Waxing grateful once more, as I did last year, I am particularly thankful for the amazing and ever-growing resources for aspiring corsetieres. If your corset addiction has reached the point where you must begin making your own or start selling your furniture to finance your addiction, this is the page for you. (Be warned that you will soon develop a fabric addiction instead.) Much of my corsetmaking knowledge was gleaned […]
While there is something to be said for the mystique of corsetry, it has a side effect of creating a bit of a barrier, seeming distant, untouchable… and therefore daunting, and avoided. “What do I wear it with?” women ask me, somewhat bewildered, when I’m fitting for Dark Garden. “Where do your clients wear them?” people ask me when I talk about my line, Pop Antique. As soon as you […]
Erica Windle co-owns the specialty bra shop A Sophisticated Pair, which focuses on proper bra fitting techniques and body positivity. She is the designer of the store’s bra size calculator as well as the primary author for the Sophisticated Pair blog. The shrillness of my alarm jerks me awake at 8:30a.m., a perfectly respectable hour for most people, but I have always been more of a night owl. Since most […]
Estelle Puleston is a lingerie blogger, designer and retailer who founded Esty Lingerie in 2009 to promote handmade lingerie designers. She’s always sewing lingerie, either from scratch or customizing something she’s bought! No matter how hard I try to care for my lingerie, occasionally mistakes happen – like staining a light set I washed with a darker one, or in this case, accidentally tumble-drying my Playful Promises Sweetheart bra on the […]
The world of fashion in New York is a small one, and recently it bumped me into a friend-of-a-friend who shares my love for designing lingerie. Stephanie Chen has just launched the incredibly beautiful lingerie line, Sapphire Bliss. After designing womenswear for quite a few brands you’ve heard of, Stephanie decided to branch out on her own and follow her passion for lingerie. She spent two years preparing to launch […]
