Eve of the Month: Keira Knightley

Congratulations to Keira Knightley, our Eve of the Month!

We love Keira's fiesty, confident demeanor and acceptance of her body! When studio heads wanted to alter her breast size, Keira refused to be digitally enhanced in promotional photos. As a result, she is someone who we can admire!

For more on Keira, click on Keira Knightley: Keep Me as I am!

Way to go, Keira!

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 20

1950s MAIDENFORM BRAS

"I dreamed I was a work of art in my maidenform bra."

Making the Most of Your Assests: How to Fit a Bra

Eve recently interviewed Emily Lau, Owner and Designer of The Little Bra Company, specializing in lingerie for small busted and petite size women. Click on the video below to see Emily give her tips on getting the best fit and talk about "pushing your ba-goods forward."

EVE'S APPLES VIDEO: MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR ASSESTS

3 Days Left in Lingerie Contest

That's right, Lingeristas, you have until October 1, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. (PST) to get in your entries to win the FALL MAKE OVER BRA CONTEST.



Winner will receive one FREE OVERBRA (retails for $25).

For details, click on Eve's Apples Lingerie Contest.

Bonne Chance, my dear, Lingeristas!

Leçons de Séduction No. 44

Lingerista Lifestyle: An Apple a Day...

...keeps the doctor away!

It's apple season!

All the delicious apples ripening for harvest is one more reason to Celebrate Your Inner Eve by eating healthy and feeling guilt free in your lingerie.

(Rive Gauche Bra by Chantelle, image above)

With the abundance of apples, everyone, including us at Eve's Apples, is finding every conceivable way to prepare, serve and eat apples. Whether you like Red Delicious, Gala, Duchess, Empress, Fuji or countless others, Southern Living has 21 succulent and healthy Apple Recipes for you. Thanks to Good Health telling us about these recipes on twitter!

Some Eve favorites are Double Apple Pie with Cornmeal Crust and Quick Apple Dumplings for healthier options. However, if you want to indulge a little in your sinful side, take a look at Easy Cornbread Sausage Stuffed Apples and Chunky Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. If only there was a way to make cream cheese frosting taste so incredibly divine without all the cream cheese....

Oh well, didn't the doctor say something about moderation too?


EASY APPLE DUMPLING RECIPE

From Southern Living, September 2001

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, divided
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, divided
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2/3 cup sugar
2 (15-ounce) packages refrigerated pie crusts
8 medium Braeburn apples, peeled and cored*
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, cut up
Vanilla ice cream (optional)

PREPARATION

Bring 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 cups water, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring constantly; reduce heat, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in 1/4 cup butter. Set syrup aside.

Combine 2/3 cup sugar, remaining 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and remaining 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg.
Cut pie crusts in half, and roll into 8-inch circles. Place 1 apple in center of each circle. Sprinkle each evenly with sugar mixture; dot evenly with 3 tablespoons butter.

Fold dough over apples, pinching to seal. Place in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.

Drizzle with syrup.

Bake at 375° for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with vanilla ice cream, if desired.

*Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples may be substituted.


Enjoy, my dear, Lingeristas!

Behind the Scenes: Part 2 ~ Stella McCartney Lingerie Video

Last Friday, we launched our Eve's Apples "Behind the Scenes Series" to give our readers some insight into what it takes to have a successful lingerie shoot and runway show.

This week we bring you our second video, featuring Stella McCartney Lingerie (video below).

After our Eve's Apples photo shoot last weekend, I found it even more interesting to watch behind the scenes footage. It allows us to see all of the work and energy that goes into a shoot. We, the consumers, generally just see the finished product, not knowing the number of hours and people it takes to make a smooth transition from concept, to undeveloped film, to runway, to magazine, or to television!

Stay tuned, we'll be adding our own Eve's Apples Behind the Scenes video. Until the, enjoy the video featuring Stella McCartney lingerie.

STELLA MCCARTNEY LINGERIE VIDEO

Eve's Apples Launching Online Lingerie Boutique for Small Busts

Greetings Lingeristas!

If you're like many of my friends and have lived your whole life with a small bust but wanted to feel comfortable, coquettish, and confident in lingerie without surgery, look no further. Eve's Apples is launching our online lingerie boutique in October 2009, featuring beautiful, luxurious lingerie (bras ranging from $30 ~ $90) for smaller breasted women (sizes 28AA ~ 36B & 32C).

We'll be carrying your favorite brands such as:

• Chantelle


• Huit


• onGossamer


• The Little Bra Company


• Eberjey


• Cosabella


• Blush


• Timpa


• and many more

Gone are the days of not getting a great fit or feeling like you're wearing a training bra. Because, lets face it, you want to feel young, sexy, and vibrant in your lingerie, not prepubescent.

Images on this page are snapshots during our recent photo shoot. Our wonderful model is wearing the red Lucia Bra by The Little Bra Company (image top of post). If you like this look, send us an email (TheEvesApples {at} gmail {dot} com), and we'll be sure to set it aside for you when we launch in October.

Our Eve's Apples Lingerie Boutique, specializing in lingerie and accessories for small busted women is one more way for you, my dear, Lingeristas, to "Celebrate Your Inner Eves!"

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 19

1950s MAIDENFORM BRAS

"I dreamt I went to a mascarade in my maidenform bra."

Leçons de Séduction No. 43

Behind the Scenes: Part 1 ~ Guess Lingerie Video 2007

To kick off our Eve's Apples "Behind the Scenes Series," highlighting special lingerie shoots and runway show videos, we're bringing you the Guess Lingerie Video (below).

We hope you enjoy the videos as much as we've had fun in researching and bringing them to you.

Enjoy, my dear, Lingeristas!

GUESS LINGERIE 2007 VIDEO

Bedtime Stories: Elle Macpherson

Eve recently discovered Elle Macpherson reading Tennesse Williams' "Life Story" while filming her new Elle Macpherson Intimates campagin loosley themed 'bed time stories'.



"Elle took a fancy to the idea of reading one of her favorite poems as a bed time story. She is filmed reading in her Elle Macpherson Intimates lingerie."

To watch the Elle Macpherson's Bedtime Story, click on the video below.

A BEDTIME STORY BY ELLE



Enjoy, my dear, Lingeristas!

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 17

1950s MAIDENFORM BRA

"I dreamed I was a designing woman in my Maidenform bra."

Chantelle's 60th Anniversary Video

The following video is the Chantelle press event, celebrating 60th years of the luxury lingerie of Chantelle.

Enjoy, my dear, Lingeristas!

CHANTELLE STUDIO HARCOURT VIDEO

Leçons de Séduction No. 42

The Quotable Lingerista: Tyra Banks

“I am totally against plastic surgery. A lot of people think I have breast implants because I have the biggest boobs in the business. But I was a 34C when I was 17...They stay up when I wear a push-up bra. But if people could see me when I come home and take off my bra, how could they think these are fake?"

~ Tyra Banks quotes (American Model, b.1973)

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 16

1950s MAIDENFORM BRAS

"I dreamed I stopped them in their tracks in my maidenform bra."

Madsen Cargo Bikes: Celebrating Life

Okay, so I found the cutest bike on the internet! I've been scoping out Cruisers for a while now, but the MADSEN Cargo Bikes take the Cruiser to a whole 'nother level!

Check out the image below! Can't you just imagine tootling around town, filling up your basket with your latest purchases, your kids, flowers, food from the farmers market, etc.?

I'm in love!

Keira Knightley: Keep Me As I Am

What do you do when your face is recognized worldwide and the studio heads want to enhance your body to make it more curvaceous? Do you let them digitally enhance you for publicity photos? Get plastic surgery?...

...Not if you're Keira Knightley!

When faced with this predicament, "Keira Knightley drew a collective 'you go, girls!'...after reportedly resisting having her bustline digitally enhanced in publicity shots for her new film 'The Duchess.' The Daily Mail in her native United Kingdom said that the movie studio wanted to pump up Knightley’s cleavage in the photos, à la posters for 'King Arthur,' in which her bosom was blown up to buxom proportions. 'Those things certainly weren’t mine!,' said Knightley.

This time, the 23-year-old actress 'insisted that her figure stay in its natural state,' an insider said. 'She is proud of her body and doesn’t want it altered.' 'The trend now is toward "natural figures," whether voluptuous or small-busted,' said Jacqui Stafford, executive style director for Shape magazine. 'It’s a movement toward accepting what you have and making the most of it.'...” For more on the article, click on Chicago Tribune / Keira Knightley.

Hats off to Keira for being comfortable and confident in her own body!

At Eve's Apples we'd recommend the Lucia Plunge Bra by The Little Bra Company so that Keira can have some added cleavage or if she wants to go with simply sexy without the padding, the the India Lace Bra by Eberjey is irresistible.

Keira's one woman that we admire for standing up for herself and "Celebrating Her Inner Eve."

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 15

1950s MAIDENFORM BRAS

"I dreamed I went to work in my maidenform bra."

Fall Make OVERBRA Contest

You have the plunge bra, push up bra, added gel inserts and still aren't getting the cleavage you want?

Try the comfortable and cleavage enhancing OverBra!

Our exciting Eve's Apples fall contest brings you (and your girls) the added lift, support, and cleavage that you've been seeking.

ENTER TO WIN!

The OverBra is worn over your regular bra to:

• deliver a level of lift that no regular bra, on its own, can achieve!
• create a more visibly discernible cleavage and enhance the look and shape of the bust, overall!
• smooth and at the the bulges that an ordinary bra creates at the underarms and back
• improve posture via our racerback design!
• constructed of two layers of soft microber fabric, bonded to a thin inner core of cushy foam special lamination process delivers remarkable softness,pliability, strength, and an exceptionally high level of comfort

To Enter: Why is having the OVERBRA an essential part of your fall wardrobe? Leave your comment after this post. The best comment wins!

Prize: The Overbra in pink, nude or black (size S, M, L or XL). Retails for $25.

Deadline: October 1, 2009 (5:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time)

Important: Please be sure that we can either link back to you or that you send Eve's Apples your email address (we don't sell it or pass it along). We notify the winner directly.

For more information on this exciting body wear, click on OverBra.

Bonne chance, my dear Lingeristas!

Vintage Lingerie Ads: Part 14

1950s MAIDENFORM BRAS

"I dreamed I took the bull by the horns...in my maidenform bra."