Skindelle Stories

Post-Surgery Dressing: Gentle Solutions
The short answer: the Confidence Set, for days when any band or wire is too much. Structure that was unremarkable before a procedure can ...

After 40: How Skin Changes Affect Adhesive Performance
The short answer: the covers have not changed. The skin has. Silicone covers still do the job at 45 that they did at 25. Skin that is thi...

What to Wear Under a Strapless Wedding Dress
The strapless wedding dress is built to appear self-sufficient. What makes that appearance possible is a foundation decision that most fi...

What to Wear Under a Blazer With Nothing Underneath
In the mid-1990s, Helmut Lang was making blazers in Vienna that the fashion industry had not seen before. Not because of the fabric, thou...

What to Wear Under a Cut-Out Dress
Cut-out dresses place deliberate openings over zones where a bra band sits. Any edge in the frame interrupts the garment. Here is what wo...

What to Wear Under a Mesh or See-Through Top
Full transparency is a design choice, not an accident. Here is how mesh and sheer fabric work, and how to wear them the way their designe...

Latex-Free Products: Why It Matters More Than You Think
Latex allergy affects up to 4.3% of the population. Understanding Hev b proteins and Type I vs Type IV reactions changes how you read pro...

Race Day Dressing: Millinery, Fabric and the Invisible Layer
The short answer: matte silicone covers, worn under whatever the dress asks for elsewhere. Birdcage light at two in the afternoon is not ...

Scottish Highlands: Castle Weddings and Estate Dinners
The short answer: dress for two events, not one. The ceremony calls for structure under a fitted day dress; the estate dinner that follow...