For me, the indie designers are where all the interesting stuff happens at LingerieFW. After all, the entire point of a Lingerie Fashion Week is to showcase that unique mix of lingerie plus fashion, so I’m looking for collections that are dynamic, compelling, and have an unique and interesting point of view. At press, that same, identical t-shirt bra I’ve seen for three seasons in a row is not interesting […]
I first heard of Jane Woolrich Lingerie years and years (and years) ago on the vintage lingerie blog, A Slip of a Girl. As an early twenty-something woman (I’m pretty sure this is before I started blogging), I didn’t quite “get” Jane Woolrich. I thought the designs were kind of, well, staid. Just a bit too stuffy for me and not quite exciting enough. Since then, though, I’ve come around […]
Editor’s Note: This article is a follow-up on our review of Adore Me Lingerie from 2013. For Part 1 of this new series, please click here. For the first part of this interview with TLA columnists Krista and Laura, please click here. Disclosure: Adore Me flew me to New York to view their new collections. All opinions are my own. Cora: Though we’ve only covered the positives of Adore Me’s […]
Editor’s Note: This article is a follow-up on our review of Adore Me Lingerie from 2013. For Part 1 of this new series, please click here. Disclosure: Adore Me flew me to New York to view their new collections. All opinions are my own. Now that you’ve gotten some background information and context from Part 1, I think it’s time to actually talk about the designs. Of course, the main […]
The current collection from Dita Von Teese’s Von Follies has a lot of really winning pieces, but I have to say that this set from Madam X is certainly my favorite. I had the opportunity to special order several pieces via Dark Garden, including the much-vaunted (and much-wanted) Her Sexellency Dress, but I kind of wish I could wear Madam X everyday. I got the wire-free bra and full brief, […]
