Oooooh, there are so many lovely green lingerie sets out there right now, I actually had a bit of trouble narrowing today’s list down to five! Even though it’s not pictured, Freya released a lovely Aquamarine color for their Fancies collection that covers three bra styles and a bralette, so I thought that was worth mentioning if […] Read more…
Astrology and celestial bodies are still having a big moment in the lingerie industry (and pop culture at large), so when a Bravissimo catalogue showed up at my apartment this weekend with a brand-new star-print bra available up to a UK L-cup, I thought it would be fun to do a quick round-up of bras with […] Read more…
Aphrodite is very much a diva, so when channeling her in your lingerie, go as bold as you desire. I looked for big colors, statement pieces, lots of sparkle, classic burlesque and showgirl shapes, and vivacious trims and embellishments. Red is of course considered the color of passion, but there’s no need to ignore other colors and […] Read more…
The juxtaposition of light and darkness in the Persephone myth opens up some great opportunities for interpretation via your lingerie drawer. In compiling this gift guide I pulled designs in keeping with a few different themes: light surrounded by darkness (or darkness interrupted by light), traditionally sweet styles with unexpectedly more hardcore elements, and of […] Read more…
I’m not really sure how people use the information provided by Pantone when they release their Color of the Year. Surely many larger designers are already looking ahead to trend forecasting for 2017-2018? And I’m not really sure how they expect the general consumer to respond to the announcement—is the idea that we then all […] Read more…
In some respects choosing pieces for the Agent Carter gift guide to accompany the Agent Carter editorial has been the easiest of the three, because at the time her story is set (late 1940s moving into the 1950s), women’s lingerie was starting to take on the shapes we’re familiar with today: underwire bras, garments like girdles […] Read more…
Yesterday I shared how I’d style the glorious Miss Fisher, but there are so many equally wonderful contemporary lingerie pieces that capture a little bit of Phryne’s magic. As with the Irene Adler gift guide, these are largely not historically accurate (Miss Fisher didn’t have underwire bras or, you know, Lycra), but I hope this gift guide shows […] Read more…
[Disclosure: this post contains affiliate links.] UPDATED– It’s 25 now! See final look below. One of the most obvious trends for the Fall/Winter 2015 lingerie season is the color blue. It is EVERYWHERE, across many different size segments, styles, price points, and brands. The wave of blue is so vast that there’s even room for an equally large […] Read more…