lingerie Archive

0March 29, 2010
Shopping For Awesome Toys In Retro Sexploitation Flick

Over at French blog Au carrefour étrange, a review of Joseph W. Sarno’s Flesh and Lace (1965). Since the site is in French, you may be confused — but it’s…
0February 9, 2010
Let’s Play, “Sick Or Sweet?”

I have very mixed reactions to this vintage figurine… At this point, can we really view a figurine depicting a little girl with her skirt blown-up exposing her panties ala…
2November 24, 2009
Corsets Bound To Stay Suffrage

If you’ve been following along with my corset history workshop, you’ve read about the debunking of the science behind death-by-corset claims and seen some of the evidence why science and…
0November 23, 2009
Corsets Are Too Sexy?

While I do not suggest that women should whittle away our waists as we while away our days in the constriction of too-tightly-laced corsets, I do believe there is good…
13November 22, 2009
What If Everything You Knew About The Corset Was Wrong?

It’s fashionable these days for folks to denounce the historical use of corsets as akin to Chinese footbinding — an early form of plastic surgery. Corsets and tight lacing are…
2November 17, 2009
After Stocking Panic, Women Made-Up

I’ve researched and written a lot about vintage nylon stockings over the years because the history of nylon stockings is quite fascinating to me. I’m sure most of you have…
3November 12, 2009
Cheap Thrills Thursday: Discarded Stockings Go To War & End Up At The Hingham Shipyard

Awhile ago, folks working on The Launch at the historic Hingham Shipyard, contacted me about one of my pieces of ephemera, a page from Modern Woman Magazine (Volume 12, Number…
4November 4, 2009
Understanding Female Relationships With Greeting Cards

Greeting cards are primarily a female thing; I don’t think any sane person would argue this. But I feel the need to elaborate anyway. First by boasting mentioning my past…
2October 23, 2009
I See London, I See France, I See Lessons In Barbie’s Underpants

Because my first Barbie dolls had been my aunt’s, I had a lot of the original stuff, including those (now highly collectible) palest blue whispers of chiffon pleated underpants. I…
0October 12, 2009
Romancing The Van: Ephemera Proves There’s Someone For Everyone

Two years ago, hubby and went to the junk yard to get replacement doors for our van, Ookla. I was utterly fascinated with the junk yard itself and was almost…
3September 30, 2009
The Incredible Art Of Tamar Stone

The following fascinating artworks are the creation of artist Tamar Stone, who uses art to “tell the stories of women’s lives that have been constricted by their various situations throughout…
2August 24, 2009
Sign Of The Times: 1943

You’ve heard of safety shoes, right? Well, here’s a safety bra straight out of the history books of home front WWII. Via The U.S. National Archives at Flickr, the original…
2August 18, 2009
Change Starts With Your Underwear

That’s what PACT, a new underwear company that launched yesterday says. According to their website marketing & press releases, at the core of PACT are “deep partnerships” with nonprofit organizations…
0February 5, 2009
It’s 1936: How Badly Do You Want To Be In Moving Pictures?

So you want to be a glamorous Hollywood star, hmm? Well, it’s time to get beautiful, baby! Have a few extra pounds, but exercise is leaving you without your pep?…
1January 28, 2009
How To Get Her To Wear Lingerie

I received an email from Gary, who presumably didn’t have all his holiday wishes come true — and is working ahead for Valentine’s Day: I’m wondering what you think is…