In Spring 2008, I wrote my first ever blog post about lingerie. The name of that blog was Stockings Addict, and I wrote under a penname Treacle. Yet from that one article, The Lingerie Addict has grown to become one of the leading websites for lingerie information in the world, with nearly 15 million visitors to date. We’ve published over 2,000 articles, covering intimate apparel for trans and nonbinary folks, […]
Winter doesn’t seem to want to go away. So here I am, in the first few days of spring, staring at leftover snow outside my window, and thinking of velvet lingerie. One of the things that’s been most important to me in the last nearly-10 years of lingerie blogging is that indie designers have a direct conduit to me to share their latest collections. I know a lot of people […]
In the past, Elomi Lingerie was always a bit of an “also ran” for the Eveden Group/Wacoal Europe. The group consists of the brands Elomi, Freya, Fantasie, and Goddess (as well as formerly Fauve, now defunct, and Huit, now sold to another company), all under the umbrella of Wacoal, one of the largest lingerie companies in the world. As a plus size brand, they were important, necessary even, to Eveden’s brand […]
One of my absolute favorite things about running a lingerie blog is discovering new brands. I have my tried and true favorites like everyone else, of course, but the thrill of seeing an item or collection that’s still unknown, that’s still a secret to almost everyone, is unparalleled. I firmly believe an important part of TLA’s mission is to shine a light on those new, often independent, brands. Because otherwise, […]
From its history to its fit techniques, there are so many things to love about lingerie. However, when I go to Curve New York every year, there’s one thing I’m consistently drawn to: embellishment and surface design. The lingerie industry is rather conservative, in many ways, but intimate apparel gives print designers the chance to do things a little differently. You might not wear a shirt printed with profanities to work, […]
