It’s been 5 years since TLA’s last Black-owned lingerie brands list. In that time a lot has changed, most of it for the better. Not only are the majority of brands on 2017’s list still in existence – which hasn’t always been the case with previous roundup lists – the number of Black-owned lingerie brands available has increased exponentially! Never have there been more lingerie companies owned by Black people […]
Suzannah Weiss is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and more. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram or learn more about her on her website. When Yasmin Benoit was a teenager growing up in Reading, England, she realized she didn’t seem to feel sexual or romantic attraction like her peers did. She didn’t know at the […]
Pansy St. Battie is a model, burlesque performer, and long-time lover of lingerie. They’re a wheelchair user and that informs their relationship with lingerie. Outside of fashion, performing and writing, they spend their time with their pets and studying veterinary medicine. Follow them on Instagram @pansystbattie. Disclosure: This product was purchased for review by The Lingerie Addict. All opinions are the writer’s own. In the clothing world, accessible fashion is […]
Today’s announcement has been years in the making, and I’m so excited to finally be able to share it with you today. Way, way back in 2015 (a forever ago in internet time), I reserved the Instagram handle “lingerieisforeverybody.” After years of writing about intimates, I felt increasingly uncomfortable with the imagery I saw from most lingerie brands. Even brands that claim to be inclusive or diverse often fall into […]
Uye Surana is the kind of brand that’s grown on me – little by little, lookbook by lookbook – until, without even noticing, I found myself eagerly awaiting every new collection. Everything they make – their entire aesthetic – feels so natural and carefree and accommodating that they’ve become a brand I recommend to people of most any size who want beautiful lingerie that will make them feel gorgeous. Now […]
