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Win a Pair of Panties Every Month!

La Vie en Orange launches a monthly giveaway! Sign up below :)

La Vie en Orange launches a monthly panty giveaway! Sign up below :)

Giveaway giveaway giveaway!

The first big change coming with korijock.com’s makeover starts today!

The official launch is July 25th, but until then and forever after, I’ll be doing a monthly panty giveaway to folks on my mailing list!

When you join the list below, you’ll get weekly email updates with notices about sales, the upcoming launch and other underwear silliness (there is a lot of underwear silliness in the world) and you’ll have a chance every single month to win a free pair of panties or underwear, as the case may be.

So what are you waiting for? Join now! The first giveaway will be in just a couple of weeks :) Sign up below.

xoxo

P.S. Tomorrow is your last day to place a custom order until July 25th, so if you’ve got any tshirts burning a hole in their drawer, pick up this listing and we’ll turn them into panties before my sewing machines get packed up. Woot woot!

 

One Secret Victoria Couldn’t Help Me Keep: the Panty Horror Story

Green-w-Purple-Polka-Dots

This Panty Horror Story starts and ends in green undies…

Train wreck. You’ve seen someone’s panties when they didn’t want you to, right? Maybe it was the whale tail made by a thong, a visible panty line, or someone’s granny panties sticking out of the top of their low-rise pants…

Could you look away? Were you hypnotized? Were you embarrassed for the panty wearer?

I could’ve died the other day. One of my co-workers, someone super well respected that I just don’t know that well came into my work space at the office and basically spent the entirety of our 5 minute conversation looking down my as$ crack. Like how you might peer over a cliff into the abyss. He couldn’t look away. I was the train wreck.

My panties as flamboyant as the amazing lorikeet. Creative Commons photo courtesy Live♥Laugh♥Love on flickr.

My panties as flamboyant as the amazing lorikeet. Creative Commons photo courtesy Live♥Laugh♥Love on flickr.

Laundry day ignored meant I was wearing a super cute and super ridiculous green thong with purple polka dots, trim, and a purple lace up back. Totally ridiculous. Like the lorikeet (my new favorite bird).

Open back stool + skinny jeans + top that was just a bit too short for sitting in an open back stool in low cut skinny jeans + laundry day ignored = Good-God-when-will-this-conversation-end-and-how-long-will-I-be-reliving-it?

Sigh. I lived to tell the tale.

But it also made me think about wearing the right panties and how the perfect pair of panties is something you put on and only think about it if you want to. Which is why I love my Upitees so much. They’re so comfy and reliable, it’s almost like I’m putting on peace of mind.

I know I won’t be worrying about my panties when I wear them. So I can give my attention to everything else that needs it. And still be pleasantly surprised at how awesome it is to be wearing neon green panties (no polka dots, but with a screen print of the Eiffel Tower) when I take off the same pair of skinny jeans.

Snails ascending the Eiffel Tower. On panties!hjun

My beloved Upitees!

What about you? Any tales of how panties ruined your life (or maybe just your day)? Don’t you think this should be a recurring series? Please comment below with your tales of woe, or interest in sharing a story by writing a guest post. I look forward to seeing you in the comments!

xoxo

Your Perfect Custom Panties Available for 2 More Weeks

2 More Weeks for Custom Undies

You’ve got 2 weeks to place an order for custom panties before an 8 week hiatus. Which tshirts have you been holding on to for panties (or nostalgia :))? Had your eye on anything in the custom section of my Etsy shop? I’ll pull these items down on May 24th and you won’t see them again until July 25th.

Why July 25th?

In between now and then, I’ll be packing up La Vie en Orange to move to the Detroit area. (I’m going home. I can’t wait.)

I see London, but where is France?

Future panty print

That’s when the new korijock.com launches. And oh, what a launch it will be, with:

  • 1 big giveaway
  • 2 mini-collection launches – a bridal collection and city skylines collection (I see London, but where is France?)
  • A new trans*women style

As part of the move, we’re taking a much-anticipated road trip and spending 4-5 weeks on the road.

During that time, the sewing machines will be in storage and we’ll be spending a ton of time with family and friends and in National Parks. And posting fun things to facebook. The Underwear of the Month Club will continue unaffected and ready-to-ship items will still be available, though alterations will be delayed. We’ll land in Michigan towards mid-July and count down to July 25th – launch date! :)

How excited are you? Curious about the new look that’s coming? Here’s a little teaser…

Sign Me Up for the Underwear of the Month Club

Lots of bright colors and photos of girls wearing their Upitees. More teasers to come :)

One more reminder:  if you’ve been thinking about ordering a custom item, do it now! They won’t be available after May 24th. :)

xoxo

Happy Birthday Underwear of the Month Club!

Creative Commons image courtesy of upsidedownapril on Flickr

Creative Commons image courtesy of upsidedownapril on Flickr

 

Hey, did you see that?!? The Underwear of the Month Club just turned 6 months old!

Will you sing “Happy Birthday” with me?

To celebrate, I’m offering free shipping on new memberships for 6 whole days – sign up here. And I’m sending current members something sweet in the mail – just one of the many perks :)

This is officially a bonafide panty party. :)

Thank you for making the world’s underwear drawers a bit more awesome! You are amazing, and La Vie en Orange wouldn’t be without you!

xoxo,
Kori

Five Fabulous No-Sew T Shirt Tutorials

Are you still on a spring cleaning kick too? If you’re here, you know you can spring clean your tshirt drawer and turn them in to panties. But what else can you do with the humble tee?

Just for you, this week I scoured the internets for 5 great no-sew t shirt tutorials. Let the upcycling begin! :) In no particular order:

5) A tshirt rug

I know these things are magnets for cat hair and all the sweeping I don’t do in our apartment, but doesn’t it look like so much fun? Plus, it sounds like on delicate, that you can machine wash… (For a sturdier, more labor intensive version, check out this beautiful latch hook tshirt rug tutorial.)

Tshirt rug tutorial from Molly Kay Stoltz

Source: Molly Kay Stoltz via Kori on Pinterest

4) The tshirt scarf.

I love the braided ones, and this collection of 10 tutorials from My Blessed Life is fantastic:

10 Scarf Tutorials from myblessedlife.net

Source: myblessedlife.net via Kori on Pinterest

3) POMPOMS!

Ohmygosh don’t you think they’re so cute? And reusable, and probably machine washable if you tie your knots really really really tight and do it on delicate in a lingerie bag? :)

They look a little labor intensive- cutting the shirts into strips seems like it would take a while, but ohmygosh. Adorable!

Pom poms from upcycled tshirts

Source: Craftaholics Anonymous via Kori on Pinterest

2)  A tshirt ring?!?!

Ohmygoodness, I love this! Although I have to admit, I’m also a little bit skeptical about having such cute results. Does it seem too good to be true to you?

Tshirt ring tutorial from Homemade Ginger

Source: Homemade Ginger via Kori on Pinterest

1) A grocery bag!

Love how -lethal- fashioned the drawstring bottom so there’s no sewing required!

No-Sew Tshirt Bag Tutorial From -lethal-

Source: leethal.net via Kori on Pinterest

So! Are you doing any spring cleaning? Did any of these tutorials inspire you? Please comment below!

I’ll post photos of any goodies I make on facebook- I hope you’ll do the same too! :)

xoxo,
Kori

Spring Cleaning Sale

Franz Ferdinand Custom Undies

Hello and happy Spring! Have you been itching to clean, dust out the cobwebs and put away your winter clothes? Me too!

So I have some great news for your tshirt drawer. Empty it out to fill your underwear drawer and take advantage of the La Vie en Orange Spring Cleaning Sale!

From now through April 3, get free shipping on all custom underwear when you send me your tshirt. No coupon codes, just making life a little less cluttered and filling your underwear drawer with smiles.

Turn your over-flowing tshirt drawer into a bright, fun underwear drawer! Learn more about the process here.

The Underwear of the Month Club did some spring cleaning this month too! Check out their tshirts and undies below. Feeling inspired? :)

Are you doing any spring cleaning? Please comment below!

xoxo

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Spring Cleaning + Underwear of the Month Club = Love

Spring Cleaning with the Underwear of the Month Club

Spring Cleaning with the Underwear of the Month Club – see the undies these tees make next week!

I need to take a moment to brag on my clients. Can I just tell you that La Vie en Orange has the best clients in the universe (that’s more than the world!) :)

For reals.

For this month’s Underwear of the Month Club, we are doing some spring cleaning- in February I sent each Club member an envelope to mail me an old tshirt for March’s undies. Each month I usually mail a pair of undies with a usually exclusive print for Club members only, but not while there’s spring cleaning to do! The packages I’ve gotten back for March’s undies have been filled with amazing tshirts (velvet letters, neon yellow, and goats, oh my!) and love letters for Upitees! I heard…

“I thought the coral ones with rocket ship were my favorite, then the blue ones with racer stripes came, and then the purple fish ones came… I love them all!”

“Thanks for your creativity and fabulous design!”

“I can’t wait to see what you do with this!”

Next week, pictures of the finished products, and a super exciting Spring Cleaning Sale just for you!

xoxo,
Kori

Future panties for Underwear of the Month Club Members

Future panties for Underwear of the Month Club Members

Future panties

Can’t wait to see how this batch turn out :)

Are You Livin’ La Vie en Orange?

Livin la Vie en Orange

How are you living la vie en orange?

Shakespeare knows a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but La Vie en Orange by any other name? I’m skeptical :)

My best friend came up with the name; orange is my favorite color and on a good day I speak fluent French.  But it’s super fitting in other ways as well.  In French, la vie en rose is about looking at life through rose colored glasses and seeing this hyper-beautiful reality.

I like to think that my company, La Vie en Orange, and its products are a little bit like that too, only brighter, a little bit sun-shine-ier.

So. How do you live la vie en orange? Thinking about the little things in my life, I think it’s by things like:

  • dancing with reckless abandon, pretty much whenever I dance :) Last night it was like Muppets.  You should try it :)
  • skipping and running sometimes just because it’s fun
  • not suppressing squeals of delight (I have no poker face)
  • being creative every day (even if it’s just making dinner or making a game out of walking home from the bus stop :)

So. How do you live La Vie en Orange? Comment below! I can’t wait to find out :)

xoxo
Kori

P.S. If you have a few minutes or need some background music, I love this clip of Sabrina where Audrey Hepburn sings La Vie en Rose to Humphrey Bogart, and of course there’s in the incomparable Edith Piaf… :) And then, en anglais, there’s Louis Armstrong. Oh. And there’s this guy too. He takes his convertible up on two wheels in an amazing way. :) Did someone say Ricky Martin?

Panty Party on Sunset Blvd!

iam8bit hosts a fabulous pantie pop up shop featuring La Vie en Orange!

In L.A.? Join iam8bit for a fabulous panties pop-up shop featuring La Vie en Orange in early February!

I see London, I see France. I see Kori’s underpants! At a pop-up shop in Los Angeles!

Hosted by iam8bit, the Bikinis, Strings and Granny’s pop-up shop is a super fun collection of indie lingerie designers, including La Vie en Orange! It goes on from February 2-16.

I’m super excited because it’s the first time Upitees by La Vie en Orange will be sold in public! :)

Swing by, tell them how much you love La Vie en Orange, take a pair or two home, and check out the new Valentine’s prints in person!

I hope you can make it!

xoxo,
Kori

P.S. Maybe you aren’t in L.A.? Valentine’s prints are coming to my Etsy shop this weekend :) I’ll tweet and announce on facebook when they’re up! :) xoxo

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