There are a million ways to wash lingerie, from the good (use an inexpensive lingerie wash!) to the not-so-good (please don’t wash your lingerie in vinegar!). But at the end of the day, there isn’t one right way to clean lingerie: it depends on the fiber and the fabric. Here are our favorite ways to safely clean five common types of lingerie fabrics. Satin The care of your satin lingerie […]
At The Lingerie Addict, nerding out about lingerie is our favorite thing. Sometimes, this means sharing the lingerie we wished we bought. Other times, it means discussing lingerie construction methods, or exploring what “ethically made” really means. Today, we’re talking fabrics. What types of fabrics are popular for lingerie? How can you identify them, and what are they used for? The following five fabrics are some of the most popular […]
Today’s guest post is by Amy Norton. Amy (She/Her) is a sex blogger, journalist, and pleasure product aficionado. She runs Coffee & Kink and is the founder of Smutathon, an annual charity writing challenge. She lives in the UK with her nesting partner, Mr CK, and a frankly ridiculous collection of vibrators. For the first couple of years that I was writing my sex blog, Coffee & Kink, I firmly […]
The modern lingerie industry contains multitudes. Consumers have more to choose from than at any other time in lingerie history, from size and price to style and design. And with online shopping, your physical location is less of a hindrance than ever. However, it must be remembered this wasn’t always the case. There used to be a time when you could only buy relatively homogenous lingerie from your local shops. […]
Happy All Hallows Eve! Though I don’t talk about it very much, I love pulp fiction novel covers. Because there’s something so – not tawdry, per se – but campy about them. Lurid even. Gothic pulp covers in particular are overdramatic and macabre. They are voyeuristic in a way that should be horrifying, yet sucks you in nonetheless. There’s a formula to these gothic romance covers. You can expect a […]
