I have had SO much fun planning this post, y’all! I’ve never devoted a ton of time/photography budget to “solution” pieces: nothing wrong with them, they’re just not what makes me excited about lingerie. It is, however, an undeniable fact that a lot of “special occasion” clothing merits specific undergarments, whether it’s strapless dresses, clinging […] Read more…
[Note: I purchased the KMD Cupless Vargas Dress from Bluestockings Boutique with my own money under my real name. Neither Kiss Me Deadly nor Bluestockings Boutique is affiliated with this review. Fiore generously provided the Valentis stockings for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] Y’all know I love Kiss Me Deadly. Their badass imagery, […] Read more…
When the lovely Darlene of Hourglassy hosted a busty clothing swap a few weeks ago, I was thrilled to get the chance to see her and her readers, as well as to meet Courtney, one of the co-founders of the delightful Dirty Dolls Lingerie. The line has a cheeky, flirty aesthetic and vintage Old Hollywood feel, […] Read more…
In a major programming shift from the two presentations, the final runway show of Lingerie Fashion Week Day 2 featured Secrets in Lace, Bettie Page Lingerie and Stockings, and Dita Von Teese stockings. Secrets in Lace offers classic and retro lingerie, loungewear, and, most particularly, stockings. Looking for girdles, slips, bullet bras, and fully-fashioned seamed […] Read more…
Much as discovering Bravissimo radically changed my understanding of all that D+ bras could be and do, discovering Kiss Me Deadly via The Lingerie Addict radically changed my understanding of the lingerie world as a whole. For much of my life I knew that bras came from the Gap, Macy’s, and other department stores, and […] Read more…
I’m deeply ambivalent about shapewear. For years I thought it was the worst thing that had happened to the 21st century woman. I felt like there was a campaign to convince us that we all “needed” to be wearing Spanx, all the time, no matter what. I’d hear women in fitting rooms moaning about various […] Read more…