I’ve been an admirer of Madame Sher’s work for awhile. While corsetry aficionados have no doubt heard the name Madame Sher, her location (Brazil) hasn’t made her as well-known as some of her fellow corsetieres in the US, France, or England. This post was originally going to feature a few of my favorite Madame Sher corsets, but then I discovered the Beautiful Darlings collection, and decided to dedicate this article […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. We talk a lot about the fashion of lingerie here on the blog, and, for me at least, that often means talking about things I’m not necessarily wearing. Like most women, I have brands and styles and colors I go to again and again and they don’t always make an appearance when I’m sharing photos from an upcoming collection or writing a review for […]
Y’all, I just cannot even begin to say how much I love this robe from Betty Blue’s Loungerie. I got the pre-order newsletter notice in my inbox over the weekend, and before I knew it, I had to back away from the computer because I was drooling all over my keyboard. Vintage style dressing gowns and robes have been on my mind a lot lately, but this one completely takes […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Last year, I wrote an article about one of my personal passions — comfy knickers. I know a lot of people talk about the comfort factor when it comes to bras and shapewear and hosiery, but to me, comfortable underpants are pretty important too. I hate knickers that bind and twist and bunch and dig, and since there’s about a 12 inch difference between […]
In a word: No. If you’ve not yet come across the corseted x-rays of which I speak, you can take a gander at the article in current circulation here: X-ray images of women in corsets show skeletons in a bind Personally, I see these images as aesthetically interesting (and lovely), and not a point of contention or alarm, but they seem to have folks all up in arms about corsets […]
