Ell & Cee

You may have noticed a lot of news out of the U.K. this weekend. Unless a certain new bride is found to have purchased something from this brand, they probably won't be included in the millions of words, but the attention did remind me I've long wanted to do a post on the U.K.'s Ell & Cee.



Notice I didn't say 'lingerie brand'. They've expanded into other items as well, but they started with beautiful lingerie, and happily haven't left it.



I suspect Ell & Cee = the L&C in their founder's name, Laura Cloke. Read more of the story here on their website.



I don't know if it's a British charm or just the classic/vintage look of their designs, but if you were to try and describe typical beautiful lingerie, coming up with any of their sets would work well. They also seem to have a knack for using lace and sheerness.



Check their website
Facebook page
or follow Ell & Cee in twitter

Sim-Wise

Sim-Wise is:

A) Someone who's worn out several hard drives and eaten up all available memory playing Sim City/The Sims.

B) A character in LOTR.

C) A rather ravishing redhead who you may see on late-night TV in the U.K. or on the net doing really strangely funny stuff.

If you cheated (or just clicked on the first link in this post) you'll know the correct answer is C. Alexandra Sim-Wise was a FHM Magazine's 'Student of The Year' for 2004, where she got to do this lovely Lingerie Buyer's Guide:



'Hi, I'm Alex Sim-Wise, and I'm from the moon'

Next, she was Playboy U.K.'s Cyber Girl of 2006 (juuuust guessing there's nudity at that link). All of this may pale in comparison to her project for Sumo.tv, In Bed With Sim-Wise (alas, no nudity, just wholesome strangeness):



I'll do a separate post someday as to how I was made aware of Ms. Sim-Wise, but I will tell you I was surfing for something else, and was eventually lead to her MySpace page. After laughing my ass off for several minutes reading it, my girlfriend had to ask what was so damn funny. So I showed her. She proceeded to laugh her ass off as well. I'd say it's not for everyone, probably funnier than In Bed With Sim-Wise, and you will need at least a half hour you can waste uninterrupted to read it if it (as a stereotypical Brit might say ) suits your fancy. You'll definitely fancy Sim-Wise. And not just because she looks fantastic in lingerie.