With the Oxford Conference of Corsetry coming up this weekend, England is flooded with corset makers and enthusiasts. Today I spent the day in Sparklewren’s studio, aka Corset Paradise, with Jenni “Wren” Hampshire, Lucy of Lucy’s Corsetry, and Lowana of Vanyanís. InaGlo Photography was also present to shoot a few styles for Vanyanís, and Sparklewren’s Jenni Hampshire got behind the camera for several impromptu photoshoots with me as I tried on […]
Alexis’ amazing guest post about lingerie and cosplay a few weeks ago got me thinking. Though I’ve never attended San Diego Comic-Con, I do attend Dragon*Con and Emerald City Comicon and Portland Comicon pretty regularly. And while I don’t think of myself as a “cosplayer” (in my opinion, that implies a level of skill I simply don’t have), dressing up is definitely part of how I have fun at these […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. With almost no fanfare and very little warning, Mary Green Lingerie closed up shop last month. Their website is gone. Their Facebook page abandoned. And who even knows if they ever signed up for Twitter, Pinterest, or Tumblr? Mary Green was a label I bought from infrequently, yet one I have fond memories of. When I first started blogging, I purchased a pair […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. As some of you know, I’ve been traveling a bit lately for Lingerie Market, the semiannual tradeshow circuit where brands view product and place orders for next season (in this case, Spring/Summer 2015). While the focus of market is on goods for the upcoming season, some brands also bring what’s available for this season along as well (those are called “immediates”). While I’ve […]
You may remember the sneak peek we got early this year of Lost in Wonderland’s A/W 2014 collection (that fabulous pentagram harness is hard to forget!). Well, the full collection is just beginning to hit their online store and we couldn’t wait to finally share all of the images with you! This Berlin-based luxury label certainly doesn’t sacrifice fashion-forward style in its mission to create beautiful, ethically-produced lingerie. Their “Gold […]
