Oh… Fraulein Annie, how I adore you. Your collections are beautiful, and you have the distinction of being the only brand on my lust list I can’t buy because of size (my favorite bra, the polka dot mesh below, doesn’t come in C cups). All the past seasons have been wonderful, but this collection takes the cake… romantic, gorgeous, ethereal… I should really stop here because I’m starting to sound a […]
A few weeks ago, while I was on vacation, a controversial new study out of France took over the internet. After 15 years of studying 320 women, French scientist Jean-Denis Rouillon found that wearing a bra actually makes women’s breasts saggier, a condition known medically as ptosis. Bras and breasts are always two popular topics; whenever new research comes out about either, it inevitably makes it into the news in […]
Over the past few months, I’ve been doing research for a piece on burlesque lingerie for full busted women. I first encountered the Mosh Playsuit as part of that research, but set it aside as it didn’t seem to meet my usual lingerie requirements. It is completely sheer, has no underwire, and I assumed it wouldn’t work for me at all. However, I found myself coming back to it again […]
If you’d told me five years ago that my brand-new lingerie obsession would have led to all this, I wouldn’t have believed you. This time in 2008, I was a Sociology grad student in Athens, GA. Between reading, researching, and writing papers (and volunteering on the weekends), I started this blog. There wasn’t a plan. There wasn’t a goal. There really wasn’t even a point. I just saw a pretty […]
This article is by Phoebe Waller. I caught up with lingerie designer Freyia Lilian Porteous, who gave me the lowdown on her current collection. Since graduating University and studying a BA (Hons) Embroidery degree, (which sadly no longer exists), Freyia has kept the ball rolling. By day Miss Porteous works as an au pair in Kington Upon Thames looking after two young children — “Lola is two and loves makeup, […]
