It’s been so long since I’ve worn “regular” clothes, I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to go back to the way things were before. In fact, as I’m writing this, I’m wearing an old sweatshirt from Oxford University (acquired during the Oxford Conference of Corsetry a few years back), and a pair of fleece-lined sweatpants. However, work meetings are picking up again as offices and businesses gradually return […]
You’ve made it! To the end of 2021, which is just as much of an an accomplishment as making it to the end of 2022. So in celebration of the impending new year (and also the winter solstice!), I am delighted to present a brand new lingerie shopping guide for the season. While this is ostensibly a holiday wishlist, we all know lingerie is good anytime of year, and all […]
Today’s guest post is by Amy Norton. Amy (She/Her) is a sex blogger, journalist, and pleasure product aficionado. She runs Coffee & Kink and is the founder of Smutathon, an annual charity writing challenge. She lives in the UK with her nesting partner, Mr CK, and a frankly ridiculous collection of vibrators. For the first couple of years that I was writing my sex blog, Coffee & Kink, I firmly […]
Happy All Hallows Eve! Though I don’t talk about it very much, I love pulp fiction novel covers. Because there’s something so – not tawdry, per se – but campy about them. Lurid even. Gothic pulp covers in particular are overdramatic and macabre. They are voyeuristic in a way that should be horrifying, yet sucks you in nonetheless. There’s a formula to these gothic romance covers. You can expect a […]
Disclosure: This article is sponsored by Jane’s Vanity Not that I’ll surprise any of my regular readers, but I firmly believe lingerie as outerwear is more than a trend – it’s a state of mind. After all, lingerie is just clothing. Clothing that’s usually worn at home or that might be worn under other types of apparel…but clothing all the same. Just as you can take outerwear and make it […]
