Posted by roxybina on Apr 22, 2010 in
awesome,
bad ass,
cool 
British designer Rachel Freire designed these fantastic corset, undergarment, football inspired outfits. I am completely in love with all of them. I love that nude color and the garters the best. That last photo of the extra long corset sort of looks like a venus fly trap devouring your upper body. Hawt. It looks like it could be claustrophobic. I like how Rachel gave thought to the crotch zipper in the nude bodysuit (third photo). I mean, the worst part of wearing a bodysuit is going to the damn bathroom. So back in the day, I used to be in a punk band called The L.U.V.’s (I went by ‘Roxy Lady’, naturally) and I wore a latex hot pink bodysuit on stage. I had to go the bathroom so bad after the show. I had to take the whole bodysuit off, which took a good 15 minutes. Try doing that in a NASTY nightclub bathroom. Anyway, long story short, crotch zippers are a ‘good thing’ as Martha would say.
photos: Kingdom of Style
Tags: corsets, Fal 2010, full body corset, garters, martha stewart, rachel Freire, roxanna bina, The LUVs, undergarments, venus fly trap
Posted by roxybina on Feb 19, 2010 in
Whhaaaaat?,
bleh,
cool,
jean paul gaultier 
A Mexican theme ran through every vein of this collection. Sombreros? Check. Cigars? Check. Mariachi band? Check. All that was missing was tequila with a worm in it (nastiness!). As much as I want to love the collection because I really love Gaultier’s vision, I can’t. The collection wasn’t elegant enough to be passed off as a couture collection. However, there were maybe three looks towards the end that were really fantastic — one of which was a white corseted, over-the hips jacket with a hoop skirt covered lightly with brown and yellow brown feathers and a white feather crown to match (third photo). I still believe in Gaultier, though. Maybe he should lay off the margaritas for now. There is always next season.
PS- Here is Gaultier’s take on cats in corsets… I know, so RANDOM!
photos: Style, Wow
Tags: cats, corsets, haute couture, jean paul gaultier, mexico, montezuma's revenge, roxanna bina, spring 2010, tequila
Posted by roxybina on Sep 14, 2009 in
cool,
effed up,
weird 
Does Marlies Dekkers make underwear for the geriatric and handicapped? Somehow I think she’s crossed generations instead of decades by accident. Her undies are actually cool, it’s the props that make it odd. I’m all for odd, but when you’re incorporating a walker that my batty neighbor owns, it gets to be questionable. I do like the different styles of corsets above. I have a corset collection (the real kind with steel bones) of approximately 90. Most all were custom made by a wonderful company in Orange, CA called Versatile Fashions. It comes in handy during Halloween and a formal night on the town. Here are some photos of me in corsets.
photos: Fashion 156
Tags: corsets, geriatric, halloween, handicapped, marlies dekkers, roxanna bina, versatile fashions, walker
Posted by roxybina on Dec 16, 2008 in
gross,
vile,
weird 
File this under Ewww. I am a huge fan of corsets and have a collection of custom steel boned corsets (about 150 corsets) . But. this. is. going. too . far.
The “corsets” above are actually piercings on the back using hyperdermic needles or ring jewelry to create the “grommets” on a corset and then threaded with ribbons or lacing. Ouch! Piercings are okay, but in my opinion, too much is questionable in terms of health and safety. This is not hot.
This reminds me of London’s Torture Garden .
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photos: Wikipedia
Tags: corsets, piercings, roxanna bina, torture garden
