When discussing corsets, the word “squishy” inevitably comes up. Though outside the corseting community, the word is used as as a euphemism for being full-figured (or as a reference to Finding Nemo…), when talking corsets it has a rather different connotation. “Squishy,” or, “compressible,” if one wishes to be delicate about it, refers to the body’s natural ability to be reshaped by a corset. In other words, when it comes to corsets, […]
Samples for this review were provided by Elomi and Karnation Lingerie. Karnation Lingerie is both a client of my business and an advertiser with The Lingerie Addict. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I’ve been on a serious Elomi kick over at my blog recently, so I was thrilled when not one but two of the turquoise Betty bras showed up at my door. One was from the lovely […]
It’s been a while since my last installment on corset care, 3 Reasons to Unlace Before Unbusking Your Corset, and today’s feature on cleaning a corset has been a long time in coming. Some of the tips in here will be repeated from the first Corset Care 101 piece; as they say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! What can you do to minimize the need […]
The Oxford Conference of Corsetry was so amazing that I don’t even know where to begin. Let’s start with the basics: The Oxford Conference of Corsetry, aka OCOC, was organized by Julia Bremble of Sew Curvy, and took place over the weekend of August 24th and 25th at Jesus College in England. We had workshops, photoshoots, media coverage, and basically talked about corsets nonstop during all of our waking hours. […]
This product was provided for my review by BreastNest. All thoughts and opinions are my own. The number one item I’m asked about by other full busted women is wireless bras. If I had a dime for every woman who has asked me about these, I’d have the money to buy a much bigger piano for my place. There are depressingly few options out there if you’re full busted. Sadly, […]
