Who writes this, and how

There's no masthead here, no team photo, no founder story. Teddy Lingerie is run by a small independent desk we call the Teddy Lingerie desk. A couple of people, working on a fairly narrow beat: fit, fabric, and whether a specific teddy is worth your money. We don't have a warehouse, a design team, or a store of our own. We buy the pieces other people sell.

Money matters, so here's the honest version. We earn a small commission when you buy something through a link on this site, at no extra cost to you. That's the only revenue this site has. No brand pays for placement, and no brand sees a review before it goes live. If that ever changes, we'll say so on the page itself, not bury it in a footer.

How we actually work

• We buy pieces with our own money, from the same retailers and listings readers use, at the same prices.
• When we've handled a piece, we say so. When a pick is included on specification alone, because we haven't gotten hands on it yet, we say that too.
• If something doesn't fit as advertised, runs small, or falls apart in a wash, we return it where we can and note the problem in the review either way.
• Nobody outside the desk edits copy for tone toward a brand. Rankings move based on fit, fabric, and construction, not on commission rate.
• Every guide carries a last-checked date, because sizing and stock change and a stale recommendation is worse than no recommendation.

When we get it wrong

Fit advice is genuinely hard to get right for every body, and we'll misjudge a size run or a fabric claim sometimes. When that happens we correct the article and note what changed. We're not going to pretend our track record is spotless. It isn't anyone's.

Get in touch

Spotted an error, or wearing something you think we should review? Email the address in your newsletter footer, or reply to any issue of The Teddy Letter. A person on the desk reads it.