This guest post is by Angela Friedman, independent lingerie designer and all around awesome lady behind Angela Friedman Lingerie. This two-part series will explore the real costs of handmade lingerie, as well as the true costs of running a handmade lingerie business. Indirect Costs The indirect costs of production are much easier to overlook. For example, the planning phase of a new collection is completely unpaid work for an independent designer. […]
This guest post is by Angela Friedman, independent lingerie designer and all around awesome lady behind Angela Friedman Lingerie. This two-part series will explore the real costs of handmade lingerie, as well as the true costs of running a handmade lingerie business. Believe it or not, every garment you’re wearing right now (or have ever worn, for that matter), was made by a pair of hands. Or several pairs of […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. In what’s apparently become a new Lingerie Addict tradition, I got sick again during this season’s lingerie market and wound up bedridden, most regrettably during most of our industry’s big lingerie tradeshow, CurveNY. Honestly, for the last few weeks, I’ve been debating if I should even write a market week roundup. Most of my photos are on my iPhone and were meant, not for […]
A few weeks ago, I was in Portland attending a blog conference, when I caught sight of a familiar slip in a store window. The store was Folly, and the slip was one I’d recently seen in a local Seattle boutique. Unable to resist checking out some new lingerie, I walked in and turns out the owner of the boutique was also the same person who’d designed those beautiful slips […]
We reported on Lost in Wonderland lingerie’s first collection last fall, and I’m so glad they’ve made it to a second season! With their gorgeous laces, and impeccable styling, this Berlin-based luxury label is out to prove that ethically-made, vegan lingerie doesn’t have to be boring. Bras are available in band sizes 32-38 and in A-D cups (though not every bra is available in every size) and knickers are available […]
