The Underfashion Club’s “A report on the Paris Show” on March 16, 2013 at The Cutting Room, NYC!
Spring/Summer 2014 Fabrics Presentation by CURVEexpo
“Seen at the Show” by Ellen Lewis on Lingerie Briefs
Spring/Summer 2014 Trends by CARLIN Paris
Videos of the events of the Femmy Gala 2013 are on YouTube!
Carson Kressley hands out the Femmy awards to the most outstanding businesses in the intimate apparel industry in this video. read more
Each of the contestants in the “Midnight Garden” Student Design Contest told us a little bit about their pieces and the inspiration behind them in their interviews!
Tiffany Spagnuolo with Dark Bloom
1st Prize
Tessa Saccone with Moonlit Azaleas
2nd Prize
Sara Shanahan with Nocturnal Blossom
3rd Prize
Erin Brennan with Fleur de Rave
Judy Yang with Midnight Petals
Alina Kulik with Wilting Dream
Lingerie Fashion Week is finally here! This highly-anticipated event was created and directed by Lauren Rich. She was interviewed about it by The Lingerie Addict, revealing a little bit about what this event means for lingerie and fashion. Interested? Read it on Cora’s blog.
http://www.thelingerieaddict.com/2013/02/inaugural-nyc-lingerie-fashion-week-lauren-rich-richpr.html
The Student Design Contest of this year’s Femmy Gala was a huge success! This time around, the theme was “Midnight Garden”. The designs created by the talented FIT students were all incredibly beautiful, but only three of them could be named winners! Here are the previews of the most popular entries. More information about the pieces and the designers behind them will be available very soon, so keep an eye out!
#1 by Tiffany Spagnuolo #2 by Tessa Saccone #3 by Sara ShanahanBodies inevitably change over time, making bras that once fit perfectly no longer sit on the body quite right. Whether it’s an issue with the band or the cup, there are ways to make the adjustments yourself. Cloth Habit has fantastic visual guides in their “Bra-making Sew Along” series of blog posts that show us exactly how to go about adjusting bras.
Band adjustment: http://clothhabit.com/2013/01/bra-making-band-adjustment/ read more
Need guides to making your own bra? Cloth Habit is a great resource with plenty of useful advice for materials and patterns.
Patterns: http://clothhabit.com/2012/11/bramaking-sew-along-prep-pattern-choices/ read more
The photographs from The Underfashion Club Holiday Party are up! If you were there, see if you can find yourself in these photos. If not, see a bit of what you missed.
You can see the individual images as a photo album on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151306074991552.512099.94131951551&type=1 read more
Don’t own a pair of shimmering tights? Transform one of your own tights with glitter, just in time for the holidays! The Beauty Thesis has a photo guide:
Who won the Holiday Party Design Awards?
Joseph Lara of Delta Galil USA Inc. won the 1st prize, a ticket to the 2013 Femmy Gala!
Gabrielle Bizzoco and Sophia Gergatsoulis, both of Wacoal America Inc., shared the 2nd prize of one year’s free membership.
Also, the charities City Meals on Wheels, Friends of St. Francis, and The New York Foundling were each gifted $1,000!