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 […]
There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation about corset bones that get circulated. I mean, first of all, why are they even called bones? The term originates from whalebone, which wasn’t bone, but baleen, the filter-feeding system used by some whales. Then there’s the raging debate as to whether flat steels are superior to spirals, or vice versa. Flat steel boning is made of strips of spring steel sheets, carefully blunted on […]
Disclosure: I received this lingerie free of charge for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Ayten Gasson have been on my radar for several years now; I’ve always loved their classically pretty combinations of silk and lace, and have worn more than my fair share of their lingerie to death. So when I was given the chance to review one of their Nina stretch silk bodysuits, I jumped at […]
Waxing grateful once more, as I did last year, I am particularly thankful for the amazing and ever-growing resources for aspiring corsetieres. If your corset addiction has reached the point where you must begin making your own or start selling your furniture to finance your addiction, this is the page for you. (Be warned that you will soon develop a fabric addiction instead.) Much of my corsetmaking knowledge was gleaned […]
While there is something to be said for the mystique of corsetry, it has a side effect of creating a bit of a barrier, seeming distant, untouchable… and therefore daunting, and avoided. “What do I wear it with?” women ask me, somewhat bewildered, when I’m fitting for Dark Garden. “Where do your clients wear them?” people ask me when I talk about my line, Pop Antique. As soon as you […]
