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The magnificent Sofia Loren once said of her famous curves, “Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” Bella Sofia, you are a goddess!

Wearing the right pair of jeans can make you feel sexy and confident. With so many Jean trends out there, it’s important not to forget to source out the jeans that are the best fit for YOUR figure. Here are 3 tips you should consider when shopping for those sexy jeans!

1) Clean silhouette. Sexy = hour glass. Men love curves, but even thoughthe muffin top has become a popular look, it’s not sexy. End of story. Maybe low-rise isn;t the fit for you. Choose your jean syle like this: If he were to reach around and grab you around your hips, will he be squeezing a smooth curve or a fistful of flesh pushed up by a ill-fitting waistband? Don’t add extra curves with poor fit! Add curves by maximizing your assets. Keep in mind, Sofia Loren would never sport a muffin top!

2) Buy them tight. For skin-tight fit, make sure you buy jeans one size too tight so when they stretch, they don’t go baggy.

3) No matter your shape or size, there is a perfect jean for you. Listen to your body, as your shape will do most of the talking here and tell you what feels right. Find the jeans that will hug your body in all the right places.

Keep these points in mind and you’ll strut with confidence!

Immodesty Blaize certainly knows a thing or two about seduction and tease. The burlesque performer is up there with Dita von Teese on her side of the pond, guesting on popular TV shows like “Faking It” and “Britain’s Next Top Model.” She’s also teamed up with lingerie label Madame V to create the Showtime Collection.  I found this interview on Knickers, a lingerie blog, and thought that the performer had a few good explanations about the appeal of burlesque in our day. I mean, who can resist the aesthetics and ideals of something that oft gets described with words like “coquette,” “tease” and “opulence”?

From the Knickers interview:

You create your own performances, and work with a great deal of women to bring burlesque to the stage and screen – is this “new” burlesque an example of women reclaiming their own sexuality?

Not really, I think women have been reclaiming their sexuality for quite some time before the burlesque revival! I think my performances have an undeniable erotic content, but they are also pieces of very elaborate theatre, and they are conceived with as much detail of theme, costume, prop, music and set, as one would a theatricalpresentation. So for me there’s a lot involved. I think in this way, women are attracted to the glamour and opulence as well as the erotic content. I think they like the humour too, it’s cheeky, it’s teasing, it’s clever. I wonder if somehow it feels accessible to more women therefore, than with other forms of erotic entertainment.

For the uninitiated, can you describe burlesque for our readers, and tell us about how you came to be a burlesque performer?

Burlesque means literally ‘to parody’. Simply put, it is a form of ironic cabaret, which is to say it is very tongue in cheek. It is also
a genre known for having a strong erotic undertow. It started in London in the 1860s, but it was the Minsky Brothers in ‘30s New York who truly put the glamorous striptease in burlesque, which gave rise to legends such as Gypsy Rose Lee, Lili St.Cyr, and Dixie Evans who is still going strong today.

For me, becoming a burlesque showgirl was a natural progression. As well as being reared on old Busby Berkley musicals and camp old Hollywood classics, as a teenager I became a huge fan of pin-up queen Betty Page and through her I discovered the legendary burlesque star Tempest Storm. I, myself had blossomed into a classic hourglass shape which I have to say was not popular at the time – it was all super-waifs and heroin chic…so images of women like Tempest Storm with their beautiful powerful womanliness really spoke to me and I knew I wanted to make the most of my curves in the same way!

We love the burlesque style because it looks amazing on women of so many sizes – do you think part of burlesque’s popularity is because of this celebration of a woman’s curves?

Partly, yes, although I’d say there’s no right or wrong body shape for burlesque. Certainly the classic old bombshell look of Mae West and Marilyn Monroe was full of curves, and then the legendary performer Lili St.Cyr was tall and lithe with legs up to her armpits! So I think really it promotes the idea of character and individuality. It encourages women to find their own alter-ego! In addition, I think we are at a point where people are getting bored of grungy reality shows, and they want live entertainment; theatre, fantasy, and proper old music again. I also think women and men alike are loving the chance to take time to dress up. Certainly I’ve noticed more women enhancing their silhouettes by wearing foundation-wear again, so suspender belts, girdles, basques, retro-shaped bullet bras are around…great!

What essentials would you recommend for a woman who wants to try out the burlesque look herself?

I don’t think there is one ‘burlesque look’, since burlesque is a form of entertainment rather than a fashion style. It spans 150 years,
so it has lived through fashions as diverse as the corseted Victorian, the fringed flapper, and the 50s pinup. However I would always
recommend that the ladies experience the joys of a good pair of nipple tassels!

We all know who she is, but what makes Liz such a sexy icon? (We’re keeping it to the early because no one know what was going on with her in the 1980s…)

Those eyebrows: Perfect gullwings (totally accentuated here in ’60s sex kitten style) frame those sapphire baby blues. Hey, you know what they say about a good frame…makes a masterpiece even better.

That hair: Lush, leonine, here teased like Brigitte Bardot…keep it clean and full of volume, with a low-fuss elegance. Nothing says sex goddess like a delicious mane.

Those lips: Here, they’re a nude matte. Her pronounced cupid’s bow and full  lower lip give her a simultaneously severe and sexy look. Play up your cupid’s bow with a little liner and dot a bit of gloss in the center of your lower lip to accentuate the pout.

That vulnerability: Married, unmarried, rehab. She goes through men like Carrie through a Manolo candy shop…when you watch Liz act, she is at once strong and vulnerable (Butterfield 8 anyone?), fiery and romantic. Open up and share your weaknesses, but be self-sufficient. You can never quite put your finger on her, but wow, what a presence. Being elusive, literally and figuratively, does wonders to fire lust.

That shape: Only today do we look at Angie and Nicole and Paris and think “normal.” Liz was never a skinnie minnie. Here another Butterfield ref, but THAT SLIP she wears in the opening scene is almost painted on her curvy, womanly, beautiful body. Work your curves, ladies. But remember, they key to working your sexy shape is great lingerie and clothes that are cut to suit your shape. If you’re curvy, you’re probably not going to do well taking style cues from the Olsen twins. Keep your eyes on the classics.