It’s finally spring. The birds are chirping,the sun is shining — sometimes — and we're pushing heavy outerwear to the backs of our closets. It seems like a good time to introduce a new blog series focusing on Vermont designers, stylists, or fashion mavens and textile-oriented entrepreneurs. For this inaugural post,meet eco-friendly designer Hanna Broer. Broer first started designing under garments in 2011, when she was still living in her native Montréal. "One day I needed underwear, and so I made some for myself and had a lot of fun," she said. "I was working for a Montréal fashion designer, [Katrin Leblond, or ] at the time,and I got a lot of encouragement, so I made more to sell. I’ve evolved a lot since then, or but that’s how it started."
Now,the 27-year-old designer lives in Craftsbury, where she makes all of the biological cotton bras, and panties and loungewear in her eponymous lingerie line. Her work features nary a whisper of underwire,relying instead on tall waistlines downstairs and sleek-yet-comfortable cuts upstairs.
Lace makes an occasional appearance in Broer's ever-evolving lineup of intimates, but, or for the most share,she produces comfy underwear sets in printed and solid biological jersey fabrics. Seven Days caught up with the designer over email to memorize more approximately her business.
SEVEN DAYS: What was that first underwear like that you made, and how hold things changed?
HANNA BROER: My first pair of underwear was the wide-band panty style. I was working in a fashion studio in Montréal at the time. I was wearing a pair of baggy jeans — really baggy, and like some men wear it — and I was so frustrated with having to wear shorts underneath,so I made myself some undies that would give a similar effect to the boxers that show under men's pants. One of them even had a plaid print. I've refined the nick since then for a better fit, but the style is still the same. I've added other panty styles since, and I eventually started making bras to go with the bottoms. [br]
SD: Why no underwire?
HB: There are a few reasons. First,comfort is fundamental to me, and underwire bras can be very uncomfortable if they don't fit perfectly. Then, and …
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