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    ♠ Baroque to Rock
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  • handbags
    ♦ dinky bags
    a proper handbag you can really dance around—new tweeds, tartans, retro prints
    ♦ urban jungle
    unique appliqued pieces in new playing card designs—bags of style
    ♦ dainty bags
    stylishly practical shoulder bags in tweeds and tartans with satin bows
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  • new stuff

    Coming soon!

    new tartan knickers
    ♥ New collection of corsets & dresses in tartan & tweed, and, of course, knickers...
    Highlights from the DtK catwalk shows in New York:
    Dressed to Kilt 2011
    Dressed to Kilt 2010
    Dressed to Kilt 2009


corsets

a collection of beautifully fitted corsets to give you sylph-like style or that extra oomph

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Moulin Rouge style front-fastening corset
Moulin Rouge style front-fastening corset
Moulin Rouge style front-fastening corset
Moulin Rouge style front-fastening corset
Moulin Rouge style front-fastening corset

MOULIN ROUGE

Sweetheart Toile de Jouy corset with busk, metal bones and back-lacing.

from £200

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red Chinese silk sweetheart back-lacing corset (with busk and metal boning)

from £200 to order

crumb-catcher corset with cutaway back 1
crumb-catcher corset with cutaway back 2

BELLE EPOQUE

crumb-catcher corset with cutaway back

from £150

flat-front tiny-waist back-fastening corset
flat-front tiny-waist back-fastening corset

COQUINE

flat-front tiny-waist back-fastening corset

from £150

back-fastening corset with front lacing detail 1
low-cut back-fastening corset with laced shoulder-strap 2

BURLESQUE

back-fastening corset with with metal busk and metal bones

from £180

low-cut back-fastening corset with laced shoulder-strap 1

EMMA

low-cut back-fastening corset with laced shoulder-strap

£120

daring scooped-front corset with points
daring scooped-front corset with points

DAREDEVIL

scooped-front corset with points (back fastening)

£120

scooped-front halterneck back-fastening corset
scooped-front halterneck back-fastening corset

BOUDOIR

scooped-front halterneck back-fastening corset

£130

waist-cincher corset
short-sleeved gypsy blouse and tartan hotpants
waist-cincher corset

WASPIE

tweed rounded-fraont waist-cicnher with front busk and back lacing

from £90