I am truly overcome at all the supportive comments, messages, and emails I’ve received since making the incredibly difficult decision to sunset The Lingerie Addict in its current form as primarily a lingerie blog. There’s always this sense of “talking into the void” when one is doing work online. You’re never really quite sure if people are seeing what you’re doing. Just knowing how so many of you saw The […]
One of my favorite visual corsetry effects is fan-lacing. While it looks beautiful, with its perfect symmetry and matched columns of wraparound, criss-crossed lacing, it also has a very practical purpose. As fancy and complicated as it appears, fan lacing during its heyday was revolutionary for simplifying the process of getting dressed! A Very Short Explanation of Fan Lacing Many people are familiar with the basics of a corset, and […]
Jessica Stoya is a semi-retired adult performer and writer. Bylines include the New York Times, VICE, The Guardian, and Stoya is half of Slate’s How To Do It sex advice column. I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 15 years in front of cameras aiming to look sexy and expensive. I’ve got both adoration for and justification of purchasing luxury lingerie. Post COVID, I’m also somewhere between a […]
Jessica Stoya is a semi-retired adult performer and writer. Bylines include the New York Times, VICE, The Guardian, and Stoya is half of Slate’s How To Do It sex advice column. I’m a difficult fit when it comes to structured lingerie. I’ve got a wide rib cage, with muscle over top, and wide set breasts with wide bases but shallow projection. I’m a 36A, or even 36AA. Looking around, I’m […]
I love doing trend features. Even though they age rapidly (a few seasons at most) there’s something so special and so fun about their brief appearance. The fact that lingerie trends aren’t expected to be around very long allows for a sense of whimsy and creativity, a “blink and you’ll miss it” moment of something you might never see again. Like many a child born in the 80s, Disney’s The […]
