all things underthings • Manchester Vermont
Just about everyday, someone comes in and says they’d like to find a bra where the straps don’t fall down. One woman who came in recently was adamant about it. “What about a racerback?” she asked in a monotone voice that told me that perhaps she might be hearing-impaired. “Do you think we I can […]
I drove to Albany on Sunday morning to catch the train to New York City. It was a blissful hour and a half of alone time where my mind did nothing but think about some of the things that happened at the shop and in my personal life during the past week. It was a […]
When we opened a little over a year ago, it became clear pretty quickly that we needed a serious stockroom. There was no way all the bras we needed to have in inventory were going to fit in the actual store. As luck would have it, the retail space directly behind the bra shop […]
A woman came in who struck me as very cool. She was rockin’ a brown t-shirt, I would estimate she had about 20 years on me, and she told me she was ready to buy a new bra. We were standing in the middle of the shop and she started telling me that she […]
I bought a hose last month at a store that shall remain nameless. The hose came in a bright red box that I couldn’t help picking up off the shelf. Right as I did, a clerk appeared in the aisle. “You looking for a hose?” he asked. I told him that I was and he […]
JOY is eleven months old. It’s been eleven incredible months of women and stories and bras and joys and laughs and tears and community and dreams coming true. Eleven, eleven, eleven…I really can’t help hearing the word “eleven” without thinking of the movie This Is Spinal Tap. In the movie, a lead guitarist in a […]
An Open Letter to Megan Grassell at Yellowberry Company From: Joy Slusarek at JOY all things underthings April 11, 2014 Dear Megan, About an hour ago yet another person forwarded me a link about you and Yellowberry. (I think this makes about 10 people who have done that) I think you and I are on […]
I love this time of year. Yes, yes it is spring! The birds are chirping, the snow is thawing, and the ground is slowly re-exposing itself. Courtney said something so funny the other day as we stood looking out the window at the sticks and brown leaves and muddy water from the day’s earlier […]
Thankfully, I seem to always end up getting some sort of sign when I’m stuck or in doubt. These signs help me go in a direction. They help me move on with making a decision or help me feel better about a situation. I was stuck this morning on writing a blog about the […]
I woke up this morning thinking about one of my favorite St. Patrick’s Days. It was when I lived in Santa Monica and it was a Saturday. My friends Julie and Andrea and I batted around a few ideas on how to spend the day and we ultimately resigned to doing some day drinking at […]
