Holiday Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers

Besides family, feasts, and twinkling strands of lights adorning the city, stockings are one of my all time favorite holiday traditions. Growing up, my parents would stuff our stockings full …Continue Reading

Holiday Gift Guide: Made in the USA

We love lingerie from every part of globe, but there is something very noble about buying goods that are designed and sewn in the good ol’ USA. If your sweetie …Continue Reading

Holiday Gift Guide: The Best Friend

Every gal has one: the friend that will party until dawn to celebrate your smallest of achievements, always comes to the rescue in moments of crisis, and can make you …Continue Reading

1st Friday Sale

The store is looking lovelier than ever with new Resort/Holiday arrivals from Phillip Lim Initials, Huit, Maison Close, Stola, and Eberjey Swim (pictured above.)  Hopefully you’re lucky enough to have …Continue Reading

Stola’s Celebration Collection

We’re loathe to admit that the first of our Spring shipments are actually starting to arrive before we’ve even received our potted living Christmas tree, so we’ll just call them …Continue Reading

Free $50 Lille GC!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. If you didn’t get a chance to shop our incredible Black Friday Sale, fret not. To kick off this holiday season, we …Continue Reading

Black Friday Little Boxes Sale

It’s almost here! We’ve marked down nearly everything in the store for our huge Black Friday SALE, with discounts of 10%-80% off lingerie, swimwear, hosiery and accessories from Eberjey, Elle …Continue Reading

New Website Launch

It’s live!!! After weeks of hard work from every member of the Lille team, including reshooting our entire catalog on a gorgeous 1930s Wolf dress form, we are proud to …Continue Reading

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New Araks, New Website!

We’re launching tomorrow, folks, but here is a sneak peek of the photos we will be using on our new site. We are loving the new resort collection from Araks. …Continue Reading

Marlowe by Eberjey

Eberjey’s Marlowe collection is perfect for the gal who has a sweet side but doesn’t want too many frills and doo-dads on her lingerie. Perhaps she’s a jeans and t-shirt …Continue Reading

It’s Teddy Time, and I don’t mean Ruxpin

The Ruby group by Eberjey is just what the doctor ordered for those days when you need a pick-me-up. It features tiny red polka-dotted jersey covered by an ivory lace …Continue Reading

Sneak Peek

We’re hard at work on the design and construction of our brand new website, set to launch sometime in the next two weeks—exciting!!!  We wanted to give our loyal LIL …Continue Reading

Fortnight Trunk Show

We are ecstatic to be hosting the 2012 Collection Launch Party for Fortnight Lingerie, on Friday, November 11, from 6pm to 9pm, with a trunk show on Saturday from 12pm …Continue Reading

Erica Tanov Loungewear

I am such a fan of Erica Tanov’s bohemian woman: independent, strong, and stylish; she is at once a picture of sophistication yet perfectly disheveled. Tanov’s collections are tailored for …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: Vintage Hollywood Glamour

Let your inner starlet out by opting for a costume inspired by the golden age of Hollywood. Channel Jean Harlow in a satin cocktail gown with seamed Wolford tights, metallic …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: Black Swan

The entire Lille team has an everlasting ballerina crush – the poise, the grace, and the tutu, oh my! We think you could easily put together this costume: slip on …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: Flapper

Veer away from the typical polyester fringe clad Flapper costume and opt instead for a floaty sheer dress (like the Isabelle Daydreaming chemise), silk stockings, several strands of pearls, and …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: French Mime

We’re obviously big Francophiles here at Lille, so it comes as no surprise that we could put together a vintage mime costume with just a pair of opaque black tights, …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: 1960′s

Wiggle and shake it all night as a 1960′s inspired Go Go Girl clad in the fabulous All Things Nice jumper (the fringe around the neckline is an added bonus!), …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga’s style is infamous and wide ranging—from rhinestone bombshell to latex fetish queen—but one thing is always clear: she has no fear when it comes to incorporating lingerie into …Continue Reading

Halloween Inspiration: Holly Golightly

Everyone loves Breakfast at Tiffany’s—who can forget that iconic walk of shame in the beautiful black dress—but I think folks overlook the simpler looks from Audrey Hepburn’s famous character, Holly …Continue Reading

Halloween Countdown

It’s almost that time! We’ve had costumes on our minds here at Lille, as we try and figure out who (or what) to transform into for Halloween. The result of …Continue Reading

Inspiration Boards

Hello there friends! Remember cutting out magazine pictures to create colorful collages and dreaming up mood boards around your latest obsessions? I know many of us still use these as …Continue Reading

Lille is Elle’s “Top Shop” for lingerie!

In case you haven’t heard the exciting news: we are featured in the November issue of Elle Magazine as their top pick for lingerie boutiques!  It’s quite an honor, to …Continue Reading

And the winner is…

Congratulations to Alea Adigweme, the big winner in our Free Prize Drawing! We’re having a great time here celebrating our 4th anniversary, and we’ve already given out 4 door prizes …Continue Reading

Lille is Hiring!

Do you love lingerie? Perhaps you’ve been dreaming of lounging around in floaty tap pants and a vintage-inspired bralette, extolling the virtues of a good silk slip? Or you’ve spent …Continue Reading

Fall Tights Sale

Thanks for all the comments and Facebook feedback, dear readers! If you haven’t won a free giveaway yet, keep checking back! Odds are incredibly good that you will win something …Continue Reading

Help Japan

Help Japan Our weekly discount involves a cause that is near and dear to my heart. As you all know, Japan was devastated by a major earthquake and tsunami that …Continue Reading

Stick it to The Man…

Holiday shopping doesn’t have to be a bummer. Shopping in Oregon means that you never pay sales tax, and that is pretty awesome (for you, but not for The Man). …Continue Reading

La Dolce Vita

Lately, I’ve been thinking I must be living a very charmed life, indeed, to be lucky enough to spend 3 weeks in Europe, cavorting from city to city like a …Continue Reading

A little piece of Lille in Tuscany

On the Tuscan part of our Italian tour, we stayed at a sweet B & B just outside of San Gimignano, called Hotel Vecchio Asilo. It being our 3rd wedding …Continue Reading

Riviera dreams

I can see why so many lingerie designers invoke the Riviera when naming their collections (See Wolford, Eres, Princesse Tam Tam, etc. for examples.) Is there anywhere in the world …Continue Reading

Hoff by Hoff by Mette Hoff

We should be receiving our Fall collection from Hoff by Hoff any day now (if we haven’t already- I’m so out of the loop!) We usually buy via email ever …Continue Reading

Stephanie Loungewear

One of the exciting new lines I picked up at Mode City is the English brand, Stephanie Loungewear. Named after the designer herself, this collection is comprised entirely of vintage-inspired …Continue Reading

Our namesake

Lille Boutique is named after the quaint French town of the same name, known for textiles and a tiny bobbin lace that was made there a century ago. While not …Continue Reading

City of Lace

Much of our lovely lingerie here at Lille is made with Calais lace, which is the finest in the world. While in France, my husband and I decided to visit …Continue Reading

Market Madness

I’m on my merry way to sunny Italy as I write this, but I just wanted to share with you a few photos from the crazy lingerie extravaganza that is …Continue Reading

Paris, Je t’aime!

Bonjour from Paris, the most romantic city on earth! I am here on a buying trip for the shop, but I was able to convince my husband to tag along …Continue Reading

Slip Into Warmer Weather!

As we get some sunshine and things start to warm up, I’m itching to swap out my sweaters and boots for tank tops and espadrilles—and I know I’m not the …Continue Reading

And the winner is….

CMM for her agonizing tale of stomach-pumping! It just goes to show, kids need candy.  To deny them the occasional treat is cruel and unusual punishment, and they will find …Continue Reading

Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: Part I

I’ve been receiving a lot of Pre-Valentine’s Day requests from bloggers and trend-spotters who are pondering the best way to say ‘I love you’ on this, my holiest of holy …Continue Reading

Incoming: Malia Mills Spring ’10 Swimwear

For all you Portland ladies who missed the Malia Mills trunk show last month, fear not.  There is a huge shipment of swimwear on its way, including the much loved …Continue Reading

Guess who’s In Style?

We are proud to be featured in February’s issue of In Style Magazine in their annual round up of favorite lingerie web sites.  Keep your eyes peeled for a new …Continue Reading

How to Throw a Curveball…

The drop-dead sexy Curveball collection from The Lake and Stars just arrived!  It’s their first shipment for Spring 2010, and it’s sure to be a fan favorite.  (By the way, …Continue Reading

Tasteful Boudoir Photography

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, our favorite local portrait photographer, Lisa Warninger, is offering a spectacular deal on a mini-boudoir shoot, complete with a free 8 x 10″ for …Continue Reading