I still cringe and scrunch up my face at the name. (Ask my friends!) And while I don’t have the exact date in mind of our official break up, I do know it was somewhere around 2004. Having been loyal through my late high school and college years, I couldn’t imagine any another life. After all, what I’d seen in newspapers (yes those old things!), magazines, and catalogs for years […]
It’s not really a secret, but I buy a lot of my lingerie through the internet. Last year, I wrote an in-depth article on why I prefer to lingerie shop online, and in case you missed it, the three main takeaways can be summed up this way: I have a more consistent customer service experience online. I have a better selection of brands, styles, and sizes online. I have access […]
About a month ago, while I was still away on my honeymoon, I got a ton of e-mails from people asking what I thought about Victoria’s Secret’s controversial new “Bright Young Things” collection. Though it’s old news by now, I wanted to discuss it anyway because I think this entire story (and, more importantly, people’s responses to it) brought up a lot of the issues I have with the way […]
Not many people know we accept guest posts, but I love publishing them. That’s because I understand it’s impossible for any one person (or group of people) to talk about lingerie in a way that’s relevant to everyone. My perspective will never be the perspective of every single woman, and making The Lingerie Addict a welcoming space for all women — no matter their size, shape, sexuality, age, race, or […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Today’s article is all about lingerie sans bows, ruffles, and frills. I know not every woman wants ultra-feminine lingerie, and even the women who do want that will occasionally want something a little simpler… something that’s not all about cleavage and lace and silk. Our piece on androgynous lingerie was inspired by two previous posts on the subject from other blogs: “Lingerie Androgyny? When Lingerie […]
