Sexy lingerie on a budget

It used to be that unless your partner was in the oil business expensive sexy lingerie, the type that feels good against your skin, gives you a thrill to have under your clothes and makes you look really good, was to remain out of reach.

No longer.

With even La Perla these days offering quality lingerie for £15, treating yourself to the “princess” feeling does not have to break the bank.

The increased competition from practically every major brand is benefiting purchasers by driving prices low. With industry giants Gossard, Triumph and Berlei vying for the attention of the sexy woman who is not afraid to pamper herself and a host of specialists like Charnos, Pretty Polly and La Senza joining the field there is now a wide range of styles suited to every body shape and, more importantly, to every budget.

There are a number of reasons glamorous lingerie used to be expensive and they had to do with such unglamorous subjects such as the cost of design hours and production labour. With manufacturers spending more time than ever in designing new alluring styles what has changed is globalization and the opening up of low-cost labour markets. What this means for you is that without skimping on quality you can kit out your wardrobe in a full range of glamour lingerie for a lot less than you think.

Hipster thongs, plunge bras, push-up bras, boy shorts and sexy briefs are now available not just in a great selection of diaphanous materials and the sort of design you’d expect to see in a high class designer lingerie collection but have also got a starting price that starts from as low as a tenner.

So are there any tips you should know when buying on a budget?

Well, yes. With quality being guaranteed right across the board of choice what determines the price between identical items of underwear is design. Generally speaking the easy-to-design items are cheaper to mass produce. The ones which have intricate styles requiring human rather than machine involvement are harder to manufacture and cost more.

Go for matching sets where possible rather than buying separately as the sales price of a set is always lower than individual items.

If you do decide to buy separately always check out the seasonal special offers manufacturers being out to compete against each other. There are some great buys to be had.

Always check out offers just before the change of fashion styles in Spring and Autumn. Lingerie manufacturers bring in new styles and try to sell everything that was last season fast by reducing their prices.

Finally look for bulk buy offers where the purchase of one set of lingerie will give you access to a discount on a further buy. In the online world this usually takes no more than a couple of clicks to complete and the amount of money you can save can, at times, be as much as 40%.