With the Oxford Conference of Corsetry coming up this weekend, England is flooded with corset makers and enthusiasts. Today I spent the day in Sparklewren’s studio, aka Corset Paradise, with Jenni “Wren” Hampshire, Lucy of Lucy’s Corsetry, and Lowana of Vanyanís. InaGlo Photography was also present to shoot a few styles for Vanyanís, and Sparklewren’s Jenni Hampshire got behind the camera for several impromptu photoshoots with me as I tried on […]
You may remember the sneak peek we got early this year of Lost in Wonderland’s A/W 2014 collection (that fabulous pentagram harness is hard to forget!). Well, the full collection is just beginning to hit their online store and we couldn’t wait to finally share all of the images with you! This Berlin-based luxury label certainly doesn’t sacrifice fashion-forward style in its mission to create beautiful, ethically-produced lingerie. Their “Gold […]
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. I finally set aside some time this weekend and dealt with my overflow of lingerie. My situation is obviously more drastic than other people. I see lots of lingerie due to my column here and my job as a lingerie copywriter. However, almost all of us have stuff that is old, worn out, or that we just don’t wear anymore lurking around our lingerie […]
In a retail landscape where prints are rare and usually of the English Garden variety, I was beyond delighted to discover the colorful and whimsical brand Naja. You might recognize their name as it was only just a week or so ago it was mentioned as one of our top five lingerie brands to watch. This San Francisco-based company has created the Underwear for Hope program to educate and empower […]
Ladies and gentlemen, I come here today to confess to you. Of the corset-related advice that I dispense and the standards set by the corseting community, some of it I do not follow myself. And I know I’m not alone. To say that all corsetmakers ignore these guidelines all the time would, of course, be quite hyperbolic, so I don’t want to claim to speak for all of my colleagues. […]
