Secrets In Lace - lingerie for pin-up girls

To celebrate their 30th Year in business, Secrets In Lace bring you their latest design in fully fashioned stockings ... just in time for Valentine's Day!

The gift of glamour!

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Secrets In Lace - lingerie for pin-up girls

Secrets In Lace brings you their newest, exclusive design in stockings.

The Banbury French Heel Fully Fashioned Stocking has a bold pink welt, a double black line in the underwelt and a fine black Picot line at the top of the welt combined with a 15 denier black french heel. We think this is a very glamorous and sophisticated design!

These are the finest quality stockings, created for you by Secrets In Lace! As with all their ff nylons, they include the hand sewn backseam and the finishing hole in the welt. 

The gift of glamour!

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Secrets In Lace - lingerie for pin-up girls

We love these  fully fashioned Cuban Heel stockings from Secrets In Lace. They are made from 15 denier nylon, with sewn backseam, keyhole at the top of the stocking welt, exclusive signature welt imprint and a fully knit heel and toe reinforcement. A must for your pin-up wardrobe.

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What Katie Did :: lingerie for pin-up girls

We love the fabulous selection of retro lingerie and nylons for sale at the What Katie Did website. Their fashions faithfully recreate a 1940s / 1950s look and the company has built up a huge following.

What Katie Did creations have appeared in many photo shoots for a variety of publications, including Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway in Mad Men) in a recent edition of GQ magazine. Their signature bullet bra has been seen gracing the pages of Vogue and Elle.

"We know just how vintage style helps all women look and feel fabulous!"

What Katie Did :: lingerie for pin-up girls

What Katie Did brings YOU their very latest bullet bra -  just in time for the festive season!

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The What Katie Did signature circle-stitched 1950s style bullet bra has been given a new identity, with the bottom half of the cups in slinky satin and the tops left tantalisingly sheer. We guarantee it will keep you standing to attention at all times, pert, pointed and perfectly supported, looking smashing under sweaters and dresses alike.

Available in a beautiful sapphire navy trimmed with baby pink piping, and seasonal silver, which is finished with black stitching, straps and piping.

If you've been good (or very bad) this year, then perhaps you'll be lucky enough to get a saucy reward in your (seamed) stocking. We certainly hope so!

The gift of glamour!

What Katie Did :: lingerie for pin-up girls

New from What Katie Did - the Stars and Stripes corset!

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Beautiful hand made corset with intricate stars and stripes detailing.

The model is Miss Miranda.

The gift of glamour!

Stockings :: a glossary of terms

Fully fashioned (FF)

This refers to stockings that are knitted flat on vintage machinery, and then sewn up the back with a genuine seam and finishing loop. Genuine fully fashioned stockings are now very rare but much sought after (see fig 1 & fig 2).

Contrast heal and seam

Many would say the ultimate in hosiery, striking, sophisticated and very daring, this type of stocking features a contrast colour foot, seam and welt. Sometime bright colours may be used as the "contrast", but often it wil be a black seam, heel, toe and welt featuring as part of a "nude" stocking (see fig 1).

Cuban heel

Type of heel on a fully fashioned stocking whereby the reinforced part is squared off above the back of the ankle, rather than tapering to a point (see fig 1).

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Fully fashioned stockings with a combination of "cuban heel" and "contrast heel and seam"
1951
Copyright © Nebel Knitwear Company

French heel

Also known as a point heel, it's the type of heel on a fully fashioned stocking whereby the reinforced part tapers off to a point, helping to accentuate the length and shape of the leg (see fig 2).

Reinforced heel and toe (RHT)

Stockings that have a reinforced heel and toe. Classic RHTs are generally made from 100% non-stretch nylon, and along with fully fashioned stockings, are the most reminiscent of the golden era of the 1950s. RHT stockings do not have a seam.

Sandal toe

Sheer, invisible toe - ideal for wearing with strappy sandals or open toe shoes. May come with or without reinforced heel.

Welt

As a term specific to stockings it describes the double thickness at the stocking top. Fully fashioned stockings have a finishing loop at the back of the stocking welt (see fig 2).

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Fully fashioned stockings with a "French heel" and "finishing loop" in the welt
Copyright © Hidden Assets

Denier

This is a guide to whether the hosiery is sheer (see through) or opaque. Low deniers are sheer. High deniers are opaque. Technically it's defined as the weight in grams of 9000 meters of yarn. Standard sheer hosiery tends to be in the 10-20 denier range. Anything less than 10 denier is considered ultra sheer. Higher deniers tend to be semi-opaque (around 30 denier) or fully opaque (45-50 and above).

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Secrets in Lace :: lingerie for pin-up girls

The Pin-up Files loves the glamorous retro lingerie sold by Secrets in Lace. Their classy collection of retro girdles, bullet bras, garter belts and fully-fashioned stockings deserves to be the focal point of any pin-up girl's lingerie collection.

THE GIFT OF GLAMOUR - keep the romance alive... can you resist going to Secrets in Lace?

We will adding new posts here as new designs, collections and items become available:

• The newest retro chic garter belt
• The Secrets in Lace Pin-up Calendar (2012)
• The Secrets in Lace Lingerie Calendar (2011)

Recently, Secrets in Lace have produced a whole range "Bettie Page" lingerie - see girdle and bra from the collection (fig 1) and has worked with burlesque star Dita Von Teese on every aspect of a range of stockings (fig 2).

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Lingerie for pin-up girls from Secrets in Lace

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The Dita Von Teese Stockings Collection

"Dita wears these stockings everyday! We worked with Dita on every aspect of these stockings including the styling, color and welt imprint. The Dita Full Fashion Stockings are made to the exacting standards of the 1950's originals complete with her trademark logo imprint on the welt, a hand sewn backseam and finishing hole at the top of the welt. Exclusively for Dita Von Teese by Secrets In Lace."

Secrets In Lace is the worlds premier supplier of authentic 100% nylon stockings, elegant lingerie, garter belts,girdles and bullet bras. Secrets in Lace products are worn by the worlds most famous and influential women. Only they know what lays beneath their classically elegant attire... their "Secrets In Lace".  

The Pin-up Files invites you to share in this incredible feeling and expression of femininity.

What Katie Did :: Merry Christmas 2010

A very Merry Christmas 2010 from What Katie Did, one of our favourite retro lingerie stores! Whether it's Christmas, a birthday or Valentines day, give the gift of glamour - it's what every pin-up girl deserves.

Merry Christmas 2010 from What Katie Did

Give the gift of glamour!

"As Christmas swiftly approaches you'll be pleased to know that here at What Katie Did we've made Christmas shopping as easy as possible. A live stock control system shows you exactly what is in stock, and orders placed before 2pm are mailed the same day. Click on the 'Christmas' button on our website for everything you need to know about Christmas shopping with us - from free Christmas cards to gift ideas to our all important returns policy!"

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Secrets in Lace lingerie calendar

The new Secrets in Lace 2011 Collector's Calendar has just gone on sale!

Lingerie for pin-up girls from Secrets in Lace

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