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 […]
Because of issues with knock-offs, many designer brands understandably choose not to release photos of their collections until just before that collection hits stores. Fleur of England is one such luxury brand, and I have to say I’ve been waiting on the official release of the photos of their Belle de Nuit for weeks. Everything about this range is so perfect, and if it looks vaguely familiar to you, that’s […]
Disclosure: There are affiliate links in this post. It’s been a month now since industry insiders convened during Lingerie Market Week in NYC. During this time, brands displayed their collections for Spring/Summer 14. You all are in for some great styles, colors, and silhouettes! That’s not by mistake either. What was most inspiring for me as I viewed collections and spoke with designers were the stories behind each and every […]
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 […]
