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 […]
Warning: NSFW image below. I’ve been of a fan of Kiss Me Quick for quite while, probably as long as I’ve been blogging. It’s no secret that I’m a sucker for pin-up, retro, and burlesque-inspired lingerie and Simone Squires, the designer behind Kiss Me Quick, somehow manages to make all her lingerie a lot of fun. If I could buy the item featured in today’s “Lingerie Wishlist” post, it would […]
If you’d told me five years ago that my brand-new lingerie obsession would have led to all this, I wouldn’t have believed you. This time in 2008, I was a Sociology grad student in Athens, GA. Between reading, researching, and writing papers (and volunteering on the weekends), I started this blog. There wasn’t a plan. There wasn’t a goal. There really wasn’t even a point. I just saw a pretty […]
