One of the lingerie brands I’ve been most impressed with season after season is Fleur of England. I am constantly surprised this luxury label isn’t more popular; they deserve to be in all the major flagship stores like Barney’s and Bergdorf’s and Harrods. Not only are their raw materials exquisite (the silk feels liquid against your skin), they also come up with 100% unique, completely in-house designed prints season after […]
Note: This bra set was a personal purchase made with my own money. Chantelle Intimates is unaffiliated with this review. Chantelle is one of those brands that I didn’t really pay attention to for a long time, and that I’ve only recently come around to being interested in. I can’t pinpoint the exact moment in my lingerie journey where I thought, “Ehhhh… this brand isn’t for me,” but looking back, […]
As the weather slowly begins to warm up, I’m turning more attention to my favorite summer staple — the bralette. While support is the name of the game for the typical bra, wired or wireless, I enjoy bralettes precisely because of their lack of structure. Some people interpret that lack of structure (and, for larger or heavier busts, support) as a design flaw… but that’s a bit like saying pants […]
Warning: Article below is NSFW. Let me be clear… the look above is not my favorite. Oh, it’s my definitely second favorite from NYC SexTrash’s upcoming ‘Sully’ collection, but the dreams I’m alluding to in the title for today’s blog post don’t refer to this piece. I do love it (overwires + corselette + lace + mesh = Oh yes!), but the item I really, really, really love is below. […]
As promised to a certain reader, here is a follow-up to last month’s All About Lacing: Part 1, which explained the hardware and materials of corset lacing. Today’s installment focuses on the back gap and its angles of pressure. The back gap, as an expression of fit, has a surprising amount of impact on the comfort of a corset. If you’re new to corsets, particularly high-end corsetry, you may not […]
