By ALISON CONNOLLY
Lingerie brand Maison Nouvelle was born out of Dutch designer Maaike Nieuwenhuis’s fascination with craftsmanship. Granted, all of the designers we feature here in the Gallery are committed to quality craftsmanship, but Maison Nouvelle takes it one step further. Every piece is made to order, specific to your measurements and needs.
Many of the items on Maison Nouvelle’s website are ordered according to your body measurements (rather … Read More
By ALISON CONNOLLY
If you were a super fan of the show Sex & the City like I was, then you may be familiar with the following Carrie Bradshaw quote from the series finale: “I’m someone who is looking for love. Real love. Ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can’t-live-without-each-other-love”. How does that apply to this blog post? Just replace the word love with lingerie. It pretty much describes the type of … Read More
By ALISON CONNOLLY
iolé is a new luxury lingerie label from Melbourne, Australia that specializes in creating pieces that are ethically-conscious and environmentally-friendly. It’s a brand that you might say specializes in “slow fashion”, which means its designs are not dictated by trends but rather by classic looks that will never go out of style. Every piece created by iolé is handmade on the day it’s ordered, which means there … Read More
By ALISON CONNOLLY
To be able to design and create lingerie is one thing, to have the skills and training to design corsets is quite another! That is why when we discover a talent in the old world craft of corsetry: it typically involves someone who has very specific training and tailoring expertise. It is no surprise that Gerry Quinton, the force behind the brand Morúa, is precisely that … Read More
