Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. Hello, everyone! I’m back again with our first new blog post in…awhile. Most of the last 8 weeks or so has been about promoting my new book, In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear and Love Lingerie, which you can learn more about at the link. But now that we’re getting into Autumn/Winter, which is one of my favorite seasons for lingerie (loungewear, ftw) […]
While every generation has its major fashion moments, the past decade has seen some of the most exciting lingerie trends to ever happen in fashion history. Yet, beneath all that flash and glamour, what’s most interesting is how familiar many of these trends are. Yes, they’ve been reworked a bit and adapted to fit the sensibilities of a modern audience, but as the saying goes, “Everything old eventually becomes new again.”
Hello, everyone! My new book, In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie, actually came out last week, but I’ve been so wrapped up in media interviews and seeing people post their book selfies on Instagram, that I just now remembered I never made the official announcement to the blog! So here we are! Your friendly neighborhood Lingerie Addict is officially a published author! Yay!!! It is impossible […]
Whether you’re professionally measured a bra or just try on a bunch of sizes to see what works, most of us are never told what those sizes actually mean. 34D? 38A? Society tells us a “D” cup is big and a “A” cup is small, but what about those numbers? And nowadays, getting fitted sometimes means you end up in a much bigger cup size than you expected – even […]
The third part of our lingerie construction series covers seams. As a refresher, the first part covered types of stitch, and the second part stitch quality and linings. Seams are the point at which two pieces of fabric join together. They typically require a ‘seam allowance,’ or a space where the two panels can be sewn together. Seams can also be glued (or ‘bonded’) together for an exceptionally flat finish. […]
