ThirdLove released 24 new bra sizes this week, and the fashion world is all aflutter with breathless headlines praising the startup for making more bra sizes than any other lingerie brand. ThirdLove’s very own co-founder, David Spector, even made this dubious claim on Twitter. The only (obvious) problem? It’s completely and totally false (I would say a lie, but I’m trying to be more tactful in 2018). While ThirdLove’s 70 […]
A feature on Ellesmere Lingerie is long overdue. I’ve admired their collections for several seasons now, but hadn’t been able to find room in the editorial calendar for an article. Well no more, because you really need to see this Canadian label. Independent lingerie brands are experiencing a kind of second renaissance, moving beyond the early days of Etsy (a platform which helped to revolutionize the lingerie industry), and finding […]
I can’t take credit for today’s find. The only reason I know about Simon Preen is because one of my favorite lingerie bloggers, Morning Madonna, tweeted about them, and you all know how I feel about a good catsuit. I’ve been in my feelings lately about not having been to a Comic-Con in awhile. When I lived in Georgia, I went to Dragon*Con pretty regularly. Even after moving to Seattle, […]
I haven’t written about latex in awhile, but William Wilde is a designer that’s been running across my feed more and more. After this last collection, I felt compelled to share them on TLA. Like many lingerie addicts, I first fell in love with latex through Atsuko Kudo, and she will always hold a special place in my heart. Yet as latex has become increasingly mainstream, it’s been exciting to […]
You may have heard lingerie fans criticizing the idea of “sister sizes” in bras as a general bad practice. That wearing a sister size is “wrong,” won’t be a good fit, and is just a way for brands to sell you more product. However, sister sizing isn’t a negative concept. At its core, it’s a neutral fact describing how bra sizes work. So what is a sister size? How do […]
