Toad Lillie

With a nod to vintage styling at the height of couture fashion and old hollywood glamour, Toad Lillie lingerie expertly transforms luxe fabrics into dramatic intimates for the modern woman. Here I swoon over vintage gowns from the 1930s - 1950s. I was definitely born in the wrong era!

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Such an interesting dress! Love the pleats and how the varying degrees of beaded applique make for peeks of shine. Like a waterfall.

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Frilly fabulousness! A blast from the past. Charming Darling panties and quarter cup bra with Tie One On garter belt :)

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Rhinestone covered ankle straps with bows? Yes, please!

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Monday Morning Pretty - Bowtastic

Toad Lillie is all about the bows, and today launches a new blog column called Monday Morning Pretty. Which one is your favorite?

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Love this fish scale inspired mesh. A bit longer of a hem and she'd be the perfect mermaid.

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Kelly Mittendorf by Ellen von Unwerth

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Ellen von Unwerth is the goddess of photography.

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Oh how much I love this! Decadent, feathered, sultry, flapper perfection. Ellen von Unwerth at her finest.

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It All Began With Pasties - How I got started in lingerie, and how to make your own!

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Besotted with this bodice from 1911.

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Love this hoop skirt cage.

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How adorable are these 1920s pajama pants with sequins on the cuff?! Coleen Moore was such an adorable flapper.

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OMG! I love this image of a Ziegfield girl in an Erte-designed costume. Very risque for 1920!

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Stunning Ziegfeld girl in a beaded sheer peignoir.

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Exquisite 1920s silk and lace lingerie.

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Photo by Mark Shaw for Vanity Fair lingerie, 1953.

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Vintage lingerie photograph that could pass for fine art. So lovely!

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The Dancer by Fernand Fonssagrives, 1952.

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Fishnets and heels. Works every time.

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Love this; camelia pasties and not much else.

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Oh how I love the last picture!

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Hand painted velvet gown, Roberto Cavalli. I swoon.

Image courtesy of Bergdorf Goodman.