After a stalled year (their collection showed at market last summer was never produced), Naked Princess is back with a brand new line of silk, lace, and modal basics. I confess that after their one-year hiatus, I was looking for more creativity and innovation from this particular brand. The Chantilly lace corselette and bikini in particular remind me of something I’ve seen from Kiki de Montparnasse, while the other items, […]
The world of fashion in New York is a small one, and recently it bumped me into a friend-of-a-friend who shares my love for designing lingerie. Stephanie Chen has just launched the incredibly beautiful lingerie line, Sapphire Bliss. After designing womenswear for quite a few brands you’ve heard of, Stephanie decided to branch out on her own and follow her passion for lingerie. She spent two years preparing to launch […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Between the Sheets is one of those lingerie brands that kind of sneaks up on you. I’d known Layla L’obatti, the designer behind BTS, for years before I purchased my first item from them. But the instant I tried it on, I knew it wouldn’t be my last purchase. I don’t think I even really understood the point of loungewear before I started collecting […]
Triumph isn’t a lingerie line that’s been on my radar all that much. Of course I’ve heard of them (the company has been around since 1886, after all, and we have a review of their ‘Doreen’ bra on TLA) but with relatively no American presence or press until very recently, they just weren’t a name that came readily to mind when I thought “lingerie.” However, with the opening of a […]
Leg Avenue, a company that used to be known primarily for, well, cheap hosiery, lingerie, and Halloween costumes, stepped up their game a few seasons ago by debuting a new pinup-inspired lingerie collection. That collection, which proved to be a big hit, has gone by a couple of other names since then, notably as the “burlesque” collection. Well, this past season, Leg Avenue decided to rebrand the entire series (and […]
