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The Best Affordable Lingerie That Actually Holds Up

Affordable lingerie is a category that rewards knowing what you're actually looking for — and punishes guessing. A $20 bra and a $65 bra aren't separated by $45 of luxury. They're separated by cons...

What to Wear Under Your Wedding Dress: Our Fitters' Guide to Bridal Lingerie

Most brides book their lingerie fitting after the dress alterations are done. This is the wrong order. When you come in for a fitting before your final alterations appointment, the bra becomes the ...

The Sexy Bras Worth Owning: Our Fitters' Edit

"Sexy" in lingerie gets applied to a lot of things that don't earn it — mostly anything red, anything with visible lace, anything that shows more than usual. The bras our fitters actually consider ...

Lace Lingerie: What Our Fitters Know That the Label Doesn't Say

Lace is the category that reveals a lot quickly. Hold a cheap lace bra next to a good one and you can feel the difference before you put either on — the weight of the fabric, how it lies flat, whet...

How Should a Bra Fit? The Signs of a Perfect Bra Fit

A bra fits correctly when the band is level, the cups contain the full breast without spillage or gaping, and the underwire — if the bra has one — sits completely flat against the ribcage without t...

What Is a Tanga? The Underwear Style Between a Bikini and a Thong

A tanga is a bikini-cut underwear style with a low waistband and a back that sits between a bikini and a thong — more coverage than a thong or g-string, less than a full bikini brief. The back pane...

Chantal Thomass Abysse in Citrus: What Our Fitters Want You to Know

Citrus is a bold choice. Chantal Thomass has always made bold choices — which is exactly why the Abysse set works in it. The Abysse Demi Bra and its matching Ruffle Bikini are the kind of pieces th...

Dora Larsen's Tove Floral Lace: What Our Fitters Want You to Know

Some pieces stop you mid-stride. The Dora Larsen Tove Floral Lace Underwire Bra in Seafoam Green is one of them — a color that reads cooler and more composed than the word "green" suggests, in a be...

What Is Teddy Lingerie? Styles, Fit & How to Wear It

A teddy is a one-piece lingerie garment that combines a top and bottom in a single piece — essentially a bodysuit cut from lingerie fabrics. The snap or hook closure at the gusset is the defining d...

What Is a Cupless Bra? Shelf, Ouvert & Quarter-Cup Styles

A cupless bra lifts and frames the bust without covering it. Where a standard underwire bra has fabric cups that encase the breast, a cupless bra stops at the underwire or shelf band below, leaving...