Editor’s Note: The images below contain nudity. Some of the most creative lingerie labels I’ve seen over the past 11 years – La Fille d’O, FRKS Lingerie, even Carine Gilson – are based out of Belgium. And now there’s one more name we can add to that extraordinary list: Under Thy Skin. Under Thy Skin is what I think of as an underground label. They’re not very well known, but […]
Hello, everyone! My new book, In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie, actually came out last week, but I’ve been so wrapped up in media interviews and seeing people post their book selfies on Instagram, that I just now remembered I never made the official announcement to the blog! So here we are! Your friendly neighborhood Lingerie Addict is officially a published author! Yay!!! It is impossible […]
Maude Nibelungen is the rare sort of designer who can make you completely rethink lingerie. Nibelungen’s garments play with the very concept of intimate apparel, drawing on a timeless and familiar crafting technique – knitting – and transforming it into something avant-garde and revolutionary. Indeed, it’s impossible to divorce Maude Nibelungen’s garments from how they’re made or even to truly appreciate them without some personal knowledge of the textile arts […]
I’ve fallen behind in a lot of areas these last few months, and one of them has been posting new photoshoots to the blog. One of my goals for this year (which I didn’t reveal because I’m afraid of failure – something I’m working on) was to do a new lingerie editorial every month in 2017. Ever since my Night Witch photoshoot with Lars Kommienezuspadt back in 2015, I’ve become […]
I don’t talk much about activewear on TLA and that’s honestly because most activewear campaigns are kinda boring. Impeccably made-up models going through vaguely athletic motions? Nah. Hard pass. But Lane Bryant’s new Livi Activewear Collection? Well, that had me grinning from ear to ear.
