This guest post is by Angela Friedman, independent lingerie designer and all around awesome lady behind Angela Friedman Lingerie. This two-part series will explore the real costs of handmade lingerie, as well as the true costs of running a handmade lingerie business. Indirect Costs The indirect costs of production are much easier to overlook. For example, the planning phase of a new collection is completely unpaid work for an independent designer. […]
This guest post is by Angela Friedman, independent lingerie designer and all around awesome lady behind Angela Friedman Lingerie. This two-part series will explore the real costs of handmade lingerie, as well as the true costs of running a handmade lingerie business. Believe it or not, every garment you’re wearing right now (or have ever worn, for that matter), was made by a pair of hands. Or several pairs of […]
About the Author: Estelle Puleston is the founder of handmade lingerie superstore Esty Lingerie. She loves to customize her lingerie purchases with beads, new straps, and sometimes even a change of color! There are lots of reasons you might want to dye your lingerie; maybe it’s looking a bit old and faded but is in otherwise great condition, maybe you couldn’t find what you were looking for in the color […]
La Lilouche has spent the last few seasons releasing incredibly innovative collections that embrace color, glitz and glamour. Her newest collection, ‘Starry Night,’ embraces a sophisticated color palette that includes jet black, ivory, silver, navy blue and gold. Each piece is handmade and adorned with gorgeous crystals. A word for would-be purchasers: this collection will only be until the end of November, as Liya (the designer behind La Lilouche) is […]
When discussing corsets, the word “squishy” inevitably comes up. Though outside the corseting community, the word is used as as a euphemism for being full-figured (or as a reference to Finding Nemo…), when talking corsets it has a rather different connotation. “Squishy,” or, “compressible,” if one wishes to be delicate about it, refers to the body’s natural ability to be reshaped by a corset. In other words, when it comes to corsets, […]
