This guest post is by Angela Friedman, independent lingerie designer and all around awesome lady behind Angela Friedman Lingerie. This two-part series will explore the real costs of handmade lingerie, as well as the true costs of running a handmade lingerie business. Indirect Costs The indirect costs of production are much easier to overlook. For example, the planning phase of a new collection is completely unpaid work for an independent designer. […]
I know I’ve said this before, but I love lace. Love it. And my most favorite color for lace is black lace. This set from Andres Sarda pushes all my lingerie-addicted buttons…not just the lace, but also the high waist briefs and sheer cup bra. I hadn’t really give this set a second look when I saw it in Andres Sarda’s lookbook a few weeks ago (photo below), but […]
Samples for this review were provided by Elomi and Karnation Lingerie. Karnation Lingerie is both a client of my business and an advertiser with The Lingerie Addict. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I’ve been on a serious Elomi kick over at my blog recently, so I was thrilled when not one but two of the turquoise Betty bras showed up at my door. One was from the lovely […]
I’ve known about The Loved One for a few years now, ever since a random search on KickStarter brought me to their campaign. 2010 was both a good year and a bad year for the lingerie industry. A lot of indie brands had gone out of business during the recession (bad), and fewer boutiques were willing to take a risk on indies (even worse), but you also saw a lot […]
I meant to post this on Monday, when it first happened, but the week got a little away from me, so I’m posting it today. Apologies if you’ve run across it already. :-) The CNN feature, titled “The Fine Line Between Lingerie and Outerwear,” is our most major media mention to date. CNN is one of the top 75 websites in the entire world, and it feels wonderful to have […]
