Michi is an exciting activewear and swimwear label that incorporates high fashion elements with performance features. Provocative and head-turning, Michi is both edgy and thoroughly feminine. Their S/S 2014 collection is inspired by 1960s Bond girls — strong women with a sense of adventure who are heroines in their own lives. Designed to bridge the gap between glamorous lingerie and utilitarian athletic wear, Michi’s innovative line includes sports bras, tops, […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. When it comes to the wide world of intimate apparel, maternity options are often “left out in the cold” so to speak — not just in terms of bras and panties, but also swim, hosiery, nightwear, shapewear, and pretty much everything else. While there are definitely more maternity options in the marketplace than ever before, they’re still treated as a sort of supplemental […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Mastectomy swimwear doesn’t get much love. There are a few companies that sell it, like Land’s End, Anita, and Amoena, but when I created a shopping challenge for myself to find a mastectomy suit I might be excited to wear, I failed. Or maybe, more to the point, the market failed me. Actually, let me back up, if only to expose how my own […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. I hope this doesn’t make me sound like a terrible snob, but I hardly ever look at Forever21 for lingerie, loungewear, and swim. I think a big part of that is because they’re not a brand I grew up with, and I also didn’t have access to them as I was formulating my “lingerie consciousness.” I run across an item here or there […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. Oh yeah, it’s time for another Swimsuit of the Week. Though I’ve only recently gotten interested in this aspect of the intimate apparel industry, Seafolly is a name I’ve heard many times before. Everyone seems to love their swimwear, and after clicking around a bit, I can see why. I first spotted their Summer Garden Boyleg Maillot on Anthropologie (now sold out), and […]
