You’ve made it! To the end of 2021, which is just as much of an an accomplishment as making it to the end of 2022. So in celebration of the impending new year (and also the winter solstice!), I am delighted to present a brand new lingerie shopping guide for the season. While this is ostensibly a holiday wishlist, we all know lingerie is good anytime of year, and all […]
Hi, my name is Quinne, and I love loungewear. Like, I really love it. I run a loungewear line. I wear loungewear even when I’m leaving the house. And I spend most of my clothing budget (and sewing budget) on loungewear. When I get up in the morning and sit down in my home office, I switch from my comfy night loungewear to my fancy day loungewear. I’m always trying […]
Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links. Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on trans concerns and lingerie. For more, see our guides to Swimwear for Trans Women and Swimwear for Trans Men. So you’re a trans woman, and you’d like to buy some lingerie. As I’ve mentioned before, lingerie shopping for trans women can be fraught: finding retailers who sell your band/cup size, working with companies […]
If you’re reading this, you have the internet. And if you have the internet, you know what’s going on in Ukraine. I won’t profess to be any great scholar of global politics, diplomacy, and Eastern European history. But what I do know is that Ukrainians are experiencing unspeakable tragedy and fear right this moment. Unsurprisingly, several Ukrainian lingerie designers are among the millions of people who’ve been uprooted from their […]
It’s going on 2 years since I started the TLA Patreon, and it’s become an integral part of keeping The Lingerie Addict online. You see – the more we discuss indie designers, the more we discuss diversity and inclusivity, and the more we discuss the ways the intimate apparel industry can improve…the more the industry pulls away. As I said in the original post introducing our Patreon, independence is TLA’s […]