Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. Dear Bowie was one of the brands I fell in love with at this season’s lingerie market, and I’m incredibly excited to report that Journelle (one of my favorite lingerie boutiques) has picked up their first season’s collection as an exclusive! This is a huge deal for a new independent brand (most boutiques prefer to see at least three seasons worth of collections […]
If you’re a longtime reader of the blog, I’m sure this statement won’t surprise you, but I think a lot about words. Not just about their dictionary definitions (which are more like agreed upon guidelines for modern-day usage) but also about their implied or understood meanings and their larger social or cultural meanings. A word isn’t just a word. There’s a universe of nuance there, particularly when you’re conveying more […]
Note: I purchased this lingerie with my own money. Curvy Kate is unaffiliated with this review. It’s been a minute since I’ve written a lingerie review. The issue, obviously, hasn’t been a lack of items to review (I have enough lingerie I’ve bought personally to keep TLA knee-deep in reviews for the next year or so), rather, I had a bit of a crisis of confidence regarding the way I […]
A few weeks ago, just before the big Orchard Corset meetup in fact, I did a quick photoshoot with Lance and Trixie of Old School Pinups in Pike Place Market. Not coincidentally, Old School Pinups is also where the event was held, so it was a real treat to get to know the space before I played hostess to a crowd. In case you haven’t been there (and I have […]
We’ve featured Else Lingerie a time or two on the blog before. Unlike many of the labels we share, I wouldn’t call Else Lingerie an especially cutting edge or avant-garde brand. If anything, they’ve gotten more commercial over the last couple of years (check out this chevron set and this chevron set to see why I fell in love with them several seasons ago). However, they are remarkably consistent, and […]
