I admit, I had never heard of Intimissimi until recenty. Although the company has been around for 15 years, they stay close to their Italian roots. While there are 1200 stores in 31 countries, none of them are in the US. But they have a huge presence in their native Italy. With 500 stores in that country alone, Intimissimi is to Italy what Victoria’s Secret is to the United States. […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. One of my goals for this year is to feature more lingerie sets on TLA as they become available to buy. What I mean by that is, every season, we talk about upcoming trends and styles for market, and then, very often, those sets and ranges never appear on the blog again. Which means if there’s something you really loved, you may miss […]
A few months ago, I wrote An Introduction to Australian lingerie. The brands I chose to feature were either relatively unknown in the international market, or unique to Australia in some way. In the last few years, I have observed changes within the Australian lingerie and swimwear industry, which I’m sure are not unique to Australia. Our close proximity to Asia and the need to quickly create and ship products means […]
Queer visibility is a strange thing when discussing women’s lingerie. A lot of indie men’s underwear designers are open about being gay and specifically market toward gay men (Andrew Christian comes to mind). Indie lingerie for women, on the other hand, seems to not get marketed as “by queer/for queer.” I wonder why? Is gay male underwear seen as more distinct from straight male underwear, putting pressure on designers to […]
Disclosure: This blog post contains affiliate links. Continuing today’s mini-theme of things I loved at lingerie market and one-pieces, I wanted to feature Else Lingerie’s brand new Petunia Bodysuit. I’ll talk more about Else Lingerie when I share my Curve roundup for this season, but put simply, I don’t understand why this brand isn’t more popular. Every season, I see things that would be perfect in a department store (Nordstrom, […]
