We’ve seen another plus size breakthrough this week: the gorgeous Tess Holliday is on the cover of People magazine! Tess is an inspiration to many, including myself. She’s gorgeous, a size 22 and incredibly confident. I’ve also talked before about how I don’t see myself in Tess the way some people do — in terms of weight and build, we represent totally different spectrums of the plus size market. Today I […]
I know, I know… I’m the worst. Spring/Summer 2015 lingerie is starting to arrive in stores, and I haven’t even covered the second half of the alphabet yet. I almost can’t believe the next market is right around the corner (late February). The more I blog, the more it feels like my life is planned around market seasons… which seem to come faster and faster every year. But no complaints, […]
Alexis’ amazing guest post about lingerie and cosplay a few weeks ago got me thinking. Though I’ve never attended San Diego Comic-Con, I do attend Dragon*Con and Emerald City Comicon and Portland Comicon pretty regularly. And while I don’t think of myself as a “cosplayer” (in my opinion, that implies a level of skill I simply don’t have), dressing up is definitely part of how I have fun at these […]
OMG… I love this lookbook so, so, so much. It is perfection. To be honest, I’d never even heard of Beautifully Undressed before last week and now I want them to take all my money. That is the power of a gorgeous lookbook. As I’ve mentioned a few times on TLA, I really adore this trend of designers and boutiques putting together their own, fashion-forward, editorially driven photoshoots. Though they’re […]
Estelle Puleston is a lingerie blogger, designer and retailer who founded Esty Lingerie in 2009 to promote handmade lingerie designers. She’s always sewing lingerie, either from scratch or customizing something she’s bought! No matter how hard I try to care for my lingerie, occasionally mistakes happen – like staining a light set I washed with a darker one, or in this case, accidentally tumble-drying my Playful Promises Sweetheart bra on the […]
