I'm constantly on the look out for lingerie inspiration. I've been making mood boards of beautiful bras and pants since I first became addicted to sewing. But recently so much of what I'm seeing coming out of the lingerie industry feels painfully outdated. Can we please move on from the porn star-esque images of doughy-eyed women dressed up for the titillating pleasure of men? The same clichéd fantasies being rehashed season after season, it's 2016 for crying out loud. I see your regurgitated lips pouted, ass jacked advertising and I am angry. Angry at the simplification of women into seductive objects but also angry at your lack of creativity in an art form that I adore.

I have a theory that women actually wear luxurious lingerie for their OWN pleasure, shocking I know! They want their most intimate flesh to be caressed all day by beautifully crafted soft fabrics because it makes THEM feel damn good! I spend hours making beautiful lingerie to cocoon the parts of me that need protecting, nourishing, respecting and comforting, in my own vision, rather than anyone else's projected ideals.

I want to big up the rise of small independent lingerie designers I've seen doing their thing all over instagram, etsy and pinterest recently, setting the balance straight by diversifying the options available to us. Women have many intricacies and our lingerie should be allowed reflect that.

The Green Silk Lingerie by Made My Wardrobe