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The Good Drawer: Lingerie, Lace & Late Nights
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items I have a whole drawer for this, and I've had it a long time — satin and lace at home on an ordinary evening, not saved for occasions. This list is the version of that drawer I'd build if I were starting from nothing today: fourteen pieces sorted by w...
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Satin, and nothing to explain
Lace, but soft about it
One piece, no thinking
For when there's a date on the calendar
Satin, and nothing to explain
Everything here is satin, has nothing complicated to fasten, and would survive being seen by a flatmate. This is the half of the drawer that gets worn on ordinary evenings rather than saved for occasions, and it's where I'd spend money first if you'r...
The long one. Floor-length satin cut on the bias so it moves when you walk, and the only piece on this list that still reads as a dress if someone rings the doorbell. Rya is the label I keep coming back to when I'm looking at slip gowns — the straps ...
Rya Collection Solara Slip Gown
The romper is an underrated shape and nobody talks about it. Shorts instead of a hem means you can sit cross-legged on the sofa in it without thinking, and it still looks like you made an effort. This one is plain satin with no lace anywhere, which i...
Madeleine Fig Gigi Satin Romper
Strapless, satin, short — Free People's answer to the slip, cut a little looser and a little more careless than the Anthropologie ones, which is the whole appeal. The reason it sits in this section and not further down the list: it's machine washable...
Kiss and Tell Tunic
Cami and flutter shorts, satin with a lace trim, machine washable, and sized right up to XXL — the most practical thing on this entire list. This is the set you own if you want the drawer to be useful and not only beautiful, and it's the one I'd send...
Satin Lace-Trim Cami & Flutter Shorts Set
Lace, but soft about it
Babydolls and chemises: lace, but cut loose and floating rather than fitted, so nothing here depends on your body being a particular shape on a particular day. It's the friendliest section on the list if you want the look without wearing something th...
Satin through the body, lace where it matters, short enough to be obvious about it. Of everything on this list this is the one I'd call the safest first buy — the price is kind, the shape works on most people, and there's nothing to fasten. XS was so...
Rosalie Satin Lace Chemise
Chiffon with a real underwire, which is rarer than it sounds — most babydolls this floaty have no structure at all and then don't work on anyone with something to hold up. Read the listing carefully though: this is the top on its own, no bottoms incl...
LyreBird Underwire Silky Chiffon Babydoll Top
The same rose lace as the teddy further down, in the shape I'd actually recommend to anyone unsure about teddies. The push-up does the lifting, the babydoll skirt floats away from the body rather than tracing it, and the matching thong comes in the b...
Rose Lace Low-Cut Push-Up Babydoll Set
One piece, no thinking
Teddies and bodysuits — one garment, one decision, nothing to match. I find these far easier than sets: you're not standing in front of the drawer working out whether the bottoms go with the top, and all-over lace does the work of looking deliberate ...
The plain one, and every drawer needs a plain one. All-over lace, no padding, no straps to adjust, nothing to decide — you put it on and it's finished. If you're buying your first teddy and don't yet know what you like, start here rather than with th...
Wicked Unlined Lace Teddy
Rose lace, strapping across the back, and a light lining at the bust that does the small amount of work an unlined teddy leaves to you. It has the best reviews of anything I looked at while building this list — a high four-star average across dozens ...
Rose Lace Lightly Lined Strappy Teddy
Only Hearts have been making this kind of thing since the eighties and you can see it in the cut. Italian netting, sheer enough that it is unmistakably lingerie, structured enough that you could wear it under a blazer if you were feeling brave about ...
Only Hearts Hana Bodysuit
Red, and it's here because nothing else on this list is. Seven 'til Midnight built it with satin panels through the middle and lace at the sides, so it holds a shape instead of draping — which is what you want from red, because red shows every line t...
Red Lace & Satin Teddy
For when there's a date on the calendar
Sequins, embroidery and a three-piece garter set — the loudest things in the drawer, and the ones that get worn a few times a year rather than a few times a month. Buy from this section for a birthday or an anniversary, not to build a collection; the...
Sequins and floral embroidery on a demi cup — this is not a Tuesday. It's the birthday one, the anniversary one, the one you buy because there's a date on the calendar and you know it. Sequins mean hand washing and storing it flat, and I'd say that's...
Party Floral Sequin Embroidery Unlined Demi Teddy
Sequin embroidery on a bodysuit rather than a teddy, so it sits closer to the body and stays where you put it. Mapale do this kind of detailing better than the price suggests. Between this and the floral sequin teddy above it, this is the easier one ...
Crimson Desire Sequin Embroidered Bodysuit
Three pieces — bra, thong and garter belt — which makes it the only thing on this list that's a whole outfit rather than a single garment. Roma sit at the costume-adjacent end of lingerie and this is the most wearable thing they make. Stock on these ...
Silver Shimmer Lace 3 Piece Bra, Thong & Garter Set