One of the most fascinating things about covering the lingerie industry is noticing which topics are popular in mainstream fashion press (like newspapers and magazines) versus lingerie-focused press (like blogs and trade journals), and vice versa. It’s an interesting phenomenon, and it’s perhaps no more evident than in who’s covering Rihanna’s new lingerie line…and who isn’t. We’ve been tweeting updates on the Rihanna lingerie story since April 17th or so […]
In Spring 2008, I wrote my first ever blog post about lingerie. The name of that blog was Stockings Addict, and I wrote under a penname Treacle. Yet from that one article, The Lingerie Addict has grown to become one of the leading websites for lingerie information in the world, with nearly 15 million visitors to date. We’ve published over 2,000 articles, covering intimate apparel for trans and nonbinary folks, […]
Editor’s note: This was previously the first half of this article. It’s since been split off into its own piece. While this sister article to this piece focuses exclusively on where to buy inexpensive bras, here I’m going to break down some of the myths around bra sizing and production. Bra Sizing and Size Breaks I want to start with some essential terminology first so we’re speaking from the same […]
Winter doesn’t seem to want to go away. So here I am, in the first few days of spring, staring at leftover snow outside my window, and thinking of velvet lingerie. One of the things that’s been most important to me in the last nearly-10 years of lingerie blogging is that indie designers have a direct conduit to me to share their latest collections. I know a lot of people […]
As someone who wears as size 11 narrow, I don’t keep up with many footwear trends. Most shoes I like aren’t in my size, and over the years, in the style of The Fox and the Grapes, I’ve convinced myself that’s a good thing. After all, since I couldn’t become obsessed with shoes, I had to funnel my love of pretty things into lingerie. So imagine my surprise and excitement […]
