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How I Got Started – Meet the Maker Day 2

03.02.2019 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

Meet the Maker Layla L'obatti

We’re collecting all of my March Meet the Maker posts here on the blog for ease of reading and all of you who might not be on instagram or facebook. It was a great opportunity to share a bit more about our brand and hope it helps you get to know me and BTS a little better!

In the intimate apparel industry there are a number of large companies (like the one I previously worked for) that specialize in producing intimates collections for designer brand names that they license, mostly by contracting with overseas factories. These factories are responsible for sourcing materials and manufacturing the garments with the risk they would have to eat the cost of any overstock in materials and mistakes in production. Ultimately they made a very small percentage of the wholesale cost of goods, so you can imagine the reality of what that meant for the actual workers that made the goods.


“Fashion” is rooted in capitalism, classism, and has lost its roots in heritage, culture, and craft. It is an art to create a piece of clothing from disparate bolts of fabric and make it look like it has not been touched by human hands, but every garment you see has been sewn by hand. There is no machine that can knit/cut materials as fluid as fabric without an operator behind it..


My decision, to quit my job and look to produce a collection here in USA, was driven by my personal discomfort with the way that the garments I worked on were produced. As a designer I am driven to create, but that creation is not just in the design of the garment & selection of fabrics but the ethos behind it.


Even after I started my own company it took a few years of designing collections on a seasonal calendar & selling wholesale before I decided to opt out of the traditional model in favor of slow sustainable growth for myself and my company. I exited my wholesale business to focus on selling directly to my customers & became a certified Bcorp. In reinventing my business my long term goal is to change how we consume, our relation to consumption, to creation, and ultimately how that relates to ourselves. I truly hope we are on the brink of a shift in consumption.

Have any questions for me? Leave a question on this post or any of our March Meet the Maker posts!

Categories // ask L, her perspective Tags // designer, lingerie designer, made in usa, meet the maker

behind the scenes – between the sheets factory life

10.05.2012 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

We’ve been so behind on blogging because we’ve been busy getting ready for our most intense season of production yet! Fall and holiday are always big for sleepwear and loungewear, and that being our signature means we’re kicking it into overdrive. Not to mention an exciting new collection we start production on next month to launch early in the New Year – get a sneak peek on our brand site: betweenthesheetscollection.com

So while we were away from our computers we’ve been tweeting and instagramming – follow us @BTSlingerie here online if you don’t have an account! We thought we’d bring you a peek at what we’ve been up to here on the blog.

Between the sheets factory lingerie care label instructions

Care labels arrive: we make sure sewers can understand which care label goes on which garment using the international language of doodling.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - fabric delivery

Fabric arrives: How to cut through all of that tape… when its all open its laid out to cut and then off to the sewing line.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - petal play and airplay

As pieces come off the line we check that each color/size is “in spec” meaning they don’t run too small or too large.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - Petal Play floral lace lingerie care label

We make sure each piece got the right care label – Yes! Our doodling has paid off! Then we add a hangtag to each piece.

Between the Sheets Collection Hang tag - Factory life

For those of you who do not have the pleasure of owning one of our pieces here’s a snap of our hangtag. Back when we were making behind the scenes of BTS fashion show our video editor Vinnie came up with this little bit of genius – the definition of lingerie and Between the Sheets. Thanks Vinnie!

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - packing petal play silver hiwaists

We inventory to make sure we got the correct number of pieces and check for any defects in stitching, coloring, or fabric. Then we pack each piece individually.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - inventory and packing

There is a lot of packing… and no robots here this is all done by hand!

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - Fashion factory kitten!

We get distracted by the cute kitten who is our new factory mascot… Could you refuse that face?

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - lots of coffee breaks

We drink copious amounts of coffee on a daily basis. Our livers seem ok with it so far…

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - fashion math

Back at the studio we’re working on the next season, perfecting patterns. And for those of you who think a career in fashion means no math… we hope you didn’t skip that class on fractions.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - sample making

We gather lots of bits and bobs for sample making.

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life

We cut out fabric for samples… and these styles you’ll have to wait for next season to see!

Between the Sheets Lingerie Factory life - little helper

And again we find ourselves disctracted by furry creatures… we’re not complaining.

You can already shop the Petal Play lace styles seen in this post! Click the picture below to shop!

Between the Sheets Petal Play lingerie in midnight and shade

Categories // behind the scenes, designers, made in the USA, sustainable manufacturing Tags // behind the scenes, between the sheets, made in usa

love – Made in USA July 4th

06.30.2012 by btslingerie // Leave a Comment

Lingerie & Loungewear Between the Sheets - Made in USA, Made in America, Independence day sale JULY 4th

We think we scream it from the rooftops some days, we’re Made in USA and proud of it. There’s something so satisfying about creating something and we think thats the American heritage that Independence day celebrates – the kind of self reliance that grew America from upstart to world force. We’re proud to have been one of the small businesses born in this recession, and we owe a lot of that to the USA manufacturing base that’s left here. It’s a fraction of the size it used to be but make no mistake it lives on, and we believe its important to keep those skills and that knowledge alive for generations to come.

We encourage you to shop local this holiday or whenever possible, and if you don’t have a store near you we welcome you to shop directly with us – and now through July 4th we’re sweetening the deal with 25% off sitewide using the code: BTSJULY4

Categories // love, made in the USA, sustainable manufacturing Tags // giveaway, made in usa

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