WWD Intimates sexy lingerie China asked a few from the Hollywood set one question: What's your favorite item of lingerie?

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Calvin vxyvx010 Klein bras fit me very well. I tend to be more of a T-shirt bra-type girl. I also like On Gossamer if I want to get fancy. And who can go wrong with Hanky Panky?

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I have a beautiful La Perla red lace G-string with a tiny rhinestone buckle right at the top of the crack with a red lace bra to match.

Fran Drescher

Spanx! I don't do sexy underwear. Anyone who says anything else is so full of s t. Who wants a lacy string up their ass all night?

Kelly Osbourne

Agent Provocateur. All their black lacy bras and little panties.

Jessica Paster

Hanky Panky's my favorite that's really all I wear. I'm not too fancy, but maybe I should be.

Joy Bryant

I don't have a favorite lingerie item. I'm not well versed in that.

Ellie Kemper

My Malizia by LaPerla Water Bra enhances perfectly. It's amazing.

Jordana Brewster

I have this Agent Provocateur piece that's really beautiful. Actually, it doesn't compare to the La Perla thing that I have. I'm engaged, so none of this is slutty by any means, but Agent Provocateur is for when I want to look like a rock star and La Perla is when I want to look demure.

Victoria's Secret Wholesale Babydoll Lingerie has launched its first high-end lingerie collection, called The Victoria's Secret Designer Collection. The line, which is rendered in shimmery see-through chiffons and trimmed with European lace, ribbons and embroideries, features playful baby dolls, barely there unlined bras, deep-plunge push-up bras, string bikinis, low-cut teddies, garter belts, a kimono and a merry widow corset.


The Oktoberfest Costume collection has been kept under wraps even at the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in November when several key items were featured as part of the regular lineup. 

The in-house designer collection replaces the decades-long concept of featuring upscale designer brands such as Chantelle Thomas on the main floor of Victoria's Secret stores. The idea was to attract a more affluent and sophisticated consumer.

​Ed Razek, president and chief marketing officer of Victoria's Secret, said, We took it in-house because we have a design team that has such a passion for lingerie, and they differentiate Victoria's Secret from any other brand.

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The collection has nearly sold out since it vxyvx010 began selling Tuesday at victoriassecret.com and at five units, including the Lexington Avenue and Herald Square megastores, said Razek. Plans are to expand distribution of the summer collection to seven additional units in late June, totaling 13 doors.

Bras Oktoberfest Costume retail from $98 to $158; undies and garter belts are $38 to $68; baby dolls and teddies are $158 to $218, and the kimono and merry widow are $120 and $298, respectively.

BARNEYS TEAMS WITH SEYMOUR: Stephanie Seymour is about Sexy Clubwear to up her fashion status beyond supermodel to add lingerie entrepreneur.

 

Through a partnership with wholesale halloween costumes designer Casey Paul, the former Victoria's Secret model will unveil the Raven Sparrow collection at a slumber soiree at Barneys New York on Feb. 9. The pair took inspiration from Seymour's personal archives and their respective mothers' and grandmothers' underpinnings.

Having worked wholesale swimwear in fashion (particularly lingerie) for so many years, Seymour said Wednesday that she has a unique perspective on style. Still widely known for her Victoria's Secret Angel-ship, she brings more knowledge to the category than the average executive. 

​As an avid collector of swimwear manufacturers  vintage fashion, Seymour said she has become very inspired by the workmanship of those historic pieces. Aware that the market was lacking in comparable quality designs, she said, I feel that dressing for bed is a lost art form. It's a ritual I find important in my own life.

In termsof the actual process, she said, Everything from fabrication to fit has been done with deliberation and care. It's critical to me that each piece in the collection is something I want to wear myself.

She started sketching her designs 10 years ago, recalling vxyvx010 how transformative garments can be. She first applied for the Raven Sparrow trademark in 2013.

While the all-black raven is intrinsically wholesale halloween costumes linked to Edgar Allan Poe, the entrepreneurs had something else in mind with the name. Raven Sparrow's aim is to create haute lingerie as high art bewitching and bespoke, impeccably draped and worthy of what Seymour calls the divine ritual of dressing for bed.' The label represents the dualities of femininity the dark and the mysterious midnight raven, the light and innocent little sparrow, according to a press release for the brand.

This isn't Paul's first go-round wholesale swimwear in design, having developed and sold a collection Speer and Paul with Kami Speer years ago when they first graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Speer is now pitching in with Raven Sparrow, Paul said Wednesday. Paul has worked as stylist, having advised clients like Lisa Ling, Kelly Ripa, Parker Posey, Bernadette Peters and others.

But Paul said Wednesday now all of her time is dedicated to Seymour and Raven Sparrow. In 2011, Paul and Seymour first teamed up, sharing an interest and appreciation for vintage fashion and couture craftsmanship. Their 18-piece lingerie collection will retail from $200 to $950 with the average item retailing between $500 and $600, Paul said.

Intentionally planned to launch before swimwear manufacturers Valentine's Day, Raven Sparrow will be sold at Barneys Madison Avenue store and its Beverly Hills location, as well as the retailer's e-commerce site. Raven Sparrow expects to unveil its own site in the next week or so, but e-commerce will be added at a later date, Paul said. With their launch party set for the first night of New York Fashion Week, they are still figuring out the final guest list, she added.