While I write about both full bust and plus size lingerie around here, over the years I’ve come to identify more with the “inbetweenie” category of body sizes. I suspect I’m not alone in this, as the average women’s clothing size in the US is now a size 14. Just as bras have begun to divide up into ever more specific categories (full bust, full figured, plus size) our ideas […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. Meanwhile, in other things I am currently coveting but cannot afford, let’s talk about this ‘Lauren’ lace top from Curriculum Vitae (a brand I only just now discovered, by the way, because I am not cool). While summer is definitely over, I don’t think the lingerie-as-outerwear look has to go out of style. And though this piece is technically for the boudoir, I […]
Y’all… I want this. I know it’s completely impractical, and that I’m basically paying for the lingerie equivalent of censor bars over my nipples, but I don’t care. I love it. Yasmine Eslami is a name I feel like I’ve heard before, but that I never got around to checking out until recently. They’re a French label, based out of Paris, and they work with basic, simple silhouettes in bold […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. I’ve been a fan of Kiss Me Deadly’s Vargas Dress for years. I own the very first incarnation, which was a factory accident in turquoise and white, and I’ve made a point of getting every single version of it since then. More than being shapewear (though the Vargas Dress is very effective at the shaping thing), I think it just looks amazing. This […]
I’m fairly certain I’ve mentioned this before, but one of the things that’s really important to me on TLA is actively looking for and featuring new designers. Like many people, I have my personal favorite lingerie brands, both in terms of fit and aesthetics, but if I only ever talked about my favorites, the blog would get pretty boring and predictable after awhile. I also believe there’s immeasurable value in […]
