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The Lingerie trendThe 2013 Wimbledon finale will not only be remembered for Andy Murray becoming the first British champion since 1936, but will also be remembered for Victoria Beckham. Well, not so much the woman herself, but her dress.
If you’re an avid reader of the bible, and when I say bible I mean fashion magazines, you will have spotted Victoria Beckham in her lingerie inspired dress. And if you haven’t seen it yet, have you been living under a rock? The lace negligee was such a change from Vic’s typical, tailored pencil dress, it was splashed across every magazine for around a month. It was the first time, in my boyfriends words I might add, that Victoria had looked ‘sexy.’ And of course, once Victoria had worn the dress, our bibles were labelling it as the next biggest trend.
The runways of Prada paraded sheer dresses with lingerie embellishments, such as lace and sequins. Burberry and Marc Jacobs also favoured the trend in their latest A/W 2013/14 collection with lingerie inspired outfits. My favourite look on the Marc Jacobs runway was a fur trench coat, in which it looked like the model was just wearing the coat and nothing else. The phrase fur coat and no knickers springs to mind. I’m sure that most women have wished they had the nerve to wear just a coat, I know I certainly have but I am far too concerned with what others would think of me.