This past Sunday, I got to meet burlesque superstar Dita Von Teese. I wasn’t alone, of course. Dita was doing a meet and greet at Dark Garden Unique Corsetry to promote her Von Follies lingerie line as well as her perfumes, both of which are exclusively available within San Francisco at Dark Garden. Dark Garden has been Dita’s “go-to corsetmaker for the past 15 years,” and I’ve been working there for […]
If you’re a lingerie blogger who posts lingerie photos online, you’re inevitably going to run into some social situation where somebody asks about it. It’s usually in some incredibly awkward public place, like at a cocktail party or sit down dinner where your fork is already halfway in your mouth when someone starts to say, “So, I heard you’re posting lingerie photos online now? Isn’t that a bad idea?” The […]
It’s time for The Lingerie Addict’s annual listing of the best lingerie of 2013! These are our (as in, me and my columnists) favorite lingerie brands of the year determined by our wholly subjective opinion of what we absolutely can’t get enough of and want to see more of in 2014. Want to see our favorites from previous years? Check out our Lingerie Addict Award winners from 2012, 2011, 2010, […]
A couple of weeks ago, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show aired in the United States. As usual, it was taped about a month before, and then there were several weeks of hyping and promos and press releases about every single detail of the event — from how many Swarovski crystals they use to what the models’ pre-show workout regimen is. As a fashion show, the VSFS doesn’t really interest me; […]
One thing that surprises a lot of indie designers when they send me an email is that I (as in Cora, the chick who runs TLA) will actually respond. I genuinely love it when smaller brands get in touch with their latest collections, and, in addition to sites like Pinterest, Tumblr, and Twitter, it’s one of the main ways I find out what’s new in the world of lingerie. Though […]
