I have to contest… Picking individual winners for my recent Illustration/Selfie contests proved impossible. I’ve spent literally weeks agonizing over it. There are just too many exceptional ...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2017/06/09/karolina-laskowska-lingerie-2017-contest-winners/
Entries to the Karolina Laskowska 2017 Illustration contest. Please click on the thumbnail to open a bigger image with credits. Header image by Messalyn. Contest winners TBA. Click here to see t...
Entries to the Karolina Laskowska 2017 Selfie contest. Please click on the thumbnail to open a bigger image with credits. Header image by an anonymous entry. Contest winners TBA. Click here to ...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2017/05/24/karolina-laskowska-lingerie-2017-selfie-contest-entries/
I just had the realisation that I never updated the blog with the final finished piece of the Violente corset outfit! Created for the Foundations Revealed 2017 competition, you can see the dress ...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2017/03/29/violente-corset-the-finished-garment/
One of the loveliest things about being in the lingerie industry is the incredible network of fellow indie designers around me: fabulously talented and driven women (some of whom can be, on occas...
This post is a dress diary for my competition entry into the Foundations Revealed 2017 competition. There’s a lot of rambling about the construction methods and it’s very picture heavy. So th...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2017/02/04/dress-diary-violente-corset-and-tutu/
It’s pretty terrible that I haven’t updated this blog in nearly 8 months, but there has been a lot going on in the meantime. So I’m reviving it for a rather excellent cause: 2016’s rendi...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2016/12/14/lingerie-secret-santa-2016/
This is part two of a series deconstructing the intricacies of wired bras and their significance to independent lingerie designers. Part one can be read here. Wired bras are incredibly complicate...
I’m still rather overexcited about the launch of pre-orders for my first major factory-produced collection! Yesterday’s post tackled my reasons for moving away from sewing solely in-house and...
https://knickerbockerstories.com/2016/04/22/lingerie-business-my-production-design-process/
My business has been stuck at a deeply frustrating bottleneck for quite some time now. Since leaving university, my brand has grown fairly steadily. With only a few minor exceptions, every garmen...