Team
(opens in a new tab)Karolina Laskowska
Director
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.
(opens in a new tab)Tigz Rice
Photographer
Tigz Rice is an empowerment photographer & videographer. With an extensive background in burlesque and boudoir photography, her portraits are as much about presence as they are about aesthetics; celebrating bodies in their full glorious complexity, challenging outdated beauty standards, and curating legacies. Tigz was listed in the Top 40 Digital Women To Watch in 2021, shortlisted for Digital Creator of the Year in 2022, one of f:Entrepreneur’s top 100 female entrepreneurs of 2023 and a finalist for Digital Woman Of The Year 2025. Her book STRIP/TEASE won bronze in the Independent Publishing Awards.
(opens in a new tab)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.
(opens in a new tab)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), where she currently teaches various courses in fashion history. She has presented original research with the Costume Society (UK), the Association of Dress Historians, and the Costume Society of America and has been quoted in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, WWD, Insider, InStyle, and Refinery29.
(opens in a new tab)Lorraine Topper
Committee Member
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.
