I first encountered Pretty Wild Lingerie when I ran across a photo of their lace catsuit on the TLA Pinterest (seriously, Pinterest and Tumblr have been godsends for discovering new brands; if you’re an indie label and you’re not using at least one of those platforms… you should be). I love lace in general, but I especially love black lace, and I really like catsuits. I just thought Pretty Wild’s […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. In what’s apparently become a new Lingerie Addict tradition, I got sick again during this season’s lingerie market and wound up bedridden, most regrettably during most of our industry’s big lingerie tradeshow, CurveNY. Honestly, for the last few weeks, I’ve been debating if I should even write a market week roundup. Most of my photos are on my iPhone and were meant, not for […]
Hansel from Basel is an independent legwear company based out of Los Angeles known for their quirky, unique designs. They’re a regular feature in our annual blog post on the best socks, tights, and thigh highs, and I recently bought my very first pair of Hansel from Basel crew socks (sheer with black polka dots) while in Manhattan. The photos from their latest lookbook are as charming and whimsical as […]
I first discovered Alexandrea Anissa’s lingerie via Instagram, and I was immediately attracted to her designs. They’re really fun and youthful and irreverent, and the entire collection has a definite point of view (something many new designers struggle with). I’m no expert, but the whole thing feels very punk to me; there’s so much unapologetic attitude here (especially when you see the spiked accessories), that you can’t help but love […]
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. […]
