I am loving this trend of lingerie boutiques doing their own, editorial-style, lingerie photoshoots. Not only does it allow for more diversity in the kinds of lingerie and fashion images we see, it also frequently lends a different perspective or take on lingerie… one that may be a better fit with the way many women actually wear it. I’m incredibly pleased to share the images from the Forty Winks lingerie fashion […]
About a month ago, Cora (editor and founder here at The Lingerie Addict) got quoted in a Forbes piece entitled, “Made to Order Fashion Goes Mainstream.” One thing that really stuck out to me was the author’s repeated references to “reasonable prices.” As an independent designer who crafts made-to-order corsetry, I have learned that pricing is a tricky, multi-layered business. Who is the arbiter of what is a “reasonable” price? […]
In a word: No. If you’ve not yet come across the corseted x-rays of which I speak, you can take a gander at the article in current circulation here: X-ray images of women in corsets show skeletons in a bind Personally, I see these images as aesthetically interesting (and lovely), and not a point of contention or alarm, but they seem to have folks all up in arms about corsets […]
She and Reverie is a handcrafted brand out of New York City that’s all about whimsy, vintage extravagance, and rose-colored glasses. While this particular brand isn’t a good fit for my personal style, I admire them for doing something different, and bucking some of the fairly homogenous trends I’ve seen in the industry lately. This is loungewear that’s pretty enough to wear out; to mix and match with your everyday […]
I still cringe and scrunch up my face at the name. (Ask my friends!) And while I don’t have the exact date in mind of our official break up, I do know it was somewhere around 2004. Having been loyal through my late high school and college years, I couldn’t imagine any another life. After all, what I’d seen in newspapers (yes those old things!), magazines, and catalogs for years […]
