Lingerie And The High-Priced Divorce

If you are a man, buying lingerie can get you in trouble - at least, if you are spending a lot on it, and it’s for your mistress.

We don’t know for sure if George David, chairman of United Technologies, regrets his decision to visit La Perla - but given the fact that his lingerie purchase habits have been discussed on the witness stand at his divorce proceedings, one can only guess so.

At least he showed some class. La Perla carries some of the nicest swimwear on earth. The current collection, Spring / Summer 2009, includes some beautiful suits with eye popping details. The suits are both delicious and sensuous. They are also quite expensive - with both one piece and two piece suits coming in at over $600 US.

Perhaps that is what put off David’s ex-wife, the countess Marie Douglas-David: he apparently is accused of spending thousands and thousands on his mistress on fancy items at La Perla.

It’s not hard to do. La Perla doesn’t just have swimwear - it also carries an astonishing array of bras, panties and other lingerie. The current collections include one called Appeal, which definitely lives up to its name. While the La Perla website shows the collection in black, it also comes in two other colours: “powder” and coral. (Coral is an eye-popping orange-red which defies description.)

Of course, if you are buying lingerie for your mistress, perhaps you’d be looking first and foremost at the Black Label line. Mind you, it’s still pretty easy to burn through a lot money: the Bustier-Brief from the Diamond Collection is a mere $479 US.

Given that the reports say that David spent thousands at La Perla, it’s likely that his mistress was well outfitted - at least in the bedroom. However, his thousands at La Perla could cost him millions in his divorce. The former Mrs David is asking for a third of his fortune, or $99 million dollars.

Source: New York Magazine