The whole site, in order
The full guide
Thirty odd pages, arranged the way the subject actually works: measure, understand the material, choose a shape, keep it alive, then wear it without thinking about it again.
There is no correct order to read this in, but there is a useful one. Fit comes first because almost every complaint about underwear turns out to be a fit problem wearing a different costume. Fabric comes second because it decides what a garment can survive. Styles, briefs and the care pages follow from those two. The comfort pages sit at the end because they depend on everything before them.
Nothing here is for sale and nothing here is a recommendation to buy a particular thing. The aim is narrower and more useful: to explain the mechanics well enough that the next fitting room becomes a place to test a hypothesis rather than a place to guess.
Fit
How a band and a cup are derived from two measurements, what the band is actually doing, and how to read the evidence when something is wrong.
- FitThe section hub: what support is, and where it comes from.
- How to measureTape position, tension, and the two numbers that matter.
- Sister sizingWhy 32D and 34C hold roughly the same volume.
- Signs of a bad fitEleven symptoms and what each one is telling you.
- Band and cupWhere the support comes from, and why it is not the straps.
- StraplessThe one category where a band has to work alone.
- Fit through changeWeight, cycle, pregnancy and time, and what each does to size.
Fabric
Five pages on materials: what they do well, what destroys them, and how to tell one from another by touch.
- FabricThe section hub: fibres, blends and why elastane rules everything.
- LaceLeavers, raschel and stretch lace, and why dryers ruin them.
- Silk and satinA fibre and a weave, constantly confused.
- Cotton and modalBreathability, moisture and what sits against skin.
- Elastane and stretchThe component that fails first, and why.
- Wired and wirelessWhat a wire does, and what replaces it.
Styles
Six shapes, described as engineering decisions rather than moods.
- StylesThe section hub: how cut, seam and cup construction change a shape.
- BraletteSupport without a wire, and the limits of that.
- BalconetteA low, horizontal cup edge and wide set straps.
- T-shirt braMoulded foam, smooth surface, no adjustability.
- BodysuitOne garment, two jobs, and the gusset question.
- Slip and camisoleThe layer that stops fabric clinging.
- SleepwearWhat to wear in bed, and what the body does overnight.
Briefs
Everything below the waist, decided at the gusset and the leg edge.
Care
Four pages on laundry, which is the single biggest lever on how long a drawer lasts.
Wearing
What to own, how to layer it, and how to travel with it.
Comfort
Three pages on skin, friction and the everyday physical experience of wearing something all day.
Tools
Two calculators, both built to work whether or not scripting is switched on.