WIN a Year’s worth of Lingerie with Curvy Kate!

Curvy Kate has launch a fantastic competition to warm up our January blues and kick start the search for the their new Star in a Bra for 2012. The figure flaunting brand is know for promoting curvy confidence through the use of their models which are all  selected for the annual competition.

The Competition is hosted through Facebook, encouraging fans to sign up in a give-away draw to win a YEAR’s worth of lingerie… the winner will be selected randomly and announced on Facebook on the 14th February as an extra valentine’s gift from your’s truely… Curvy Kate!

The competition is hosted through an online app on Facebook which is located on the left hand side on their Facebook page under the title CK Giveaway.

To enter the draw all you simply have to do is enter your FULL NAME and E-MAIL ADDRESS… but to increase your chances you are encouraged to SHARE your entry with your friends. If you would like to keep updated with all the latest Curvy News i.e. Star in a Bra entry dates and winners remember to tick the box directly under the box for your e-mail address.

So what are we all waiting for? There’s nothing that makes you feel better than a set of fun, supportive underwear…

A year’s worth of Curvy Kate lingerie will consist of 12 sets in total… a set for each month of the year! A set consist of a bra with matching knickers. Remember entrants needs to be 18 years and over… for more terms and conditions see the ‘Grey’ button on the CK Giveaway app!

Good Luck!

Curvy Kate’s newest recruit, Lizzie Haines has won Plus Size Model of the Year 2011 with 100percentpeople.com beating celebs and other well-known models to the esteemed title.

Flaunting a shapely size 14 figure, Lizzie won the public’s support through her confidence and desire for new challenges by proving just how gorgeous real curves look in lingerie. Making her first modelling debut this year, Lizzie was crowned queen of curves in the celebrated Star in a Bra competition hosted by your’s truly…Curvy Kate. Whittled down from over 400 shapely hopefuls, Lizzie was named the face and bust of the brand for 2011.

Launching for the first time this year the ‘Plus Size’ awards accumulating over 64,000 votes in just under a month. Kathryn Whatton, Managing Director of 100percentpeople comments on Lizzie’s victory ‘We at 100percentpeople was pleased to announce that Lizzie Haines, who was in the lead from virtually day one, has won the 2011 Plus Size Model Award.  It is good to see that this young woman is not only a model but also a  budding entrepreneur.

This 30 year old  budding entrepreneur and freelancer, runs her own business and website called Do It Momma! Lizzie tells us about why she created the growing blog “‘Do it Momma’ came about as a way to combine everything I hold a creative interest in.  The main focus is textiles, photography and food yet I hope to build a creative outlet that will lead to other things and spark the imaginations of many.”

Lizzie has recently taken part in the AW12 photo-shoot with Curvy Kate; she can be seen modelling the SS12 collection can be seen on www.curvykate.com. She will also be on the judging panel for this year’s Star in a bra competition 2012, which is due to launch on 23rd Febuary 2012!

Congrats Lizzie we could not have been prouder!

This week, Curvy Kate announced that they will be launching the first ever moulded bra in a J cup called ‘Smoothie bra’… I don’t know about you but I am pretty excited for it to come out! I had a chance to try on a sample size that came in a 32G and I am very pleased with the overall look, shape and support!

As some of you may know from previous post I myself live in moulded bras… I choose moulded bras because they are so comfortable and they give a great lift and the desired shape i want every time! They also give me a smooth outline in everything I wear.

For those of you who are not entirely sure what a moulded bra is or what the different is in comparison to a padded bra… A moulded bra is as it’s name suggest; it’s made from a mould. They are seamfree bras made from a form like material for extra comfort and uplift.

The form like material used in moulded bras are lightly padded but this isn’t intended to make you ‘look’ bigger in any sense but to give you a desired shape. However, with a padded bra, the general intend is to push your breast tissue up and together and it’s widely known to make you ‘look’ bigger than you are.

There are many benifits to a moulded bra, these can be:

- it’s seam-free so it can be worn as a t-shirt bra and it disappears under your clothes easily giving you a smooth silhouette

- Because it is made from a foam-like material it is generally very comfortable and it hides your nipples well during the winter

- It gives a rounded shape which is desired by most

- It’s very good for anyone who has asymmetrical breast as the cups works as a disguise by evening out the breast so they look perfectly symmetrical; this works because the cups always say in it’s original shape (If cared for properly).

Although there are many other moulded bras available, there is currently no moulded cups available up to  J cup as far as I know… So it is dubbed that Curvy Kate is officially the first brand to venture thus far! With expectations soaring high for this brand i’m sure they won’t disappoint…

They have successfully made their basic range, the Daily Boast up to a K cup and would soon be developing that range even further… Watch this space for more updates!

Can you believe our 12 Days of Christmas competition has come to an end?! It seems like only yesterday we were planning our prizes, and here we are, about to announce our latest giveaway.

Not only that, but we’re all starting to panic a bit that we haven’t  finished our Christmas shopping – woops!

And so, to see us off with our bang, our last Christmas prize is…

…a £100 treat card, including a personal shopper and a makeover, all courtesy of Debenhams!

This amazing treat is a great way to start the New Year and a fantastic prize to finish out competition.

Thanks Debenhams!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Remember, this is the LAST day of our competition and you have until midnight to enter – so get entering and get sharing!

Well it’s the penultimate day of our Christmas giveaway, how quickly has that gone?

Todays prize isn’t 11 pipers piping, but something much better. Todays prize is courtesy of Interflora!

Thanks to the wonderful people at Interflora, we are giving away an amazing Christmas bouquet, complete with chocolates, an ideal gift for anyone or a treat for yourself. Who doesn’t like flowers?!

For more details on this simply beautiful prize, head on over to the Interflora website.

Thank you, Interflora!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

And remember – tomorrow is our last day of the competition, so get entering!

Nope, it’s not ten lords a-leaping, it’s something a bit more festive…

…a glamorous Christmas pack courtesy of Girls With Attitude!

This goody bag has everything you need to get you in the mood for a party.

The very glamorous team at Girls With Attitude have put together a selection of their festive favourites, including false eyelashes and nail products (amongst other wonderfully girly things). Get ready to wow everyone you know with all these amazing treats!

Thanks Girls With Attitude!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

With Christmas upon us we are all busy doing our Christmas Shopping… this year I have saved a lot of time and money by giving the gift of support in some gorgeous sets of lingerie!

It isn’t the first thing to spring to mind when your thinking about a present… but it works in the favour of both male and female… as a female myself I would love to receive lingerie as a Christmas present… whether it’s from a boyfriend or a one of my girl friends.

Although it is considered to be an intimate present as you will have to know the person’s size, I think it’s a barrier than can easily be broken. Getting lingerie from a friend compared to a partner will have two different connotations all together but it’s still giving the gift of support!

For guys it’s a little tricky to find out a woman’s size… but it’s achievable; whether its playing detective and taking a peek in her lingerie drawer to asking one of her closest friends… to even being as smooth to catching a glimpse while helping her tighten her straps or asking if she needs a helping hand (hint hint)

Whereas for girls it’s fairly easy… most girls are comfortable enough to ask their female friends for advice about lingerie and what size they are… if it isn’t that easy then it calls for some tactical planning like inviting her to go lingerie shopping with you and getting fitted together… this elevates the question quite naturally and in won’t be conceived as being inappropriate that your asking her size because you guys are ‘bonding’ and sharing information that’s quite relevant to the activity.

Once you’ve found their size then you can choose from the array of styles and colours… If your stuck have a look at the Curvy Kate’s Christmas Guide Guide below – All these styles are now available in many retailers… Have a look at the Curvy Kate Store Locater to see where your closest stores might be!

Curvy Kate’s Christmas Gift Guide!

From the top left:

• Curvy Kate Emily in Grape and Black
• Curvy Kate Portia in Black and Pink
• Curvy Kate Lottie in Indigo and Wine
• Curvy Kate Tempt Me in Black and Gold
• Curvy Kate Princess in Wine and Grape
• Curvy Kate Elegance in Black
• Curvy Kate Thrill Me in Jade and Purple
• Curvy Kate Tease Me in Wine and Black
• Curvy Kate Thrill Me in Purple and Jade

For more options take a look at their full Autumn/Winter Collection Here

There were no ladies dancing. Well actually, you may be dancing when you see our next prize!

We may be coming towards the end of our competition, but the prizes are still as good as ever, and todays treat is…a Spa in a Box, courtesy of Spabreaks!

But what exactly IS a spa in a box? It’s amazing, that’s what!

It includes the following…

• An Invitation to be Pampered – A day spa experience at a choice of stunning venues
• Make-up bag
• Jessica nail varnish
• Cooling eye mask
• 7” nail file
• Pedicure toe separator
• Luxury face cloth
• Free £60 Virgin Wines Voucher

The perfect treat for yourself or a gift for someone else. You’d have to be feeling pretty generous to give it away – it sounds almost too good to be true!

We think this should be renamed ‘Heaven in a Box’, how perfect would this be to relax after all the celebrating at Christmas and New Year?

Thank you Spabreaks.com!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

Something a little more exciting than 8 maids a-milking…

…it’s a treat from Very!

The generous team at Very are giving away a £100 voucher and some advice from their very own V-team offering some of the best style advice out there. So whether you decide to treat yourself or make a sizable dent in your Christmas shopping, this voucher is sure to go far.

Thanks Very!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

…but a brand new prize!

We’re over half way through our 12 days of Christmas competition now but the prizes are still as amazing as day 1! And todays prize?

A beautiful dress courtesy of Mascara Collection!

They are generously giving away a dress of your choice, costing between £100 and £300, that’s New Years Eve sorted then!The dresses comes in sizes 8-20. They’re absolutely stunning and no doubt you’ll feel extra special this festive season.

Thank you Mascara Collection!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

…something that smells much nicer than six geese a-laying…

A Marc Jacobs perfue set courtesy of The Perfume shop!

It includes the Daisy ‘Eau So Fresh’ Eau de Toilette (125ml) and a matching body lotion (150ml) worth a whopping £83! Well that’s one way to smell delightful this Christmas.

There is so much on offer over at The Perfume Shop, we know where we’ll be headed to do some of our Christmas shopping.

Thank you to The Perfume Shop!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

…a £100 Figleaves gift card!

Not even five gold rings could beat that. With so many brands on offer, no doubt you’ll be able to spend that £100 in a flash over at Figleaves. Plus, they do so much more than lingerie, so you can make a start on your Christmas shopping. They’re new stockists of Curvy Kate and we couldn’t prouder to be included on such a great site.

And if you’re not lucky enough to win this brilliant prize, they’re offering 20% off EVERYTHING using the promotional code ‘TWENTY’. For more on this offer and to start making a dream shopping list, head on over to the Figleaves website.

Thanks Figleaves!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

Well it’s the fourth day of our Curvy Kate Christmas, and you know what that means – a new prize!

So what’s are we giving away today? Well it’s not four calling birds, that’s for sure.

Get ready to get pampering and preening…it’s a £100 Helen É cosmetics voucher!

We absolutely adore  Helen É cosmetics and they’ve been firm favourites of ours for quite some time, especially at the Star in a Bra shoot. So what better way to get you in the party mood than £100 to spend on their dazzling make-up?

Not only that, but you can also get £5 off when you spend £15 or my, by entering the voucher code ‘curvykate’ at the checkout. So, even if you’re not lucky enough to win this wonderfully generous voucher, you can still treat yourself this Christmas. Thanks ladies!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

…there were no French hens, but something MUCH better.

A £100 Simply Yours voucher!

I think the prizes seem to be getting better and better!

Simply Yours are a fantastic website that stock some amazing lingerie by a wealth of brands – but most importantly, Curvy Kate!

They even have an exclusive colour way of our classic Portia; a delicious raspberry and navy combination that’s sure to brighten up your underwear drawer.

But whatever it is that’s caught your eye, you sure to spoil yourself rotten with £100 to spend at this wonderful website. If you’re feeling generous you COULD always spoil that special someone…but with so much on offer we think we’d find it hard to share! Bad Curvy Kate!

So is this the prize for you? Enter now!

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

…two turtle doves? No?

We have something a little bit better than two turtle doves…

The wonderful people at Buyagift.co.uk have kindly given us a Spa Experience gift voucher to give to today’s lucky winner!

With the gift voucher you can treat yourself to a blissful day of pampering at a number of UK spas – sounds like heaven to us! I think the Curvy Kate team have earned a prize like this, what do you think?

Please note, today’s prize is only available to our UK customers. Unfortunately not all the prizes are available to our international customers however please do check back every day to check what’s on offer. As long as the prize isn’t restricted – such as today’s – anyone is free to enter!

To read all about what the experience includes, have a look at the Buyagift website. With 34 destinations all around the country, there’s something for everyone.

Go to our Facebook page and enter your details for your chance to win.

Remember, you can enter once every day, and the competition runs from midnight to midnight, so you have 24 hours to enter each day. Invite 10 of your friends to join in with the festivities and you will get another entry into the competition! Just head on over to our 12 days of Christmas page to enter.

Good luck everyone!

Curvy Kate has had a very interesting year with 400% growth in the last year alone. This big bra company boomed in sales as well as fans in the last year due to various trade shows, promotional activity and of course their unique designs for the D plus market.

Over the year they’ve seen new additions to the collection, new models through the Star in a Bra search, added a few well-known retailers and won an amazing award.

The Brand if know for celebrating curves and ‘real women’ and has taking this philsophy throughout the year starting with their annual ‘Star in a Bra’ competition where they scourer the whole of the UK and Ireland to find a Curvy Girl who was confident enough to flaunt her figure in lingerie. This is where they found their gorgeous model Lizzie Haines, a confident and very ambitious woman whose taken fly with the competition… after winning Star in a Bra 2011; Lizzie has go on to modelling for Curvy Kate for both the SS12 catalogue with runner up Emma Donaghy and the AW12 which was recently shoot in November with new Model Julia McLean.

Lizzie Haines will soon be taking part in a photoshoot with My Daily and participating in the February Trade Shows in Birmingham. She is also campaigning herself to win the ‘Plus Size Model of the Year’ award through 100percentpeople.com

Curvy Kate has also successfully launched the Star in a Bra competition in Australia this year!  The competition proved to be just as popular as it is here in the UK; with Julia McLean being crowned the queen of curves to represent curvy girls down under. Julia was flown over to the UK to take part in the photo shoot for the AW12 catalogue and was dubbed ‘natural’ as she had no problem being in front the camera… Her photos were all amazing and is currently being used in the 12 days of Christmas campaign.

Along with these exciting images; we saw the launch of Curvy Kate’s new swimwear range, introducing the supportive yet stylist Rio Ruffle in Jade/Purple, Caribbean Curves in Purple Animal print and Bondi Breeze in Black/Pink. The swimwear was well received by all and will be available from next year (2012)… Although I cannot confirm where these will be I’m sure we will all be able to get our hands on them.

The range has also seen the Daily Boost and Fleurty added to the collections… These have already become favourites by many fans and retailers… The Daily Boost is Curvy Kate’s first design for a basic continuity range based on the best-seller Princess shape…  It will be available in Nude and White for SS12 and black in the AW12 collection. The Fluerty was added to the showgirl range following the popularity of the Tease me and Thrill me collections… this was launched in sweet summer shades of powder blue and coral and would be available for SS12.

Throughout the year Curvy Kate has successfully marketed there way thought the recession making a name and a way for themselves… They were nominated for three awards in the UK lingerie awards and came our winning the ‘Fuller Bust brand of the Year’ award adding some more substance to the brand.

The fuller bust brand has seen success in every area increasing in fans to employees and gaining an impressive list of influential retailers all stocking their collections. Retailers added this year are online giants ASOS, Next, Debenhams, Very.co.uk, Simply Yours, Figleaves, Littlewoods, Fenwick (Brent Cross), Bravissimo (Various Locations) and Menarys.

Overall it’s been an eventful year for Curvy Kate and they are ending it with a ‘bang’ hosting the 12 days of Christmas campaign. I’m sure we have all seen the amazing Lizzie, Laura, Lauren and Julia singing the Christmas carol ’12 days of Christmas’ looking gorgeous as ever in the new AW12 collections. (See Below for the Video link)

There are amazing prizes up for grabs each day until the 12th December, anyone can enter through the Curvy Kate Facebook page by simply entering their name and e-mail address. There is a different prize to be won each day from top brands like Soap and Glory, the Perfume Shop, Simply Yours, Very.co.uk, Interflora and Spabreak.co.uk to name a few…

Curvy Kate 12 day\’s of Christmas!

It’s not a partridge in a pear tree, but something much better…

A Soap & Glory Santa Sack! The perfect way to kick start our fabulously festive 12 days of competitions!

We LOVE Soap & Glory here at Curvy Kate, they always get us in the party mood with their wonderful products. Plus their tongue-in-cheek retro packaging and product names are some of the best out there. So what better way to get in the mood for some festive celebrations than with a goodie bag to die for?

The Soap & Glory Santa Sack is an exclusive Curvy Kate prize…just think of a super size gift set!

So, do you fancy some Christmas pampering? I know the Curvy Kate team do! We all need some TLC before the festivities start and Soap & Glory know how to make us feel super special. Obviously if you’re feeling generous you could give it to someone else as an amazing gift, but we’re not quite so sure we could part with all the delicious products. Selfish, us?! Never!

To be in for a chance to win this wonderful gift set, go to our Facebook page and simply enter your details – that’s it! You can enter once every day, but if you’d like another entry to each competition just invite ten of your friends to enter and you can have an extra entry!

We’ll be announcing the winner tomorrow along with our next giveaway, so good luck everyone!

Here at Curvy Kate HQ it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and don’t get me wrong – I love the festive period, but am I the only one thinking “how is it December already?!” It’s time I got my skates on and started my Christmas shopping!

To celebrate our favourite time of the year, we want to give our customers a chance to experience a Curvy Kate kind of Christmas…

It’s our 12 days of Christmas giveaway!

From the 1st of December (that’s today!) until the 12th you can be in for a chance to win one of 12 wonderful prizes. They’re top secret and won’t be announced until each day of the competition, but who doesn’t like surprises?

Every day the prize is different and after having a sneak peak at what’s to come I’d say it’s about time everyone got excited for Christmas!

You can enter once a day, every day, for your chance to win, and with the opportunity to get your friends to vote by spreading the Curvy Kate love, you can get more entires into the competition…simple! By inviting your friends to enter you can get an extra entry to the competition, meaning you have a better chance of winning. You get one extra vote for every ten friends invited, but with so many amazing prizes on offer we doubt this will be very hard!

And it’s really very simple to enter – all you have to do is enter your email address into our Facebook form and you’re done. Is it really that easy? Yes it is! Head on over to our Facebook page to get started.

None of your details will be passed onto any other companies, only us here at Curvy Kate will have access to your personal details. It’s all run through our Facebook page, making it easier than ever to enter. We wanted to say a huge thank you to all of our customers and what better way than this?!

Here’s the beautiful Julia – our Australian Star In A Bra winner – starring on a competition page to show you how it’s done.

There’ll be plenty of ways to get involved and help us spread the curvy word. From inviting your friends to enter to blog banners, we’ll be letting you know just how you can get involved, so watch this space!

So, what are you waiting for? Fingers at the ready, and go..the first przie is already live on facebook waiting for you to win it!

And our beautiful models couldn’t resist getting in the festive spirit and decided to have a little sing along at our latest shoot. So to see this blog post off, here they are…take it away, girls!

Time to put on our elf costumes and help sort out these wonderful presents…

Good luck everyone!

A group of 10 girls (including myself) were wined and dined over some healthy discussion whilst wearing lingerie on a cold winter night… Sounds like the beginning of an interesting story but it was indeed the Curvy Kate fitting event.

The event took place on 15th November where we invited a group of girls to come the the Curvy Kate HQ to talk about our past, present and future collections. By the time all the girls arrived the room was already set up with food and wine (hence the wine and dine) as well as samples of the collections in their sizes.

All the girls got a chance to introduce themselves and state their sizes for the room to hear… (I recall someone comparing it to an ‘AA’ meeting hmmmm) Amongst the girls we had myself (Marketing Assistant), Adriana the Production Manager and Charlotte the Design and Production Assistant.

On each seat laid the AW11 and SS12 brochures for everyone to have a look through and familiarise themselves with the collections, they were also given a piece of paper asking them to bear certain things in mind like the fit of the bra, the comfort and the support while they tried them on.

We started with the Curvy Kate best-seller… Princess, which was used as the basis for the Daily Boost and the new CK Swimwear collection… The sight of  all of us in the same bra was quite interesting to say the least… We got some good feedback about this bra which was expected as it is one of our best-sellers… We compared it to the feedback we get on our Social media sights which was that the ribbons makes the cups a little tight on top or small… but in this case it was fine on most of the girls.

The second bra we tried was the Lottie, which became a favourite from the AW11 collection, most of the girls were pleasantly surprised by the fit and shape… for some the shape was too different to the showgirl ranges but it was a clear favourite from their reactions.

We then moved on to the showgirl ranges and tried the Tease me in wine… This looked gorgeous on everyone and I don’t think it has the potential to look bad on anyone but then it is a personal favourite! The fit worked really well with all sizes but some of the girls found it a little full on because it does give an amazing lift! Let’s just say the ‘girls’ won’t be forgotten in this!

We then ended on the Tempt Me, which was the set we’ve had the most feedback about on all our social media sites and probably the main reason we had the fitting event. With all the feedback it seemed obvious that it does come up two cup sizes smaller in the cup and needs some attention but over all every one loved the new colour-way and still wants to buy it despite the fit! However, we would definitely be paying the much needed attention to our plunging styles for the future.

After lusting over the AW12 collection (Above) we ended with a sneak preview of the AW12 collection which was just photo shoot with the Winner from the Australian Star in a Bra, who did a fantastic job and made it look effortless.  There was alot of Ohhhhhh’s and Ahhhhh’s and questions about when this collection will be available… Sadly it is not out until the July 2012! Just about half a year or so to wait girls!

There was a lot of interest in the Daily Boost which will be available in White and Nude for SS12 and Black for AW12, the next favourite was the Fleurty which was introduced in the SS12 in a Powder blue and coral colour-way and our new seam-free mould bra which will be available for AW12… A lot of exciting new additions to the Curvy Kate collections to come!

Lastly we asked the girls if there was anything in particular missing for the D plus girl or something they would like to see… thankfully most of the things they suggested we are already in progress of making them… I’ll give you some hints… Something without Straps??? and Something that makes you feel very sexy in the bedroom??? Any ideas??? Watch this space!!!

As we are in the middle of designing our AW12 collection for Curvy Kate, I thought I would interview the person who is probably the most involved in it all… Charlotte Davies, Curvy Kate’s new Design and Production Assistant!

So Charlotte you’ve been working for Curvy Kate for about 3-4 months now, and you joined us in the middle of designing the collection  for AW12… how has it been so far? and was it fun just jumping straight into designing?

It has been brilliant, it is really interesting working for such a nice company, everyone is so friendly and you really feel like you are making a good product. It is also a bit of an eye opener too because it  is so fast paced! you really have to be on the ball haha

Yes you have to work so far in advance sometimes… well all the time really! Did you always wanted to work in the Lingerie Industry?

I always wanted to work in Fashion, I wouldn’t say I really found my passion for lingerie until I was at college. We were always encouraged to find a niche, and I really clicked with the technical side of fashion design so wanted to find something that pushed me on that side of things. When I found the degree at DMU I really started paying attention to lingerie, and found that it is such an interesting and personal thing to design. It balances both the importance of fit and design so beautifully. I couldn’t imagine doing anything else now!

Awww I love that you say it’s a personal thing… It means it’s something you put your heart and soul into. Would you say you get attached in designs?

I think you have to learn to be quite objective – obviously, any design you initially make is very imprinted with your own style but it also has to appeal to the widest range of people possible! That is why we conduct design meetings, to ensure that it isn’t just me who likes it, haha. But in a way, yes, you do feel quite proud when something gets produced that is your design. The most important thing is that it makes your customers feel fantastic, not my satisfaction at seeing my original design is being produced, so if we have to change it to make sure our customers love it then I’m fine with that!

It must really be amazing to see your designs used and hear how much customers love them. What do you use for inspiration?

I use loads of things, I mean, obviously I look at catwalk trends and trend prediction but you can’t let that rule your life! I love to watch films for inspiration, or go to a museum. My graduate collection was inspired by some victorian medical instruments I found! But at the same time, you have to be commercial so you have to marry this with current things so quite often I look at celebrities and music videos too. All these things combined can give you confirmation that you are moving in the right direction.

Without giving away too much… how would you describe the AW12 collection?

It is such a beautiful AW collection! Very sexy, with lots of strong colours. Some really exciting new products too….

Thanks a lot Charlotte… I can’t wait for the collection to come out, I already have some personal favourites that I just cannot live without!  I have to continue adding to my ever growing addiction of Curvy Kate!