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Tied up with Coco De Mer

A million miles away from the norm, these amazing bondage pieces take your breath away, literally and figuratively. Beautifully crafted and visually pleasing, all of these come from what is, in my opinion, the best shop in the world: Coco De Mer.

Regardless of whether you use these as originally intended or not, they double as pretty stunning works of art and would look amazing in any bedroom.

The Everything Guide To Bras

One hundred years ago, the word brassiere appeared for the first time in Vogue. For something that’s supposed to be a demure underthing, the bra has had a very public arc, from quaint early ads to fetish-catering pinups to innerwear-as-outerwear (cue Madonna). Below, links to a chronology, how to buy, care for, and generally understand this one flimsy garment.

The Search for the Right Fit
For some, bra shopping is about as fun as dental work. But there’s a lacy underthing out there for everyone.

The Mechanics
It looks so simple. Gwen Widell and Jill Gurhan, design and technical vice-presidents respectively at Wacoal, describe the engineering necessary for a bra to do its thing.

How to Increase the Shelf Life
Proper bra care means your bra will keep its pristine shape about one year. Tips on keeping your delicate underthings in good stretching order.

Boom and Busts
A timeline of the brassiere, from 1907 to the present.

Ask the Lingerie Experts
Nikki Dekker and Maayan Zilberman of the Lake & Stars.

Be a bedroom mistress

Power dressing is not just for the office - creatively adorning your body allows you to take on different sexual roles. And bunny boilers aside, a woman who knows how to take control is a powerful aphrodisiac. At sex boutique Coco de Mer in London's Covent Garden, Mistress Absolute shares her secrets on how to dominate spectacularly while your partner worships at your feet.

Treating Your Tricks

Halloween used to mean beating underclassmen with flower socks and egging our annoying neighbors windows. Now as we get too old to go from door-to-door, we’re going whore-to-whore with the holiday’s sluttiest getups. We showed you the infamous ‘Anna Rexia‘ costume, but if your chick-of-the-moment is too self conscious to rock that costume, here’s some more options that bring out your inner promiscuity.

The Jewelry That Reveals Your Mood

Skintile the Electronic Sensing Jewelry further explores emotional and physiological sensing. It is a new genre of product; a generation of wireless, stick-on body sensors that re-define traditional body adornment.

It explores a range of functionalities in new product forms that are playful, sensual, mood affected, bio activity stimulated, and arousal enhancing. It is a semi disposable, bio compatible, non-allergenic, breathable, mass customizable, self contained body worn accessory.