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    seasonal trends – corsets, dresses, pencil & bustle skirts
    ♠ Baroque to Rock
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    ♠ tIES for gUYS
    for him or her – handmade ties in eye-catching fabrics
    ♠ SmartyPants
    frilly knickers with satin bows—lovely lingerie, great gifts
  • 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
    ♦ sporran handbags
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  • new stuff

    latest additions

    tartan knickers
    ♥ Brighten up your Edinburgh Festival
    ...with Impractical Clothes new stretchy tartan knickers
    Highlights from the DtK catwalk shows in New York:
    Dressed to Kilt 2010
    Dressed to Kilt 2009


Baroque to Rock

elegant dresses and skirts, full length gowns, bustle skirts — a Moulin Rouge/Vegas-inspired collection of funky and burlesque styles

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BALLERINA

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

from £200 to order

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Red tulle 3-tiered underskirt

from £100 to order


silk ballerina dress 1
silk ballerina dress 2
silk ballerina dress 3

BLOSSOM CHINESE SILK

Sweetheart style red Chines silk corset with French clasp and back lacing

from £200 to order

slacy ilk corset 1
lace skirt
silk corset

RACY LACY

Ivory silk back-lacing corset with lace and ribbon overlay, front clasp and metal boning

from £220

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White cotton/lace Ra-Ra skirt with bustle back

from £80 to order

ivory silk skirt
silk corset
embroidered corset

SILK CIRCLE SKIRT + CORSET

Embroidered ivory silk skirt

from £180

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Embroidered ivory silk Daredevil corset with front clasp, backk lacing and metal boning

from £190

purple blue velvet front-lacing sweetheart corset
purple blue velvet front-lacing sweetheart corset and bustle skirt
purple blue velvet bustle skirt

BLUE VELVET CORSET & BUSTLE SKIRT

purple-blue velvet front-lacing sweetheart corset
from £120

purple-blue velvet bustle skirt
from £120

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( front-fastening corset )
embroidered black taffeta cocktail dress
black cocktail dress with diamante belt
black taffeta cocktail dress with tulle underskirt

BLACK COCKTAIL DRESS

embroidered black taffeta cocktail dress with diamante belt & tulle underskirt
from £180

brocade dress with wrapover bodice, 3/4-length skirt and tulle underskirt
Brocade dress with wrapover bodice

KIROV BALLERINA DRESS

Brocade dress with wrapover bodice, 3/4-length skirt and tulle underskirt for volume & movement
from £150

embroidered silk, georgette & spandex A-line dress
silk, georgette & spandex A-line dress with full sleeves & floral trim

RHINESTONE DRESS

embroidered silk, georgette & spandex A-line dress with full sleeves & floral trim
from £140

pinstripe sweetheart-style corset with busk & back lacing
pinstripe sweetheart corset with busk & back lacing

SWEETHEART CORSET

pinstripe sweetheart-style corset with busk & back lacing
from £150

embroidered ivory silk full-circle skirt with tulle underskirt
silk full-circle skirt with tulle underskirt
embroidered ivory silk full-circle skirt

CIRCULAR SKIRT

embroidered ivory silk full-circle skirt with tulle underskirt. this dress swings

from £150

raw silk full-skirted strapless cocktail dress with net underskirt
fully lined raw silk strapless cocktail dress
raw silk strapless cocktail dress with diamante clasp belt

STRAPLESS COCKTAIL DRESS

raw silk full-skirted strapless cocktail dress with net underskirt and diamante clasp belt - fully lined
from £180

print cocktail dress with hot pink tulle underskirt
Marilyn Monroe print cocktail dress

MONROE

print cocktail dress with hot pink tulle underskirt - create a stir in this party dress
from £130

strapless sun dressstrapless sun dress with tulle underskirt
daisy print strapless sun dress

GRACE

strapless sun dress with tulle underskirt
from £120