Letter from Paris Mode City Part 2: Brands and Designers

Posted by Kathryn Kemp-Griffin on Friday, August 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

Kathryn Kemp-Griffin is the founder of Paris Lingerie Tours and offers exclusive lingerie tours as an unusual alternative to the regular tourist attractions.

She is also the founder of Pink Bra Bazaar, a lingerie charity dedicated to fighting breast cancer. Contact Kathryn at: kathryn@pinkbrabazaar.org

Brands & Designers

The fairy tale continues in this second installment revealing the new, fresh talent and creativity in swimwear and lingerie discovered at Mode City 2012 in Paris.

To revisit the magic of Paris Mode City, click HERE for Part 1 of this Series

4. Lise Charmel: Lingerie adorning the body like jewelry is taken a step further with the creation of an intricate necklace and earrings from guipure lace and fine silk. Worn separately or together to enhance the silhouette.

5. Maud & Marjorie: Is it a bra or a bathing suit? These two designers mix and match lingerie and swimwear techniques and materials to create Beach Lingerie and give an ultra-feminine and modern design to their collection.

6. Minuit Douze: Chapter Two of this new luxury brand takes us to Capri with chic loungewear and beachwear. Determined to change the way we travel (and perhaps the way we love!), designer Virginie Boeri continues to fuse extraordinary color, texture and detail to create distinctive pieces.

7. Cardo: Fashionable bathing caps that promise not to make you tear up when you pull them off! This playful collection includes caps with polka dots, stars and re-vitalizing orange, pink and purple. Swarovski crystals adorn sleek black for a more sophisticated look.

8. Sweetling: Designed for young teenagers, these fun first bras are made from 100% cotton in fresh, cheerful prints to fit the natural and changing shape of growing breasts.

9. Do-Paris: Designer Dorothée Goroneskoul reveals the elegance and sinuous beauty of the back with her luxury eveningwear and swimwear collection. Layered fabrics, couture detailing and matching bags make the effortless transition from day to evening.

10. Joy de Villaret: Glamorous new woman’s swimwear brand designed to offer a range of looks from simple and effortless to dramatic and stylish.

11. Wacoal: Sexy Summer Shapewear! Saturated color and see-through details gives an ultra-sexy feel while the miracle fiber Coolmax® assures a feeling of freshness for those long, hot summer nights.

12. Empreinte: Dedicated to comfort, seduction and fit for curvaceous figures, this French brand adds fashion to its credentials. Graphics, innovative fabrics, stylish details and sculpted proportions promise to make heads turn on the beach!