love – Persephone Rising

03.18.2015 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

Calling all Goddesses

Spring is here

We’re completely head over heels at these stunning photos from photographer Francine Duffy featuring some of our pieces, so we’re sharing the full set in celebration of the first day of spring. There is something so magical about Francine’s use of natural lighting and her instagram and site are filled with gorgeous sensual images, and there is something so authentic about how she captures the feminine spirit alive in nature.

model wearing: Well Played Babydoll & New Curtain Call jogger

I shared the story of Persephone on our instagram last week and for those of you that missed it:

This series reminds me of the story of Persephone who was kidnapped by Hades God of the underworld. It was said that her absence led her mother Demeter Goddess of the agriculture/harvest in her sadness to create winter’s blight. When Hades under pressure by Zeus & the rest of the Gods allowed Persephone to return he tricked her into eating a pomegranate, so having eaten a fruit of the underworld she would have to return for part of the year. Her presence and return to the earth led flowers to spring forth, and her return to Hades & the underworld caused winter when the flowers and crops fade. This story of her coming and going explained the change of seasons.

The story of Persephone is one of my favorite Greek myths, because like so many Greek tales it captures a deeper view of feminine power and mystique. It’s also empowering in that Persephone comes to represent both dark & light, she is both the Queen of the underworld and rules over the dead alongside Hades, but also has the power to bring life to earth with her return each spring her very presence brings forth flowers.

Also makes quite an apropos reference for our floral lace Petal Play collection too!

credits:

wearing:Well Played Babydoll & New Curtain Call jogger

photos: Francine Duffy

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Matchplay Loungewear Fall Winter 2013 – Between the Sheets

08.15.2013 by btslingerie // 1 Comment

Matchplay – New Core Loungewear

By end of August temps will be cooling down (wishful thinking?) and our thoughts will turn to pumpkin picking, caramel apple cider, and inevitably how to stay warm on those chilly fall winter evenings. Enter our latest collection, Matchplay – we’re bringing you loads of new lovely loungewear, some based in part on our most successful styles of the past 3 years. The Playdate pant is the base of the new Venus in Play pant, and our sleek Well Played’s fit has inspired the new Matchplay range, with the cardigan morphed into a full length robe you have to see to believe – so chic! And that perfect slim fit lounge pant sans trim and any icky elastic is tweaked to be even more flattering and affordable in the Matchplay pant.

So while we’re holed up with iced tea next to an air conditioner we’re daydreaming of those romantic fall eves when we’ll curl up with a good book and some seriously stylish loungewear.

left: Matchplay robe in navy over Petal play bralette & hiwaist in Ivory, right: Matchplay robe, tank, pant in Navy

left: Matchplay robe, tank, pant in Navy, right: Matchplay robe in Navy

left: Matchplay tank & pant in Navy, right: Matchplay “little blue nightdress “

Notice the asymmetrical tuck detailing on the side of the new Matchplay nightdress, it’s an LBD you can take a nap in!

Matchplay robe in navy over Petal play bralette & hiwaist in Ivory

Matchplay robe in Black over Airplay bralette & hiwaist in Black

Matchplay robe, tank, & lounge pant in heather grey

Matchplay nightdress & full length robe in heather grey

left: Matchplay tank & lounge pant in heather grey, right: Matchplay nightdress in heather grey

Matchplay nightdress in heather grey – The “little grey dress”

Matchplay robe in Ivory, Airplay bralette & bikini in vanilla
Whether you are a bride to be or just want to look/feel uber-fabulous at the spa (or imagining you are in one at home)- this Matchplay robe is beyond words.

Matchplay robe in Ivory, Airplay bralette & bikini in vanilla
The perfect getting ready robe, nothing to pull off to mess up your hair and makeup, because we’ve all been there…

left: Matchplay robe in black over Airplay babydoll in black, right: Matchplay gown in black

Matchplay cowl neck tank & lounge pant in black

Venus in Play robe in ivory over Come Out & Play babydoll in Dawn

Credits:
model: Tatjana Sinkevica
photographer: Josh Verleun
shop Matchplay: here

behind the scenes – BTS lingerie photoshoot Fall Winter 2013

07.19.2013 by btslingerie // 1 Comment

BTS lingerie Photoshoot – FW13 collection

I don’t usually take polaroids during fittings, but our FW13 model Tatjana was looking so lovely I had to snap this.

We shot in January 2013 (almost 9 months before this collections hits stores in late august/sept 2013). We’ve done lots of studio shoots and some outdoor shoots, but this was our first time shooting in a home, and there were certainly perks to that like waking up only an hour before the shoot!

We went all out bringing lots of flowers and props like tea lights, cozy throws, and books. We were also thrilled that the cottage we shot in (a high demand summer spot in Mattituck) had the most gorgeous decor and outdoor scenery to lend as well! Read on to get a behind the scenes look at the shoot and a preview of our Fall/Holiday collection.

Is it wrong to be in love with a kitchen? When we arrived and I saw those mint green cabinets, open shelving, and that incredibly gorgeous weathered island – it was love at first sight. We arrived early the night before to prep flower arrangements and get a head start on all the little details of the shoot, plus it meant we could wake up a little later than if we were driving out the morning of!

BTS lingerie photoshoot - north fork long island cottage

Lots of flowers, from hydrangeas and baby’s breathe to pale pink mini roses. Oh and we got crafty making a lovely baby’s breathe hair wreath.

We woke up to this scenic view, such a welcome and lovely sight after driving out in the dark/rain the night before.

Late night crafting the day before the shot – we were hoping these modge podge colored mason jars would be done in time to hold tea lights for the shoot but the chilly weather and some over zealous modge podge pouring foiled our plans! The finished look the day after the shoot below

Early morning call times can be such a pain, so it was nice to sleep over the night before and wake up to a leisurely breakfast and coffee followed by hair and makeup.

Naturally stunning, I just accentuated Tatjana’s gorgeous features with minimal makeup – focusing on her ivory skin and eyes (which I believe were hazel but shifted color in different light). Mauve and purpley hued eye makeup brought this out nicely.

My go to look is soft pin curls, it looks different on everyone depending on their natural hair texture – sometimes coming out in soft loose waves, others in tighter spirals. With Tatjana’s long Rapunzelesque locks it gave her normally straight hair a slightly tousled bedhead.

Big rollers and BIGGER cup of coffee to get through the wintery morning.

We got lucky that the day was unusually warm for early January in New York and shot some looks outside with the gorgeous exterior and landscape.

I really wish we had shot something in front of this neighboring yard’s shed.

We kept our time outside short, sprinting back in to warm up and shoot a couple of shots indoors.

left: Our baby’s breathe hair wreath in action. right: The glasses have kind of become a BTS lingerie photoshoot signature.

Sometimes a thread gets missed in sample making. Above is the cobalt Leopard Play (a cheeky hint at the gold leopard print) babydoll and tap pant (wait until you see the open back not shown here).

Because that Leopard Play set was so popular with our boutiques we added a robe as well, shown in cobalt and black above.

It’s not always possible to get enough daylight indoors so we added a bit of lighting to the indoors looks. This shot at the end of the day and you can see the long winter night settling in late afternoon.

And nothing sets the mood like candlelight…

Second makeup/hair look of the day I joking called Bond girl, because those smokey eyes and updo remind me of the casino scenes with lovely ladies playing cards. We had her play chess instead… stay tuned for the full lookbook where you’ll see we recolored those red chess pieces 😉

Checkmate – your move!

Josh caught this shot of Olivia (aka best intern ever) and I setting up this window scene. We tried the door but the angles made too many reflections.