Wow! We sure took a break from Lingerie Unlaced. Well, that's because we were so busy during Valentine's Day that we took a little time to catch our breath and focus on our boutique. And the web site has not even slowed down. People from all over the world have been finding us and we're doing our level best to make their shopping experience the best.

One thing we're doing is expanding our line and direction into Retro Lingerie. Burlesque and retro just fit so neatly together and we love so many of the retro styles that are available now. In fact, some of them like this black and pink number from Leg Avenue, and this retro black floral girdle from Bernie Dexter are amazingly popular.

And we're paying attention! Look for more wonderful retro lingerie like this as we shift (just a little bit ;) in this direction.

If you're way into the retro look, be on the lookout for some higher-end girdles, corsets and corselettes in the shop soon!

Toodles! 

  
This past Friday, Beth and I set up a Kuhmillion booth at the Black Widow Burlesque "Unbound" show at the ND here in Austin. The show was MC'd by the always funny Nicole Lucas and billed as pushing the boundaries of what we normally see from the Black Widows. I have to agree, it was pretty avant garde, with each performer pushing her limits a bit. The crowd was loud and loved it all.

The ND is a great place for burlesque shows because of the nice layout of the stage, the bar and the open floor. Beth (wo)manned the booth and did all the work while I floated around taking photos. Here are a few highlights.

Zaftigg Von BonBon started out in this nice yellow swimsuit, but ended up in a kiddie pool of glitter with almost nothing else on.

If you want to see the glitter, check out our full slideshow on Flickr.

I just love Sailor Cherry. Wearing a simple burlesque corset, she performed a naughty jailbreak number with a chair and handcuffs, and showed the crowd one of her signature moves:
 
Did I mention there was a unicorn number with horn stroking? Yeah I just did. Bleu Magnolia seemed to channel David Lynch on this one and never took off the strangely life-like mask to reveal her face. Pretty cool though. 

Guest aerialist Bethany Summersizzle of Sky Candy performed one "simple" tease on stage wearing a cute and classic pinstripe garter belt and stockings, showing off her amazingly flexible body. 

Then she did an aerial number on a swing in the middle of the room. So impressive.

Betty Blue did a fun number with a lovely costume change tease behind a screen. 


I was lucky enough to snap a shot of her just as she peeked out from behind the screen. 
 

And Ginger Snaps performed her now infamous "Lola" number to the crowd's uproarious delight. I thought this costume was great with the striking black beaded fringe contrasting against the brilliant pink dress.
 

The finale was a dark group number contrived as a sort of funeral mourning, complete with all black dresses, gloves and veils. Each member took a turn to reveal a bit and bring their part in the production to a figurative and literal close.
 

A great show and a wonderfully eager Friday night crowd. We are always thankful to be a part of these shows and to see great burlesque performances. Thanks for having us, Black Widows!

If you want to see all the pics from the show, check out our "Unbound" Flickr set.

Hey y'all, just want to say hello from Austin and make the blog a little more personal. Ignore the guy with the hat; Beth's the good looking one!

We had this lovely portrait taken the other night at the Bat City Bombshells show. We started our burlesque lingerie boutique in 2009 with a mission to be real and personable, and I think you can tell by the photo that we're also having fun going to local burlesque events.

It's great to hang out with everyone in the local burlesque community and have the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people - both performers and fans. We also love getting to chat with people from all over the world when they visit our online shop and send us an email, or leave us a comment on our Facebook wall.

Keep having fun and we hope to see you out at an event soon!

-Patrick

We're pleased to announce that we have integrated our online burlesque lingerie shop with PayPal to offer our customers the option of making purchases with their PayPal account. We know that online security is a concern for every web-savvy shopper, and that many customers (ourselves included) regularly use PayPal because we can avoid giving out credit card and billing information. With PayPal integration, our customers simply hop over to PayPal to review and approve the purchase before returning here to complete their order. Here in the U.S. we're accustomed to using credit cards to buy stuff online all the time, but many areas around the world, and especially the European Union, do not use credit cards so freely and rely on services like PayPal to buy things online. So now visitors from all over have another easy option to shop at Kuhmillion Lingerie. Let us know how it works for you!