Several years ago, I was convinced that lingerie blogging was about to turn a corner. There were more new blogs than ever before writing about lingerie, and lingerie bloggers themselves seemed to be getting more recognition and involvement from both brands and boutiques. It’s been a dream of mine for lingerie blogging to have the same level of cachet and participation as “regular” fashion blogging, and I truly believed that […]
Yeah… I know it’s really unusual to have more than one Sale Lingerie of the Week in a single week, but I really liked this, and since Valentine’s Day is coming up, I thought that maybe some of you would want to know about it for gift-giving purposes. And since Betty Blue’s Loungerie is based out of the UK (which means shipping to North American or Australia can sometimes take […]
If you’re in lingerie, you’ve probably already noticed this, but the world of lingerie is incredibly homogenous. While there’s a lot of lip service paid to diversity (it’s very unfashionable to say otherwise at the moment), in terms of actual practice, there’s very little to praise. Whether through fear, ignorance, or outright malice, the intimate apparel industry overall looks very similar to how it appeared half a century ago. That’s […]
Chromat is one of those truly innovative brands that is constantly stretching what is possible in the design world. As with their exhilaratingly avant-garde A/W 2014 ‘Bionic Bodies’ collection of wearable exoskeletons, Chromat continues to redefine fashion – what it looks like, how we wear it, how we feel in it, and, ultimately, how we access it. This avant-garde label is always looking to new manufacturing techniques to achieve the complex […]
Now that we’re deep into the winter doldrums, many of us are dreaming of warm weather vacations, and dreading buying the requisite swimsuit. It’s easy to be wary and frustrated when the media inundates us with tips on how to get “bikini ready” – as if our bodies aren’t “ready” as they are. Well, GabiFresh for Swim Sexy is here to not only change the way we buy swimsuits, but […]
