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In Italy, most young girls choose low-cost and fast fashion brands like Tezenis, Yamamay, etc. But women who want quality tend to be more careful about what brands they choose. Below we will talk about the best Italian Lingerie brands and what they offer.
The Best Italian Lingerie Brands
Ritratti Milano
Basic pieces are Ritratti Milano’s strong point. Basic bras include triangle, underwire, balconette, and push-ups, all available in the most comfortable fabrics. The company also creates robes and slip dresses. This is where you can find some creativity: embroidery, lace, and tulle decorate short babydolls that provide the naughty look you are looking for.
Leilieve
Leilieve was founded in Modena in the sixties and has been successful at creating comfortable lingerie. Most of their bras are graduated, and they reach 40DD size.
Another feature that catches your eye is that their pieces are elegant but not daring: semi-sheer models are rare, and most of them are made of embroidery and lycra. An interesting fact? They feature many collections of basic pieces, in the tones of nude, white, and black.
The products selection includes bras with and without underwire, bras with padded or push-up cup, graduated cups, briefs, and baby-dolls with a numerous assortment of models, colors, and materials.
I.D. Sarrieri
I.D. Sarrieri is a luxury brand made for confident women looking to add some daring outfits to their collections. Browsing through their website, you can find silk embroidered nightdresses, robes, and pajamas; semi-sheer bodysuits, panties and bras with Swarovski elements that highlight the body; and see-through tops.
Their strong point, however, is floral embroidered and tulle pieces: you can find many products made of Chantilly lace, from robes to bras, and suspenders to briefs. Sarrieri has also created a basic essentials collection made of soft and stretchy microfibre.
Intimissimi
Intimissimi is one of the most popular brands in Italy. In the 90’s and early 2000’s, Intimissimi was focused on the production of B cups; but now it features models that reach 40DD size. They offer many kinds of pieces, from basic ones, like sport triangles bras made of cotton, to very sexy pieces, like semi-sheer bodysuits that do not leave anything to the imagination.
When you shop you will find both romantic lace and fresh prints. Besides lingerie and pajamas, in recent years, their collections include basic shirts (made of cotton, jersey, or wool) that can be worn as a piece of day wear.
Chitè Milano
Chitè is a completely different brand with respect to Intimissimi, as they promote the slow couture concept. The staff chooses the fabrics personally, and they select small fashion studios to create each piece by hand, as it happened in the past. In particular, all the products are sewn by experienced independent seamstresses.
But this is not the only innovation. Chitè is a customization platform where people can order their personal outfits, which will be sewn based on their real size. All the customer needs is a measuring tape. Through the website, people can choose the product (the choice is among padded or unpadded bra and Brazilian or classic briefs), the fabric, the lace, the straps, etc. If the customer is not sure about choosing on her own, she has other options. Chitè, in fact, features a small colorful capsule collection too.
Paladini
Paladini offers a look of quality and elegance that will never cease to be in demand. The brand is founded on traditional Italian tailoring techniques and the result is timeless designs. Browsing through this company website, you’ll find bras, briefs, pajamas, robes, and slip dresses.
You can tell that Paladini privileges quality over quantity. The collections, in fact, consists of a few detailed pieces. The style varies: when it comes to bras, in the lookbook, you can find triangle-shaped bras made of refined lace, while the robes are made of silk and present large floral designs.
Paladini lingerie is designed for comfort and seduction, with a focus on feminine designs and attention to detail.
Cosabella
At Cosabella, they take care of each step of production; starting with design, working through to creating and dying their own fabrics, and hand producing each piece with traditional Italian techniques.
Cosabella has an eye for comfort and fit: among their most important products, there are soft bralettes, push-up bras, bras for petite to plus sizes, and nursing bras – all in solid colors or pretty prints.
Even though the majority of materials used are lace and tulle, most of their collections are very colorful (in the lookbook, you can find turquoise, blue, yellow, burgundy). Moreover, the brand creates cute bodysuits, babydolls, and shirts.
Cristina Aielli
Cristina Aielli is a young designer, but she has already developed a strong personality in lingerie design. This couture brand creates luxury lingerie pieces that are themselves works of art.
Cristina Aielli offers bespoke lingerie services, where she works with clients to design the lingerie of their dreams – made to fit their body perfectly. Or you can visit the shop and purchase ready-designed pieces that will then be handmade with your measurements.
Semi-sheer and transgression is the word: her collections are made of a mix of tulle and thick lace blended to highlight the curves of women’s bodies. You can find neckline and underwire soft bras, peephole bralettes, and very revealing briefs. Also, in the shop, you can find harnesses, garters, g-strings, and chokers too.
La Perla
La Perla is one of the most elegant Italian lingerie brands. In the 90’s it was really popular for its silk vests and bodysuits, which were specially designed to highlight women’s shapes.
Now things have changed, and the brand offers all kinds of lingerie, from basic pieces made of lycra to invisible tulle thongs. Pieces have been revamped, as they went from being ladylike to something that can appeal to younger women. What is not varied is the elegance of the designs: people can choose among basic nude pieces or bras made of lace and tulle. But, if you need polka dot or printed lingerie, you have to look for it elsewhere.
La Perla uses high-quality materials only, so it’s not a very cheap brand. The advantage, however, is that its products last for a very long time.
Ambra
Ambra is a lingerie brand located in Piemonte, and, like Leilieve, this company finds its roots in the sixties. The production of bras and briefs, however, started later on, in 1988.
What catches the customers’ attention is that this company is really integrated into the surrounding area, so much that they decided to create their models by using some specific materials. An example? They use dentelle de Calais, Swiss macramé, and broderie Anglaise.
Ambra’s lingerie pieces are elegant, and the color palette is very delicate: all the lookbook, in fact, consists of shades of gray, nude color, white and black.
Conclusion
In my opinion, these companies offer excellent quality and choice to all women who do not want fast fashion. These brands take the time, focus on the quality, and pay attention to the small details, resulting in exceptional pieces.
What brands do you like most among these? Let me know which one you prefer and why. In the next post, I will focus on Canadian brands, so stay tuned!
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