by Dower & Hall

Introducing Jasper Conran at Wedgwood Floral

The new Jasper Conran Floral collection is inspired by Jasper’s love of colour, flowers and English country gardens filled with full blousy roses, freshly bloomed peonies and delicate lilac.

 “There’s nothing I like more than an armful of flowers cut fresh from the garden. Creating a floral collection for Wedgwood was an interesting journey. Floral pattern is so much part of English decorative heritage and it took time to find the right manner in which to take something so traditional and fuse this with the modernity of my Wedgwood collection.” - Jasper Conran

 This contemporary range of decorative fine bone china includes tableware and teaware as well as serveware items, allowing pieces to be mixed and matched with contrasting colours.

 The collection has been created to layer beautifully with existing pieces from the Jasper Conran White at Wedgwood collection, which also shares the same clean iconic silhouette.

https://www.wedgwood.co.uk/tableware/by-collection/jasper-conran-floral

PORTS 1961 Womenswear Pre Fall 2017

An off duty, relaxed scene is evoked in the Ports 1961 Pre Fall 17 collection, drawing on domestic objects and the everyday as its inspiration.

 The collection melds together the comfort of familiarity in carefree arcadian elements with the modernity of the brand's signature multi-function pieces.

 Felted winter blankets are reworked as outerwear coats..

 Commonplace still life photographs of seasonal flowers in vases brought from home, appear on knits and on crisp poplin shirts.

 A fresh perspective can be seen on the recurring theme of stripes,

 which in turn become familiar checks as they make their way through the collection.

 Inviting homespun knitwear, soft textures of brushed wool and double faced cashmere combine with warm hues of currant, caramel and turmeric to evoke a sense of gentle luxury.

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CELIA KRITHARIOTI SS17 at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

For her first fashion show in Paris, Greek fashion designer Celia Kritharioti shows off her SS17 haute couture collection in style at the Ritz hotel.

Clean, sharp laser cut designs juxtaposes with...

......feminine frills and ruffles.....and

..... sexy sparkling fringes.

Colour palette:
Hot sunny yellow and pale sky blue reminiscent of a typical summers day on a Greek island.

Cool whites and classic black

ZIAD NAKAD SS17 at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week

“Butterfly of Paradise”

 For his second Couture collection presented at Westin hotel in Paris, Ziad Nakad offers his own vision of a universal garden where butterflies and flowers are the main symbols of his inspiration.

Tradition and modernity combine to each silhouette giving the appearance of a sparkling bouquet of summer flowers.

 Laser cutting, three – dimensional shapes and sophisticated insertion of embroidery are a reminiscent of the butterfly structure and its extreme delicacy.

Its metamorphoses appear through various cuts; wide or narrow, short or long or even asymmetrical for an audacity touch.

 The color range is mainly pastel: salmon pink, sky blue, shiny gray ....

and it also evokes the colour of honey.

 Belts accompany some dresses to assert the size.

 Set with jewellery or bronze in shapes of butterflies embroidered with Swarovski stones.

The handbags as well complement the silhouettes.

 In this marvelous garden, a fabulous bride appears in an astonishing dress with a volume entirely embroidered with embossed butterflies.