I’ve known about The Loved One for a few years now, ever since a random search on KickStarter brought me to their campaign. 2010 was both a good year and a bad year for the lingerie industry. A lot of indie brands had gone out of business during the recession (bad), and fewer boutiques were willing to take a risk on indies (even worse), but you also saw a lot […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. One of my favorite things about September is the US Open. Tennis, with its complicated scoring system and genteel sportsmanship even during multi-hour sweltering slog-fests, guarantees drama and intrigue — and even more so now that tennis fashion has taken a place front and center in the Grandstand. As a lingerie designer I’m glad to see women tennis players having more fun with their […]
Today’s blog post isn’t really on a “sexy” or “fashionable” topic, but it’s about an important subject all the same. As Catherine brought up in her guest post “What It’s Like to Be a Woman with a Disability in the Lingerie Industry,” there is a definite need for panties that go beyond being “sexy.” Many people cope with overactive bladder, urinary incontinence (especially post-pregnancy), and extremely heavy periods… and it […]
Based out of Sydney, Australia, Katerina Nis’ namesake label (formerly known as Salon Chaton) is a candy jar of lingerie nostalgia. With a vintage aesthetic inspired by summer walks on the beach, Katerina Nis’ “Boardwalk Taffy” collection is cute and playful without ever taking that aesthetic too far. The collection has a heavy emphasis on silk, and completments its theme with fun color names like spearmint, seashore blue, cotton candy […]
As I’ve gotten older, feeling comfortable in what I wear has become increasingly important to me. From shoes to shorts to lingerie, if it’s not comfortable, I don’t care how pretty it is anymore… I’m not going to wear it. While most of the underwired bras I own feel perfectly all right, sometimes I want the unstructured support of a bralette, especially, I’ve noticed, during the summer when it tends […]
