Disclosure: I received this lingerie free of charge for review purposes. All opinions are my own. Ayten Gasson have been on my radar for several years now; I’ve always loved their classically pretty combinations of silk and lace, and have worn more than my fair share of their lingerie to death. So when I was given the chance to review one of their Nina stretch silk bodysuits, I jumped at […]
Erica Windle co-owns the specialty bra shop A Sophisticated Pair, which focuses on proper bra fitting techniques and body positivity. She is the designer of the store’s bra size calculator as well as the primary author for the Sophisticated Pair blog. I hate the fitting rooms in our shop. While the minimalistic, budget-conscious design could sport homier accents, my main displeasure with the space so pivotal to our business is how […]
If you’ve followed this blog for awhile, and especially if you read our post on bras and sagging breasts from earlier this year, some of the stuff I’m about to say in this piece will probably sound a bit familiar to you. Bras… breasts… body image, these are topics that come up on TLA time and time again in on form or another, but I felt a blog post dedicated […]
While there is something to be said for the mystique of corsetry, it has a side effect of creating a bit of a barrier, seeming distant, untouchable… and therefore daunting, and avoided. “What do I wear it with?” women ask me, somewhat bewildered, when I’m fitting for Dark Garden. “Where do your clients wear them?” people ask me when I talk about my line, Pop Antique. As soon as you […]
The NY-based loungewear brand She & Reverie just did a new loungewear photoshoot with the photographer Franey Miller. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts on the brand, She & Reverie is a label with a very clear point of view. They are about whimsy and dreams and romance, and their take on what lingerie and loungewear can be is completely different from what anyone else is doing right now. […]
