If you’ve never heard the name Stockings & Romance before, they were a vintage-inspired lingerie brand that has recently gone out of business. I last mentioned them about a year ago, but in a lingerie industry that’s become ever more-crowded, it seems they just couldn’t get the market share to stay afloat. Girdlebound, a specialty retailer of retro shapewear, still has some of their items in stock, and this ‘Seduction’ […]
Today’s guest post is by Catherine Clavering of Kiss Me Deadly. For more on stats and bra fit (and why you can’t trust every press release you read), check out one of her earlier articles for TLA: “Bra Fit Science: Why Sampling Methods Matter for Lingerie Research.” Stand back everyone, we’re about to commit MATHS (Or MATH, if you’re in the USA). I know this is a lingerie blog and […]
Note: I purchased this lingerie myself. Cadolle and Jane’s Vanity are unaffiliated with this review. Editor’s Note: The below photos may be NSFW. Like the Marie Jo ‘Catherine’ bra set I reviewed several weeks ago, my Cadolle Retro Dot Bra was another honeymoon lingerie purchase. I’d spotted this bra at Jane’s Vanity ages before my wedding day, and I remember being so worried that it would sell out before I […]
Though it’s not even close to summer in Seattle anymore, I know the other side of the world is about to enter the hottest part of the year. More and more of my readers are coming from Australia (hello there, lovely people!), so I thought it might be fun to post a bit of warm weather loungewear. Please, enjoy the sunshine on my behalf! Today’s featured company, Rose Ver’shel, is […]
As I sit here writing this, it’s exactly 1 degree Fahrenheit above freezing. And even though it’s nowhere near officially winter yet (that’s still over a month away for those wondering), I still find myself already wishing for warmer weather. I can’t help it. Cold weather – particularly Seattle’s version – just seems to drain me. One upside to the cooler weather, however, is all the super soft and cozy […]
