Today’s guest post is by Jeanna Kadlec. Jeanna is the founder of Bluestockings Boutique, the only lingerie boutique in the United States explicitly geared to the LGBTQ community. She has a Masters in English from Brandeis University and has written for Qwear, Ladypreneur League, and Feminist Wednesday. She lives in Boston. You can connect with Bluestockings on Facebook and Twitter. Starting a new business is hard, no matter which way […]
Chromat is one of those truly innovative brands that is constantly stretching what is possible in the design world. As with their exhilaratingly avant-garde A/W 2014 ‘Bionic Bodies’ collection of wearable exoskeletons, Chromat continues to redefine fashion – what it looks like, how we wear it, how we feel in it, and, ultimately, how we access it. This avant-garde label is always looking to new manufacturing techniques to achieve the complex […]
Over the last year, I’ve been working on piecing together a sense of my own gender identity, and researching what I can wear to support that identity as a gender nonbinary person. I’ve learned a lot about the way that the lingerie industry has been marketing to (and selling the idea of) nonbinary people, and androgyny in general. I’m pleased to see several companies stepping up to cater to people […]
Some images in this post are NSWF. Toru and Noako is a new Chilean brand that launched earlier this year. Since then we’ve been smitten with their strappy bralettes and wrap around bras that are reminiscent of the famous Kestos bralette of the 1930s. There is definitely a vintage vibe in this small, handmade label, though the silhouettes have been modernized to feel entirely new and fresh. Toru and Noako’s […]
Sophie Hines is a brand new Etsy find. Her soft bras and crop tops are an intriguing play of opposites – strong lines paired with plush fabrics, unfussy femininity paired with tomboy appeal, and effortless comfort paired with on-trend details. These structural, strappy bralettes are unique from others on the market in their use of wide elastic strapping that reads equal parts utilitarian and fashion forward. The collection as a […]
