While there is something to be said for the mystique of corsetry, it has a side effect of creating a bit of a barrier, seeming distant, untouchable… and therefore daunting, and avoided. “What do I wear it with?” women ask me, somewhat bewildered, when I’m fitting for Dark Garden. “Where do your clients wear them?” people ask me when I talk about my line, Pop Antique. As soon as you […]
The NY-based loungewear brand She & Reverie just did a new loungewear photoshoot with the photographer Franey Miller. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts on the brand, She & Reverie is a label with a very clear point of view. They are about whimsy and dreams and romance, and their take on what lingerie and loungewear can be is completely different from what anyone else is doing right now. […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I first ran across this week’s lingerie of the week on Dollhouse Bettie’s Pinterest page. I remember thinking that I shouldn’t like this. Though I adore a good garter dress, flowery, fuddy-duddy, wallpaper print really isn’t my style. Yet a week or so after I first saw Jolidon’s garter dress, I’m still thinking about it. I think I’m attracted to how unique this piece is; […]
I must confess… I heard about MERE Basics several months ago, just after S/S 2014 Lingerie Market when summer was the only thing on my brain (both because of the trends I saw and because it was warm and sunny in Seattle!). The designer behind MERE Basics, Kathleen Baxley, actually lives in Seattle and she invited me to view her collection in person. I’ve only just become acquainted with the […]
A few days ago, I ran across a tweet from Elisabeth Dale referencing a press release on AR Wear, a new company using Indiegogo to help finance a line of “rape prevention” underwear. I like to keep up with what’s happening in the lingerie industry (even if I find the very concept of rape prevention underwear a problem for a lot. of. reasons.), but I probably wouldn’t have even written […]
