Lise Charmel AW13

One of the things I love about trade shows is that I can see the brands I write about in person. It’s a treat to see and feel these amazing garments, spend some time with the passionate and talented people who create lingerie and learn a brand’s story.

Even a short visit leaves me with a deeper, richer understanding about what the brand is about. Earlier this year at Curve, I had a chance to meet with Lise Charmel’s Xavier Zorn. He led me through an amazing selection of Lise Charmel at his booth and I walked away eager to share their AW13 collection with TLJ’s readers.

Founded in the silk neighborhood of Lyon, France, Lise Charmel has been creating lingerie for more than half a century. The brand is focused on fit, comfort and sophisticated design and is a favorite of retailers and consumers around the world. The brand’s AW13 collection — available as immediates — offers several ranges: Floraison Eden, Magie Cashmere, Precieux Tissage, Sublime Assur, Ispahan Grenade and Feerie Palmyre. Each range has a different theme and are all tied together by Lise Charmel’s amazing design, quality and aesthetics.The evocation of a walk in the extraordinary gardens of Babylon before the evening’s festivities. A modern creation of an innovative, floral motif through its style and technique. Creation of cuts that taper silhouettes for a very elegant beauty.

The luxurious evocation of cashmere colours and styles that was one of the elements of multicultural art that inspire the collection. A line with the distinction of radiance and reserve: like the most beautiful women dressed in saris who enchant the landscape of India. Lace motifs resonating with the sophisticated art of ancient Persia, combined with modern fishnets.Sexy lingerie that is at once classy and seductive. Designs of extreme beauty, originality in cuts, considered transparency, a mastery of lines: for a suggestive beauty. With her art of fine embroidered arabesques, Lise Charmel creates a line made of luxurious materials and embroideries, in mahogany, amber and spice-coloured, profound colour patterns, evoking the nature of the gardens of Babylon with dashes of opal light. A luminous beauty and delicate grace of materials alternating satin opacities and suggestive transparencies of the embroidered tulle.