Help me find that lovin' feeling!

July 23, 2009 10:13 AM

I'm not sure if this is an actual lingerie outfit or not, but I'd like to buy it (or something really close) for my wife. I challenge you to find an online source!

The shirt, skirt, stockings . . . everything. I've looked through several search engines but so far haven't been able to find anything close to it. Particularly, I can't seem to find a skirt that short that has that fluffy stuff under it.

Your help will be greatly appreciated!

LINK TO EXAMPLE [NSFW]

posted by anonymous to clothing, beauty, & fashion (20 comments total)

If it helps your searching, that fluffy stuff is probably tulle.
posted by alynnk at 10:16 AM on July 23

Try searching for "sexy schoolgirl costume" or the like. A site like BuyCostumes wouldn't have that, but a lot of the seedier websites that also sell lingerie and "clubwear" will have the like.
posted by you're a kitty! at 10:19 AM on July 23

3wishes.com seems to have a pretty good selection with an entire schoolgirl category.
posted by alynnk at 10:24 AM on July 23

Well, I know what my next present to the b/f is going to be.
posted by biochemist at 10:43 AM on July 23

I can't look at the pic so I'm basing this off of the descriptions in-thread, but trashy.com [nsfw] has a really wide selection of bedroom role-playing outfits.
posted by desjardins at 10:45 AM on July 23 [2 favorites]

Searching for "sexy schoolgirl costume tulle" has a similar outfit for sale on the first hit.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 10:48 AM on July 23

It looks to me like a pair of frilly panties under a very short skirt (I'm at work so the best link I can find is from Target) rather than a skirt with built-in ruffles.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 10:53 AM on July 23

I was going to suggest trashy.com as well. Last time I checked they had a zillion sexy-schoolgirl costumes that were about that skimpy.
posted by Metroid Baby at 10:53 AM on July 23

A google search for that photos file name turns up a link with the models myspace page. Maybe she'd tell you where she got the outfit?
posted by blaneyphoto at 10:57 AM on July 23 [1 favorite]

This skirt is pretty similar. Looks like the underpants are separate, though - the sort of boyshort ruffly numbers that Mrs. Pterodactyl linked.
posted by palliser at 11:15 AM on July 23

I don't think she'd mind.
posted by Mrs. Pterodactyl at 12:31 PM on July 23

[A few comments removed. Contain your enthusiasm, folks, and stick to answering the question please.]
posted by cortex at 2:15 PM on July 23

Hmmm. That's the exact outfit that Lisa Cuddy was wearing for her striptease in episode 4-15 ("House's Head") of the tv series HOUSE save that the skirt was maybe 2 or 3 inches longer. Not sure how that will help you but it shows it shouldn't be impossible to find.

(I had to look up the episode, I'm not quite that big a HOUSE geek).

The takeaway, I think, is that you don't need to buy the costume all in one piece. The hardest part is probably finding a skirt you like. The shoes, knee socks, etc shouldn't be hard so I'd concentrate on finding a skirt.
posted by Justinian at 3:15 PM on July 23

OK, now I want to get the piece from Brandon's link for my lady. Help me out: Does the wording of the description indicate that it does not actually come with the stockings? Because if so I'm not sure it's worth the price.
posted by hifiparasol at 3:18 PM on July 23

Seconding: Trashy Lingerie is your place.
posted by lottie at 5:20 PM on July 23

Also: shame you don't live in LA - every third store on Hollywood Boulevard has something like this in stock. Try Frederick's of Hollywood, and if you don't mind spending a bit of money, and probably giving your wife a thrill, try Agent Provocateur; their lingerie is the best.
posted by lottie at 5:29 PM on July 23

I'm starting to wonder if she has folded the waist in to make it shorter because I can't find many that are that short.

Actually, my first thought was that a skirt with a straight hem like that would be incredibly easy to shorten, even pleated -- you'd pretty much ignore the pleats while hemming. But then I figured most husbands don't get themselves all worked up about a sexy outfit by hemming it first.
posted by palliser at 5:44 PM on July 23

Thanks, siclik. Actually, now that lottie reminds me, we've gotten some quality merch at the stores on Hollywood Boulevard. If you're ever in town and you don't mind the tourists gawking at you, I highly recommend Frederick's and (another one whose name I can't remember and which doesn't seem to be showing up on Google Maps).
posted by hifiparasol at 6:13 PM on July 23

The waistband of that skirt is almost definitely rolled under to shorten it, that's why there's no visible waistband. So you could get a longer skirt and she can roll it after she puts it on.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:11 PM on July 23

Also, I think privately messaging the model is kind of creepy, for what it's worth.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 10:13 PM on July 23