The company was started in 1981 with Karen Millen and Kevin Stanford selling plain white shirts to friends. By 1983, the pair had opened a boutique in Kent. By 2009, the brand became part of Aurora Fashions which owns other brands in the UK. Today the brand is under the Creative Director Gemma Metheringham who oversees a team of twelve designers that work solely on the label’s ready to wear, accessories and lingerie collections.

This ribbon slot bra is £40.00 and the matching knicker is £22.00. With a full design shop like Karen Millen, you can also pick up these red satin sandals for £135.00.

The team produces two main collections and two transitional collections each season – within each collection are eight stories that cover day, work, occasion and week-end. Everything in the collections is designed in-house from the lace used in the label’s famed eveningwear to the embossed hardware on the statement bags. In-house pattern cutters complete the team and help to perfect the flattering fit for which the brand is famed.

This animal set has a bra for £36.00, string for £16.00, and suspender for £22.00.

With a strong sense of British style, the Karen Millen brand is expanding outward. The brand can be found in 29 countries with 93 stores in the UK and another 135 stores around the world. You can find Karen Millen on Facebook and Twitter.

This is the Ava with bra, string, and knicker options for £46.00, £22.00, and £24.00 respectively.

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Jessica Simpson is releasing a lingerie line to compliment her other silly fashion projects. Wonder if it will all be about control tops and Spanx since she’s been on the yoyoing fatness thing lately.

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Karen Elson laces up in this ad titled “Ulysses and the Call of the Sirens” after the Greek myth in which a trio of seductresses charm the hero by song. A perfect spring/summer collection with bright colors and fun patterns.

Don’t you wish you had her gorgeous long red hair?

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Lydia Hearst stars in London lingerie company Myla’s sexy new ads. The 1940s, Film Noir-influenced ads, shot by photographer Ben Hassett, will appear in print in December.

Thanks Luxist for the pics.