Before getting into the nitty gritty of what the differences are between designing for ‘ready-to-wear’ and ‘bespoke’ lingerie, it’s important to first nail down what these phrases actually mean. In a world dominated by fast fashion and half-truth marketing, a lot of the technical terminology around clothing has had its meaning diluted and distorted. This is particularly true of the language around luxury fashion, which is often co-opted by fast […]
I started my ethically-made loungewear line she and reverie at 23 years old. Before then, I freelanced in NYC’s garment district for a very short amount of time. But starting a line was my dream, of course! And other designers were doing it, many with far less knowledge than I had. So I thought, “Why am I not following my dream right now? Why can’t I do this, too?” I […]
28 days after we began our Kickstarter campaign, I am ecstatic to report that The Lingerie Addict Kickstarter not only surpassed its initial goal of $6,000 (which we reached in less than 24 hours!) we also achieved every single stretch goal of the campaign – and there were 4 of them! It is impossible to describe how blessed and honored I feel that nearly 500 of you believe in The […]
If you already follow me on any of my other social channels, then you already know I’m just a scooch late getting my new Kickstarter campaign up on the blog. That wasn’t deliberate; I’ve had this post sitting in edits for about two days now. But every time I was ready to update and publish, there was a new (and noteworthy!) development to the campaign. And so here we are, […]
Recently, someone in the Lingerie Addict Facebook group asked if lingerie brands could design custom lace. I started typing out a response, but quickly realised it’s a very complex question to answer. One about which I have entirely too much to say. The fashion industry as a whole tends to be quite closed off to customer education, so there isn’t a whole lot of public information about manufacturing or fabrics. […]
