Minogue lingerie sells at auction

Updated: 10:57, Wednesday November 16, 2011

A lingerie set once worn by Kylie Minogue has fetched STG5000 ($A7850) at an auction in London.

The red silk La Perla intimates had been expected to go under the hammer for as much as STG4000, but bidding quickly sailed past that figure at the Christie’s sale.

Minogue wore the ensemble during a photoshoot for the 2012 Study Vox Foundation charity calendar.

The red bustier with lace trim and red silk and tulle body, accompanied by a signed copy of the Kylie 2012 Official Calendar, was bought by an unnamed fan.

‘Thx (thanks) to the mystery buyer!!! WOW! So thrilled and for a great cause,’ Minogue tweeted on Tuesday.

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The ‘disturbing’ mother-daughter lingerie ad

A New York company publicizes too-close-for-comfort images of scantily clad kin. Thought-provoking ad campaign, or shameless publicity stunt?

A lingerie company insists that it intended only to spark thoughtful debate with an ad campaign featuring this scantily-clad mother-daughter duo. Photo: Tom Hines

Best Opinion:  Daily Mail, Scallywag Vagabond, Babble

The image: Talk about a mother-daughter bond. The Lake and Stars, a New York-based lingerie and swimwear company, is making waves for a new ad campaign that features a pale, red-headed 19-year-old girl posing seductively in lingerie with her tan, fit, silver-haired mother, also in skimpy lingerie. (See the images at right and below.) “There’s no shock value here,” says Maayan Zilberman, the company’s co-owner. ”We’re not trying to make people feel uncomfortable in order to provoke dialogue.” These images are just about the “psychology between women as they’re growing up and dealing with family politics or women in the workplace.”  

The reaction: “Is this sexy, disturbing, or awkward?” says Leon Watson at Britain’s Daily Mail. Regardless, this “provocative” campaign “cleverly extends its branding,” says Scallywag at Scallywag Vagabond. It forces the consumer to “take the extra second to consider what it is what we are witnessing and how or why it intrigues and… perhaps repulses us.” Well, I don’t think these images are worth my time, says Meredith Carroll at Babble. This is a publicity stunt, pure and simple. Judge for yourself:

Photo: Tom Hines

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