One of my long standing fantasies is to wear a sexy piece of clubwear. I often wondered if you really wear it ?clubbing? or if it is made to wear for bedroom fantasies. But either way, I would love to try one of the smashing looking dresses from Espiral Lingerie?s 2008 Clubwear collection. Add a pair of fashionable high heels and it would be a killer outfit.

Style 4012 in canary yellow is quite bold and daring with two front slits, criss-cross tie string back, and open front held together with four rings. Style 4019 is another dress that strikes a whim. Flouncy black, ?Tarzan and Jane? type skirt with huge ring over the navel and connected to a halter top. As much as I fantasize about this dress, I cannot imagine leaving the house with my belly button showing. And style 4006 in red and black would be the ideal dress if my husband would accompany me to salsa lessons.

Oh Well ? I can continue to fantasize while the younger girls actually wear these strikingly sexy outfits!

More info? Check out the official Espiral Site!

Elegantly Scant, an Australian luxury label, has just released their photos for the second 2008 collection. Each year, the company designs two separate lines and this present collection will not be available for sale until November 2008. Seven sets with movie star names Audrey, Bridget, Doris, Raquel, Marilyn, Gidget, and Ginger, comprise this intricately, delicate collection.

Audrey, a stunning black and lace set with white accent bands and little bows, consists of padded or strapless bra, brief, g-string and suspender skirt. Bridget is a sumptuous silk satin with pretty pink trim set with padded bra, camisole, chemise, brief, g-string and suspender. Doris is more vibrant and boldly coloured with its plaid cotton print and French vintage motifs elegantly placed on the cups of the bra, camisole and chemise as well as inserts on the panties.

Seeing the name, one would expect Gidget to be a little more ?young girlish? and it does not disappoint. Pretty cotton print with black stripes and melon contrast bands, this set features a unique piece called a ?g-skirt?. It looks like boy shorts but is a skirt that covers just the right places. Ginger includes the cute g-skirt as well but the camisole and chemise are frillier with their yellow vintage lace trims around the hems and under the cups of the breast.

Marilyn is a spectacular white, vintage lace set that includes Brazilian panties and suspender instead of g-string. Raquel is another frilly number in pale pink silk with tangerine contrasts.

And if waiting to purchase this second 2008 collection is not enough to drive you mad, Elegantly Scant has announced that they will publish the photos from the first 2009 collection as early as September 2008. Then I am sure we will all be in a real dither trying to decide which pieces to purchase.

Many of us own sarongs but are not that creative or inventive when tying them on the body. It does not matter how many instruction websites I read, my sarong never really looks nice when tied. So I wondered how other women keep their sarongs attached especially when they use them as beach dresses. I thought about a brooch but that would only put a nasty hole in the beautiful sarong. Everything I thought about had pins of some kind and that just would not be acceptable. So I looked around and found other women complaining about the same thing but they had a solution ? pretty lacquered coconut buckles.

The handy little trinkets are perfect! They look like shells with two holes. When you tie your sarong, the right side of the sarong or pareo goes through one hole while the left side is pulled through the other hole. You then tie the two pieces into a bow or knot and voilà your sarong stays in place. The coconut buckle is also pretty when it is visible and does not mar your lovely fabric.

On the left is an excellent picture of how the coconut buckle works — more how to on their site!