[I purchased this dress under my real name with my own money. The Pretty Dress Company is not affiliated with this review, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.] Few things cause me more anxiety and/or not-super-great-body feelings than realizing I need to buy a special-occasion dress. Clothes are just a tremendous pain in […] Read more…
[Wellfitting generously provided this set for review. I was not compensated for this post, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.] Wellfitting is an online-only lingerie retailer that specializes exclusively in bras manufactured by Comexim, a Polish lingerie company that’s acquired quite the reputation for a wide size range, narrow underwires, and a padded […] Read more…
[Some images in this post are NSFW] Many of the fairy tales and legends we know and love today trace their roots back to the myth of Psyche and Eros (Cupid). The most notable example is Beauty and the Beast, though elements of Psyche’s story appear in the Grimm Brothers’ Cinderella (the impossible task of sorting seeds, […] Read more…
Aphrodite is a bit of a handful, to say the least, and I might love her for it. Her birth story kicks things off with a bang: she rises out of the foam on the waves of the sea (said foam produced when Cronus, father of Zeus, cuts off his father Uranus’ genitals and tosses them into the […] Read more…
It really annoys me that when we think of Persephone (or Proserpina in the Roman pantheon), it’s most often in the context of The Rape of Persephone, an event which has inspired men to make some admittedly jaw-dropping art, but art that celebrates and memorializes Persephone at her most powerless, most vulnerable, and most scared. It’s […] Read more…
[Ewa Michalak generously provided this set for review. I was not compensated for this post, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.] Several weeks ago I received a surprise order confirmation email from Ewa Michalak, followed shortly thereafter by a delivery of two brand-new styles from the Polish full-bust brand’s Fall/Winter collections. Now that these […] Read more…
[Disclosure: Samanta generously provided this set for review. I was not compensated for this post, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.] Well, I won’t lie, my heart isn’t really in lingerie blogging right now. I’m still reeling from the results of the US election, trying to come to terms with the fact that […] Read more…
[Avocado generously provided this set for review. I was not compensated for this post, and all thoughts and opinions are my own.] After having the opportunity to share Avocado’s new website launch and new collections with you earlier this year, I was very much looking forward to trying the brand for myself. When I first […] Read more…