Dirty Girl Things
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Number One-Hundred-Forty-Nine
Velda Lauder Corsetiere
(with a h/t to the Lingerie Blog by Petite Coquette in the UK)
On graduating from the College of Design in Dublin, Velda Lauder was head hunted for the creative team at the world-renowned Brown Thomas store, as senior display artist and assistant fashion coordinator. Whilst there she designed her first clothing collection, won a Smirnoff Young Designer of Year Award, and joined the first Dublin based performance art group, Boutiques for Divisions.
In 1994 she relocated to Ibiza, selling her designs and working with the creative design team at the Ku/Privilege Nightclub. From there she moved to London, and immediately found herself designing clothing for rock stars and royalty, and working as a stylist for Tatler and Opera Now.
More recently Velda has specialised in consulting on projects with various high profile celebrities. She created the spectacular head to toe look for Dita Von Teese photographed by the late great Bob Carlos Clarke. George Michael used 3 of her classic looks in his ‘Easier Affair’ video, and Robbie Williams film noir video ‘Love Light’ featured 12 dancers dressed in Velda’s military ‘Peace Warrior Collection’.
In October 2007, the Sugarbabes wore 3 of Velda’s underbust corsets, encrusted with Swarovski crystals for the finale of the Fashion Rocks event shown on Channel 4.
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Sincerely.
Eve and JW3 and Mélisande
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