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UK Lingerie Awards 2011 nominations open!

Nominations have opened for the UK Lingerie Awards 2011. The awards, in conjunction with underwear oracle Lingerie Insight, recognise excellence and innovation across the whole lingerie spectrum. The final awards will be decided by a panel of expert judges, but … Continue reading

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Late summer swimwear preview: Freya’s brilliant Biba inspired Bardot.

I think this summer Freya Lingerie have saved the best for last. This gorgeous Biba inspired Bardot (30-38D-G/GG) is beautifully simple and elegant, combining classic Freya shapes perfectly with the vintage fashion label’s retro style.  Already, I love it. It doesn’t come … Continue reading

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Soft cup bras reviewed: Freya Lingerie’s Dotty

I’d never considered soft cup bras before, always assuming they were the preserve only of the pregnant and breast feeding. I was aware of them vaguely as large, unsightly mostrosities that – had the recent trauma of childbirth not successfully … Continue reading

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Diet doctors go to war

Two French dieticians head to court tomorrow to fight a libel battle after one branded the other’s diet a ‘fantasy’. As a woman currently battling with her own body demons, I was interested in what initially sounded like one doctor … Continue reading

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My guilty secret: confessions of a secret self-doubter

I have a confession to make. Whilst doing my best to write about body image and celebrate women for who they are, not what they look like; I have secretly been fighting an old demon. My hourglass, for the past … Continue reading

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