Karolina Laskowska
Director
Team
Karolina Laskowska is a lingerie designer and vintage underthings aficionado. She studied BA Contour Fashion at De Montfort University and has won numerous awards for her design work. She was a columnist for The Lingerie Addict for over 12 years. This museum was born of her desire to share her love of underwear with the world and to provide an invaluable study resource on the topic.
Lorraine Topper
Researcher
Lorraine Topper is an independent researcher specialising in twentieth century underwear and textiles. She undertakes additional research for the museum’s collections and helps out at our photoshoots. Lorraine studied Textile Design (University of Manchester) and Fashion History (London College of Fashion, UAL), and has spoken at many academic conferences, including the ‘Undressed’ study weekend at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Tigz Rice
Photographer
Tigz Rice is a photographer specialising in editorial portrait photography. An Adobe Community Expert, she originally trained in illustration, before progressing naturally into the world of digital imaging and retouching. With her work featured in titles such as Cosmopolitan, HuffPost, The New Yorker and The Lingerie Addict, her work has dominated the UK scene since 2009. Tigz was shortlisted for ‘Digital Woman of the Year’ in 2022, and named in f:Entrepreneur’s ‘Top 100 Female Founders Of 2023’
Liz Denocte
Committee Member & Former Social Media Coordinator
Liz Denocte is a professional scientist who balances out spending her days in the world of microscopes and precision investigating with bilingual work in the world of lingerie blogging. With many years experience of communicating in both German and English to the public about issues relating to lingerie, Liz’s special interest areas are small busts, body positivity, and LGBTQ+. She also enjoys hanging upside down from poles, hoops and anything else she can find, in defiance of expectations.
Summer Anne Lee
Social Media Coordinator
Summer Anne Lee is a fashion historian and content creator based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned a Master’s Degree in Fashion and Textile Studies from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). Summer is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching the History of Costume and Fashion at Wagner College, and also teaches courses in fashion history at FIT. She has previously presented her original research with the Association of Dress Historians, the Costume Society, the Costume Society of America, and the New York Adventure Club.