sandmaiden sleepwear

CHERISH womens pajama boxer shorts in linen with cotton lace trim
"Sandmaiden was created for women like me, women who appreciate something beautiful and comfortable to put on as a means of transporting themselves from the busyness of the day into a place of joy and rest. Garments made from natural fibers ground us more intimately to our selves and our environment, providing more comfort and beauty than synthetic materials. The fabrics in the Sandmaiden collection are 90% natural with about 10% modern, functional, fashion forward content like lycra or and soft wood pulp based fibers.
This collection was born in my mind when I was a young single mom working my tail off in the fashion industry in Vancouver. My pajamas were a transport from the busyness of the day into a place of rest and inspiration and that is what I hope these will be for you.
Nowadays I live in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle Washington with my American husband, our teenager and our toddler. My new adventures include dying and felting wool in the basement, wrangling the kids, a passionate devotion to maintaining the shop and producing the orders, long walks in the hills of urban Seattle and dreaming of a Tudor home.
All orders are cut by hand from my original patterns and then constructed and finished by myself and my assistant who is a fashion design student from a local school."
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under the root

Nereides Nixie Blue Green Lace Camisole Top
"Under The Root is an independent, intimate apparel label designing and supporting a conscious culture with hand structured loungerie and boudoir accessories.
This tree was planted as a seedling by Jennifer M. Brown and all the talented beauties, networked underneath the soil, in the land of 2003. It continues to grow connecting the strange performance background of quick changes, sprinkled with a heaping dose of gathered materials, to the wonders of nature and their fables through time. When asked why underthings? "I am intensely drawn to design pieces which embellish even the most modest bodies. Playful, demure, and innocent winks of grandeur are a few of the themes which pull me in to the cutting table late at night. I want people to whirl around in their days and nights, storytelling their own fables or becoming their own stories." The human body is magikal, the pieces are each meticulously handmade, and therefore unique, as you, throughout every seam.
We choose to believe that each cut is made from the hands and minds of the delightfully eccentric and succinct elves, goblins, sprites and other unorthodox adjuncts of the landscape observer... hopefully, we are not the only ones who believe. Their inspirations include and certainly not limited to circus arts, vaudeville, parisian cancan, modern dance, burlesque, harmony, chaos, vintage, stage, theatre, cabaret, and sauntering swoons. Some say their sparkles have been here before the beginning of time."
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Janet Caterina

Vintage Style Slip
"Independent Designer uses Vintage 1940's and 1950's Patterns, Toronto boutique sales since 2005, production management and technical design, original designs sold across Canada, Janet Caterina label"
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naomi lingerie

"A little bit about me: I'm Japanese.I live in Melbourne.I grew up in country side of Japan.I had been fashion designer in Tokyo for 7 years.(I designed women's casual wear)But I was sick of [the] fashion indutry!Because lots of mass production and copy commodity....So,I quit job.Now I'm making lingerie in here.Why am I making lingerie?Because I couldn't found any good lingerie in here.It's too sexy or too casual.I'm making innocent,warmth,pleasant lingerie.It's like your friend.I love antique.Antique is precious things for many years and inhering from generation to generation.I wish my lingerie became like antique."
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