When I was a teenager, my mom owned a small dress shop, making dresses for our highschool proms and semi-formal dances, I watched her work with fabrics like satin, taffeta and lace. I wasn’t all that interested, as I was an average teenager who had other cares. Fast forward a few years, upon discovering I was going to have a baby, I bought my own sewing machine. I’m not sure what my plan was, but I knew I needed a sewing machine.

In my over 20 years as a seamstress, I’ve created wonderful items such as baby clothes, kids toys, home decor pieces and even personal apparel. I’ve taken courses on embroidery, apparel construction and purse making. I’ve long since retired my first machine upgrading to bigger, faster and more functional equipment.

Riesling & Rose was born like many a company, out of the desire for something that couldn’t be found and a desire to create something unique. A few years ago, I was looking to buy a piece of lingerie for a milestone anniversary with my husband, nothing crazy, but I wanted a nice long nightgown; something vintage styled, classic and beautiful. I looked everywhere, what I wanted couldn’t be found. I started sketching what I wanted and expanded to a whole line of lingerie that sat in my sketchbook collecting dust. In the meantime, I took classes honing my sewing skills and took one on purse making, I was hooked! I loved the ability to create professional looking handbags and started making them for friends and family and moved forward with the launch of my Etsy shop Riesling & Rose.

While I was busy creating purses and drafting new designs, I was following all sorts of other seamstresses and creators and came across an Instagram post that caught my eye. A lingerie designer named Rosalie had posted that she would be closing her business (custom created lingerie) and moving in another direction. I had always admired her work and her history (of creating something out of necessity) was akin to mine, so I reached out to her to ask if she’d be interested in selling me her business, Rosalie Wynne Intimates. We had a chat over Google and the rest as they say, is history. Rosalie’s original line can be found in our shop, aptly named “Rosalie Collection”.

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Our Founder Rosalie's Story

A few year after I had given birth to my daughter I was trying to find a bralette that fit my new shape. The more bralettes I tried on the more frustrated I became as I seemed to be either spilling out the top, sides, bottom, or (more often) everywhere! Basic sizing wasn’t going to cut it.

So, I decided to make my own. Once I perfected the fit and started wearing it, I completely fell in love with my bralette. It was incredibly comfortable and, because it fit my shape so well, it was way more supportive than I had anticipated. After wearing it for a couple days I couldn’t go back to wearing anything else.

I figured I couldn’t be the only one with this experience, so I took my sewing and costume design experience and scaled my design. After much trial and error (and a huge pile of prototypes!) I perfected the design for over 40 different sizes.

Armed with these bralettes (and matching undies) I went to local markets and set up in a few local stores to find out how the bralettes fit a variety of different shapes and sizes. I was curious to find out if other women would love these as much as I did.

The response was incredible. After trying on their size they fell in love. Most of them (like me) didn’t even know so such a comfortable, functional, and beautiful bra was even a possibility.

Beautiful bodies don't conform to standard sizing. When we can’t find something that fits us, it’s easy to start believing that our body is the problem and not the limited range of sizes that we’re offered.

My mission is to empower you to see your body as a perfectly beautiful work of art that deserves to be celebrated. And it’s my hope that you’ll join me in celebrating your shape as you experiencing the joy of wearing something that feels like a second skin.