“Wearing it should be like that first sip of champagne”: Ida Sjöstedt on her lingerie collaboration with Understatement

Dressing up is an art form, and none are more aware of this than Swedish designer Ida Sjöstedt. “‘The Art of Dressing up’ was the name of my pre-spring 2022 collection, which I used as a foundation when designing the underwear,” she says. Designed in the depths of the pandemic, Sjöstedt wanted her pre-spring line to embody the longing to go out.

“The thought behind the collection was that every garment would be proper eye-candy. Wearing it should be like taking that first sip of champagne or those first steps onto the dance floor under a shiny disco ball,” Sjöstedt explains. “I wanted to capture that same feeling in the underwear collection.”