Love, Vera
It used to be that lingerie just meant one thing. Going to the mall, and beholding store windows postered with women with one kind of look—slim, white, blonde, busty—and feeling some kind of way when itchy synthetic lace didn't transform you into just that. Today, thanks primarily to an intrepid group of Black designers and founders, the ethos of lingerie has changed. Lingerie isn't for your man or your woman. Lingerie is for you, and whatever skin and body you're in. Ahead, eight Black-owned lingerie brands that are changing the world, one cami, bralette, and thong at a time.