Lady Marlene For the Win

My love and passion for the world that is "Vintage Lingerie" has hit full steam. This past week, my boyfriend and I were evacuated from our apartment for a collapsed pipe, which led our apartment management to tear up our concrete floors throughout 30 feet from our kitchen to our storage room.... real fun amirite?!
Any who, I felt the need to justify a recent purchase of an early 1950's Dead-stock with tags "Lady Marlene" over wire bra that I CANNOT afford, especially after this apartment debacle. This was the PERFECT excuse since I was inches away from losing my damn mind!

Again, let's take a moment to fully appreciate this.....that has now become my chosen phrase :) The pure craftsmanship and construction of this pieces is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, FUCKING AMAZING!! Pardon my language, but SERIOUSLY! We don't give enough credit to these pieces for making the way for lingerie that doesn't aim to please a man, but to please the person wearing it!

While my boyfriend was snapping me into this, he couldn't understand why women would do this to themselves! The indentations of your back from the clasps, the constriction of breath and the sheer discomfort! My point exactly. Men like him just do not understand :) Let's face it, this is NOT comfortable by any means! I meant to wear this out to work party, but sadly I knew deep down that I would probably pass out after half an hour and, in all honestly, I was really hungry so I wanted to eat LOTS of food :)

The one thing I believe all of us women who admire and love these pieces can agree on is that it immediately straightens your posture (something that my Grandma would appreciate, in my case) and it just gives you that immediate air of confidence! As anyone can tell, I'm a HUGE advocate for these and I BEG YOU to do yourself a favor and buy one whether it's vintage or not! They are worth the investment, monetarily and mentally!

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