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Voting is well underway in the Company High Street Fashion Awards 2008 in association with NIVEA Deodorant Pearl & Beauty - and we were chuffed to bits to find figleaves.com nominated in the lingerie and online categories, as well as for best high street store overall. Every vote counts, so don't be shy: click here to have your say.
Has Madonna still got it? Here she is kicking off her tour in Cardiff the other night, showing her fashion nous in Givenchy Haute Couture by Riccardo Tisci.
There's a bit of an early Madonna feel to a lot of this season's most fashion-forward looks (black lace, anyone?). Get into the groove with some black lacy lingerie.
image: Kevin Mazur for Givenchy/ Getty
There are lots of times in a woman's life when it's good to go wire-free: as a teenager; when you're pregnant; or while running a marathon. Now, following yesterday's story about Californian Nancy Kates, who missed her flight to Boston after her underwired bra set off the metal detector, we can add another one to the list: when you have a plane to catch. Below, some everyday non-underwired bras to travel in. Left to right: Calvin Klein; Royce's teen bra; the famous Triumph Doreen.
"Get your best butt!" said People Style Watch this week. Not willing to work it? Then fake it with this Huit shorty - designed to fill you out just so. Huit padded shorty $59.
Go Team GB! If this week's Olympics cycling coverage has given you a taste for the velodrome, figleaves.com has just the thing: these padded cycling shorts, £25, by Green Knickers will let you catch the zeitgeist in comfort.
Melinda Messenger is the new face and body of Ultimo D-G cup, taking the mantle from another magnificently busted celebrity, Gemma Atkinson from Hollyoaks.
The collection, which launches today, includes this gorgeous set, Nouveau Pinstripe plunge bra £28 and shorty £14. Other ranges will be coming in over the next few weeks and you can be kept posted of the latest arrivals by joining our emailing list. For email sign up click here.
Lots of lovely figleaves.com lingerie in The London Paper last week - "Spice up your life with slinky underwear," counselled the paper. Don't mind if we do. Left, Chantelle bra £44 and brief £24; right, Mimi Holliday bra £50 and briefs £32.
How happy were we when the latest issue of Life & Style Weekly arrived? The magazine rounded up the top ten online shopping sites and here's figleaves.com in at number 6 under "best lingerie". What Life & Style said: "A sexy site guides customers through gorgeous bras (from 28D to 56FF!), panties, nighties, bikinis and shapewear. No wonder SJP's a fan."
Yep, you read that right... no celeb bikini watch today. That's because the trusty one-piece has been making the news instead. First, here's Isla Fisher in the Daily Mail doing cartwheels on the beach in her red strappy suit (and proving that red is indeed a flattering shade for all skin tones); next, here's Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on the osoyou blog swapping the skimpy black bikini she wore in Egypt for a simple white one-piece more befitting a First Lady.
A trend? Quite possibly: click here for our selection.
Let's catch up with some summer underwear news.
