Inspired by their own edgy pieces of lingerie, Bordelle’s first swimwear collection – envisioned for spring 2013 – is all about fusing the flattering retro silhouettes with the tough bondage accents. The 2013 bikinis are ready to set the beach on fire with their slick cuts, alluring silhouettes and overall sophisticated feel. The graphic elements emerge against the sleek and powerful hourglass figures, gently colored in…

At one time it woud have been unheard of: the categories ‘Instruments Of Pleasure’ and ‘Ready-To-Wear’ sitting alongside eachother in the same website menu. But sites like Pleasurements are testament to the fact that all that has changed. You can buy your new season swimwear at the same place you buy your whips and paddles, pick up a couture latex dress along with your regular…

The reclining nude is a recurrent theme in fine art, from Giorgione in the 16th century through to modernism. She traditionally sprawls, lounges, stretches or leans across a bed or couch, sometimes partially covered by a crumpled sheet, sometimes looking listless, sometimes sleepy, sometimes sensual. Stephane Coutelle’s photo series Reclining Nude, featuring Taryn Andreatta, takes the artistic concept into the present day – replacing oilpaints…

When the styling product at your disposal includes luxury lingerie brands like Bordelle, Nichole de Carle, Obey My Demand and Paul Seville, not to mention a kitty of whips, chains and leather harnesses, you’re inevitably going to go down the sexy and fetishist path. The question is really just how, and for photographer Richard Monsieurs – using product from Netherlands-based boutique Pleasurements – the best…

Perhaps, in their shoot for Muse magazine, photographer Mariano Vivanco and stylist Beth Fenton wanted to go against the grain. Perhaps they wanted to shun all of the relaxed, 70s influences we’re seeing everywhere – 2011′s bikini trends included – and fast forward a decade or so. For Sigrid Agren in That’s Right is certifiably the babe of the ’80s. Or the ’90s perhaps. These…

Bordelle just pulled off an amazing feat. Something that’s not happened to me in my lifetime yet and might not again for some time. They placed before my eyes a pair of high-cut V shaped briefs – the kind of cut you’d expect to see on Elle Macpherson in Sports Illustrated circa 1985 – and, despite my better judgement, despite all of the 80s horrors…

The complex, strappy, bondage-inspired aesthetic of Bordelle hasn’t gone away. But like much of the evolution of 2010′s fashion trends into 2011, the bondage trend in general has softened, become more refined – Bordelle along with it. Granted, ‘soft’ is not the word you’d use to describe the gold spikes on the shoulder straps of the piece pictured; but click through the rest of the…

Sophie Holmes, with hair intricately curled and painted, cigarette casually in hand, carries off an interesting look for Volt Magazine. Pictured here is a semi-sheer dress by Jil Sander, showing a hint of a Bordelle halter-neck bra.

Featuring the unmistakable strappy leather bondage/fetish piece from Bordelle lingerie Autumn(Fall)/Winter 2009 comes a shoot in the latest issue of Numero magazine titled ‘Best Friends’. Hussein Chalayan’s thigh high boots also feature, as does a substantial dose of nudity.

With lingerie as outerwear a growing trend, we’re keen to see what new lingerie brands and collections are on the market – especially the ones that blur the line between what’s kept beneath, and what’s meant to be seen. We loved the elements of bondage Bordelle brought to their latest collection; but if you’re after something a little softer, Dietrich Lingerie’s Autumn(Fall)/Winter 2009 collection may…