To my memory, Buttress & Snatch was one of the first lingerie brands crafting fantastical, fairy tale-inspired luxury lingerie. I remember swooning over their Queen of the Clover on Tumblr, imagining a world where swathes of silk and tiny flowers blossomed out of every piece of lingerie I owned. Today, the brand continues to make some of the most romantic sets out there. Airy arm swags, vintage millinery flowers, scattered […]
The modern lingerie industry contains multitudes. Consumers have more to choose from than at any other time in lingerie history, from size and price to style and design. And with online shopping, your physical location is less of a hindrance than ever. However, it must be remembered this wasn’t always the case. There used to be a time when you could only buy relatively homogenous lingerie from your local shops. […]
Agent Provocateur’s iconic line of super sexy lingerie is known for running small. With bras stopping at UK 36E and knickers only going up to a US size 10, their core-only sizing felt stuck in the 90s. However, on February 15, 2021, Agent Provocateur tweeted that they were expanding sizes. “As a new category coming soon to AP, ‘All Hours’ boasts a wider range of sizes from 32A to 38G,” […]
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 […]
Disclosure: This lingerie was purchased with my own money. All opinions are my own. Studio Pia is a luxury brand that made a big splash from its first collection in 2017: a debut of lush botanical colours and floral embroidery. Founded by Pia Conaghan in 2017, this is a label that takes its tagline seriously (‘Luxury lingerie with a conscience’). Their designs focus on two main textile varieties: intricate, custom […]
