Me I like to see what I'm getting
"Me, I like to see what I'm getting."And what he's getting is a pink leopard-print baby doll complete with matching panties. They were keen on the black satin and pink lace corset number but sadly Caroline's bust was too large for their largest size. "When Noel [Gallagher] came he sat outside the shop on the front step while Meg strolled around inside," says Robin. "Boys and describing underwear don't really go together do they?" sighs Caroline.Robin is about to take over from Bob Geldof on the Xfm radio Drivetime slot, and Caroline is a DJ on Capital radio, so they fall into the category of celebrity shoppers, not a new phenomenon for Agent Provocateur. He says he has seen something he likes, but can't remember what it is; it was in a magazine, but he's having trouble finding it.
Shame really, I bet they look great."There are some men who, unlike Brian, leave nothing to chance. These are the men who come Valentine's shopping with their beloveds. The sensible ones, or the cowards, depending on how you look at it. Robin Banks and Caroline Feraday stroll into the shop looking like love's young dream. It's nice being in the shop and looking at the gorgeous undies, and the girls are really helpful, but I don't think they'd try things on for me. This is a bra where most of the bosom is left outside the garment He is undecided.
Will she, won't she? "It would be more sensible to give her gift vouchers I suppose, but I gave her some last year and she was too embarrassed to come and spend them, so I had to come back and spend them myself But I don't mind. Could be asking for trouble, but still, she'll look fantastic." Apparently nipple tassels are all the rage in Ibiza this year.Over by the leather brassiere section, Brian, a law clerk from Windsor, is umming and ahhing He is holding a leather half-cup in his hand. I don't know if they're really what she wanted, but she'll look really hot in them. She can wear them to the club."Surely he'll need a nice Marks & Spencer cardi to go over those? "Nah, I'll just get the tasselled G-string to match and that'll be it.
Marginally smaller than egg cosies, finely covered in red sequins with six inch-long silk tassels, they have no visible means of support and need to be held on with fake eyelash glue Ouch "Yes!" he roars "She said she'd wear a pair if I found some. The boy done good.Meanwhile James, sporting an all-over tan picked up from his life running the Ibiza nightclub Fantasia, has spotted the nipple tassles, or "pasties" to give them their correct lingerie term. He's been successfully buying lingerie for his girlfriend for years, without any help from the female of the species. "There's a fine line between turn on and turn off," he expertly explains. "For instance, the red outfits are always popular but they can look cheap, even if they're not. And personally I don't like the baby dolls, they remind me of something from that Seventies family comedy, Bewitched."Max eventually settles on a very classy chiffon corset, trimmed in eau de nil lace His girlfriend is one of the lucky ones.