Is there any fabric that better combines comfort and chicness than denim? Once associated with hard-wearing workwear for laborers like miners, farmers, and lumberjacks, denim is now a fashion staple for everyone, no matter their occupation. However, one place we don’t usually think of denim being used is in intimate apparel. After all, lingerie is practically defined by soft, whimsical fabrics…the exact opposite of denim’s rough cotton heaviness. So perhaps […]
As someone who wears as size 11 narrow, I don’t keep up with many footwear trends. Most shoes I like aren’t in my size, and over the years, in the style of The Fox and the Grapes, I’ve convinced myself that’s a good thing. After all, since I couldn’t become obsessed with shoes, I had to funnel my love of pretty things into lingerie. So imagine my surprise and excitement […]
Made by Niki’s Fringe Collection took the lingerie industry by storm in 2011, but like all the very best trends, it was a little ahead of its time. The world at large wasn’t quite ready for befringed lingerie. Well fast forward 7 years later, and fringe is everywhere now. Though it’s a bit of a wildcard trend, fringe is exciting precisely because of how tactile – how touchable – it […]
A funny thing about looking back at some of my work from last year is having a new understanding of just how unfocused I was on pretty much everything except book writing (and moving). Usually, TLA does a big, comprehensive trend preview full of photos that goes up a couple of months after Curve. But last year? Well, apparently I forgot my camera? And I didn’t meet with as many […]
Autumn/Winter 2017 saw an intimate apparel market inundated with velvet lingerie. While velvet, a plush, luxurious textile noted for its soft, warm “pile” is always a popular winter fabric, this is the first season I recall seeing it in practically every type of lingerie – from bras to knickers to robes to teddies to pajamas. My favorite take on the velvet trend, at least for intimates, is devoré or burnout […]
