August 24, 2014

Den Wear Sneak Peak Part II

Den Intimates© introduces the Boadicean Brassiere
Only yesterday Naomi gave me the business about starting a line of intimate apparel without any support for the hourglass's top half. Bebe rummaged through her attic searching for a few family heirlooms that could provide inspiration.  In an old trunk she came across an old family matriarch's riding habit only this matriarch wasn't just some Grand Dame who rode sidesaddle to picnics at Exmoor; she was Boadicea, the Joan of Arc of Late Antiquity who led 100,000 men into battle against the Roman Army and sacked their cities of Camulodunum, Londinium, and Verulamium (GSL likes gals with moxie).  Bebe had the metalsmiths at her Woodcock Pocket atelier fashion a replica of Boadicea's breastplate out of a special lightweight alloy that won't rust, tarnish, or even dent from high caliper rounds fired from point blank range.  Even Madonna could look fierce in this.

Now ladies, don't ask me about fit, sizing, or support issues; Bebe can help you with all that.  Remember, GSL is a caboose man.


Boadicea exhibiting  'command presence'.  After her husband, a tribal King, died, she was flogged by the Roman Army and her daughters were raped...but she doesn't do victim groups. She leads men into battle and sacked 3 of their cities.
 

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  1. Available with or without knockers.....

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    1. I'll let you do all he knock-knock jokes.

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    2. Reminds me of a store I once saw in the city of Bath, England. It was called "Knobs and Knockers". I'm sure they could find space to stock the new Boadicean Brassiere if you asked them nicely.

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    3. CD, I think I was at a Bachelor Party there many moons ago.

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  2. Looks incredibly comfortable… sure Bebe didn't find this in some sort of S&M magazine??

    You're going to attract an interesting set of readers through google image search with this little number GSL!

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    1. Heidi, it really does look comfy doesn't it. These days with the vilest acts of human behavior readily available for public consumption (beheadings anyone?) I am not expecting too many pervs showing up on the Den's doorstep.
      Bebe really did Pin those over to me on a lark and I wanted to have a little fun during these dog days of summer.
      As we head into Fall, I'll start to be more of a man about town cultural critic with the idea that it will get me out of the house and attending more events.

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    2. You'd be surprised GSL - I run a pretty tame blog but some of the search terms that have led people to it are a worry!! You'll have to check with Jody when she's back from Spain about "The Dance Which can have No Name" as she used to find all sorts arriving on her blog, and finding a story about what she got up to at Miss Shirley Dibbles school of Dance in her youth!

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    3. Heidi stand by; I've got Shirley Dibbles on line 2 and she sounds deep into a 3rd glass of Chard and is about to give Jody up.

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  3. Darling G,

    Just what is going on here, we ask?

    We turn our backs for a mere instant and, lo and behold, the Lion's Den has become a veritable Den of Iniquity before our very eyes.

    There we were, innocents that we are, believing that the Red Lion was to be as Foyles Literary Lunches were in their day......... scenes of intellectual banter where the starving artist would rub shoulders with the great and the good of Academe, tongues loosened by alcohol (in moderation, of course). But, no, clearly you two darlings G and B have other ideas!

    Saucy knickers and breastplates.....what will you two think up next? All we can say is that when we arrive in Chicago we hope that someone will camp out on the pavement for us to reserve a seat in the Red Lion since this is definitely going to be the hottest bar in town!

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    1. Darlings Jane & Lance, please do pardon B & G's dog days of summer foolishness. This sudden bit of heat and humidity in an otherwise quite mild summer season has momentarily taken us of our mission's course of cultural uplift. As the heat dissipates, expect the tone to elevate with the occasional naughty aside!

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    2. Darling G and Darling B,

      Of course you are forgiven.......the tone seems perfectly set to us!

      Just a small request....if Wendy is allowed a peek into Darling B's attic, may we come too?

      Summer continues here in Budapest with sunny days and wall to wall blue skies......perhaps next year's holiday destination?

      And, just one more point.......perhaps banking types would not really fit the Red Lion bill, with or without pinstripe loincloths. Too much talk of stocks and shares and gold standards. However, we rather like the thought of satin and silk scantily clad aesthetes!

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    3. Darlings J & L,
      I'll use the little influence I have to see if we all might get a peak into Bebe's attic and J & L I perfectly understand how vulgar talk of stocks, condo flipping, and cigarette boats should be verboten wherever the Arts are celebrated but there is the occasional banking outlier who may wish to nourish (or rescue) his soul...and perhaps underwrite an upcoming Ring Cycle...or a certain museum devoted to literature a dear friend is now raising money for the construction of? The Arts on this side of the pond is so much more dependent on private sector funding which has it's plusses and minuses. But your concerns are well understood, and we are in much agreement as to how important the company one keeps is to living a fulfilling life.

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    4. pardon the sloppy word usage that should be "complete agreement" not "much agreement"....my dear Grandma Cooper a 4 Star Schoolmarm and stickler for proper grammar is spinning in her grave!

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  4. GSL...that bra would make women go topless! Or maybe that's the point. Looks like the bra at the finale at the annual Victoria secret show!

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    1. My dear Naomi, our metalsmiths apprenticed at a chastity belt house so know a thing or two about repressed comfort.

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  5. I was going to use Jane and Lance's joke, so I say only this: some bras are indeed instruments of torture, so this is right on as far as I am concerned and I salute you for your quick turnaround and Bebe's attic.. I wonder what else she has up there...

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    1. I wonder if there might be a portrait....? Bebe does still look in the full flower of youth!

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  6. Well...this literally gives definition to "knockers"! Cannot tell if this would be an ad for a hardware store or Dolce and Gabana! I wonder what you have in mind for the gents at The Den??

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    1. Trudye, I'm thinking loincloths: in gray flannel and navy pinstripe for the banking types, in tweeds for the bookish set, and satin and silk for the aesthetes.

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    2. Hmmm...so the men get the lux fabrics and the gals of the den are going to be in harsh binders! Guess you do have sartorial license,given it is your blog...just sayin'!

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    3. Now Trudye, this merely gives you gals occasion to announce "do you mind if I go slip into something more comfortable?" Those are moments I live for.

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  7. This reminds me too of the knobs and knockers store that i used to walk past when inworked in a newspaper in cheltenham ( for my sins as they say!!) i am very much in the camp of all the pulleys andclevers available though im sure no ones asking.., tho cld not do metal

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    1. Jody, Your Camino pilgrimage has been all the talk here at The Den and we appreciate the dispatches to alleviate worries. I may have to air freight out this Den Wear rigging above as it could be helpful if you encounter some of those Spaghetti Western bandits.
      Upon your safe return, we'd like to hear more about this Cheltenham business...and your sins.
      Safe travels my dear!

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  8. Bebe
    Queen of the pink lion print panties
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    Queen of the metallic amazonian bra
    &
    Co-Conspirator par excellence...

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