Okay, enough of Marilyn - she's yesterday's news! When we look back on the 20th Century there are two blonde bombshells that take centre stage: Marilyn and Madonna. So, it's fitting that we move from one to the other! I have to admit there is a bit of spin here: just as we never dressed the real Marilyn Monroe, we're not sure if the bullet bra below is ours, or a copy. We do know that Madonna's stylist has frequented our London boutique, and on close inspection it isn't by Jean Paul Gaultier whom I thought she would have chosen. What do you think?

A couple of months ago I skived off work under the guise of Bernie Dexter's Stocking Seam Straightener' (the boys on set took my job title seriously and even tried to pay me at the end of the day!) Artist Si Cranstoun was working on a video for his new single; '50s Pin Up Girl; so Bernie was the obvious choice! Not only did I get the chance to catch up with Bernie (and lace her into our Pigalle Laurie corset and Swiss Dot lingerie) but Amanda from Lipstick and Curls was there doing Bernie's make up so we had a great girls catch-up day. Si is picking up quite a following in Europe and next Easter is performing at Viva Las Vegas - you really have to see him!

We're absolutely thrilled to be on the cover of Sunday Times Style Magazine. Daisy Lowe wears our Black Tie Bikini and looks spectacular in it! It was a nice surprise as although stylist Sam Ranger told us it would be featured, when Style did a swimwear special last week and we weren't in it we'd though we'd been edited out!

Rollacoaster magazine (brought to us by the same team that produce Wonderland) is rather exclusive: only available at Selfridges and London Fashion Week. There will be an IPad version soon though so everyone will be able to have access to it. Their second edition's cover star is the Jessie J who, in the UK, is looking at being the girl you can't get away from in 2011 - but as her music is great that's no hardship! You can tell she's hit the big time as she's been pictured in our Padded Bullet Bra, joining other celebs including Mossy, Rihanna, Gwyneth, Posh et al.

We've had lots of great feedback about our interview with Bernie Dexter a couple of weeks ago. In it she tells us about Bernie Dexter clothing, her own range of 1950s rockabilly inspired dresses. She's just got back from Magic trade show in Las Vegas and I couldn't resist finding out how it went.ss="MsoNormal">Magic Fashion Trade show was so much fun once you get there! heheee It was a long haul on my own. Pushing 2 HUGE Samsonite cases to have one handle break! It tells me i am stronger then a gorilla! hehee  It was great to see the vendors I met last summer and some really cute new ones too!  Much like high school it never goes without a bit of drama from at least one vendor but over all it was quite civil this time.

I was on a wonderful retro packed row. Classic Hardware even gave me some fabulous retrolite jewels to wear with my collection. I got to debut my first professional sign made. " Bernie Dexter Clothing Celebrating the Female Form" It is a gold glittery sign custom made for my by Brown Magic Paint Co. by El Chucky  It got a lot of people to stop and take a look!  Brown Magic Paint Co. by El Chucky  also painted the Suitcase I used on the front cover of my look book.

And it was so nice to have customers come to my booth and say " Wow your stuff looks so authentic!"  And " wow your prints are so beautiful" I think customers are enjoying a fresh new point of view on reproduction. This is just what i was hoping for so I am so pleased!!

I think the neatest thing is having customers from all over the world! One girl came all the way from Israel!!! Yes there are pin ups and Rockabilly girls in Israel! How coooool is that!

Here are a few pix of my booth and my customers!

We're extremely excited to have our first US magazine cover! Our Glamour Corselette is modelled by actress Michelle Trachtenberg who's most famous for being Buffy the Vampire Slayer (and more recently stars in Gossip Girl).

We were on Gok's Roadshow last night, or at least our Harlow bullet bra and Cabaret Sheer Corset made a brief, uncredited, appearance. The link to the show is here at about 37 minutes but Brix Smith just says something along the lines of 'real designer 1950s lingerie!' so you're not missing much What Katie Did. The roadshow does show more of Gok's amazing styling talents than his previous series and has lots of  clever, easy and affordable ways of transforming outfits: ideal for thrifty girls.

I've a feeling of deja vu today. Yesterday we had Gemma Arterton wearing our Harlow bullet bra in Italian Vogue (which she'd already worn last year in InStyle), today we have Victoria Beckham, shot by Ellen Von Unwerth, wearing our Padded Bullet Bra in Vogue Turkey: she also wore it on the cover of Harpers Bazaar in December 2009. Although our bullet bras are most frequently used in shoots, our SS11 range is proving very popular with stylists; our press department is rushed off it's feet; so hopefully you'll see it featured in some magazines soon.

We were so excited about Kate Moss being in Italian Vogue that it took Kate's boyfriend (Kate's in charge of stock in our warehouse) to notice that our Harlow bullet bra was also featured, worn by actress Gemma Arterton. It's the second time she's modelled our Harlow bullet bra - she also wore it in last Aprils' InStyle (US).

What Katie Did's Harlow bullet bra is credited in Look magazine this week, worn by actress Jaime Winstone. Unfortunately it's a near miss, as it actually looks like a vintage piece (most of the other clothing she wore in the shoot was vintage). Oh well, at least you know where to 'get the look!'