About

Linda Joyce

Glitz by Linda Joyce is a Wichita, Kansas, based custom-made lingerie business. It is well known for its celebrity clientele.

Wild and Colorful with a twist of Elegance, mark the work of costume designer Ms. Linda Joyce, once known as "The Glitzy Costume Lady," but now perhaps better recognized as the woman who is Puttin on The Glitz. Ms. Linda brings a flashy style and distinctive shape to her stage wear. A designer of timeless values in adult clothing, Ms. Linda revels in creating looks that won't soon be forgotten, always keeping in mind that her customers "want to feel special." As a result, her designs, which include Custom-made Push-up Bras, Thongs, Rio Bikinis, Pin-Up Girdles, Garter Belts, Gloves and Dresses which stand out in a field crowded with exceptional talent.
Linda Joyce began her storied career in the 1960s, designing for her first Barbie Doll at the budding age of 4. By the time she was in Jr. high school, Ms. Linda was regularly sewing dresses for herself. Obviously, fashion was something that came naturally to Ms. Linda, and she soon began creating formal and bridal gowns for women from her Austin, Texas home, and learned the value of detail when her one-of-a-kind hand-made dresses began selling at local boutiques and stores.

In 1983 after Ms. Linda's best friend revealed she was secretly an exotic dancer and needed costumes. Linda began designing her friends costumes. After a while was receiving orders from many dancers. By 1988 she had started her own design house and boutique in Wichita, Kansas. After moving to Wichita Kansas. She met many professional feature entertainers and adult actresses in the local clubs and by mail order, including CC Moore, Jenna Jameson, Anna Nicole Smith, Nina Hartley, Briana Banks, Devon, Tera Patrick, Jesse Jane, Stormy Daniels, Porsche Lynn, Amber Lynn , Stephanie Evans, Ginger Lynn, Devon Michaels, CC Moore, Crissy Moran, Melissa Wolf, Gauge, Stephanie Rage, Nikki Knights, Bunny Glamazon, Bunny Bleu, Silva Saint, Crystal Storm, Maxi Mounds, Vanna Lace, Chesty Love, Morganna Roberts, Kayla Kupcakes, Plenty Uptopp, Leslie Wells, Aspen Reign, and it's been a exotic catwalk ever since.

Linda also knows that runway fashion has little basis in reality. Designs must be able to find a home on a stage. According to Linda, "A woman has to go into a store, and [a costume] has to speak to her. It has to say 'buy me' or 'try me on.' It has to have color, it has to have shape, it has to have design secrets built into it that make her body look [outstanding]. You have to do lines that are flattering."

For Linda, fashion is a two-way street: the designer has to create the best costume she can, and the customer has to recognize those features in a costume that will flatter her and choose accordingly. She has some advice for women about how to select a sexy costume: "Every woman has something good about them... zero in on that. If your skin is flawless, wear a color that makes your skin look great. If you have red hair, choose a color that makes it stand out." While no one, save for some surgically-enhanced supermodels, is perfect, with a good eye any woman will be able to choose the right look, slip into the right size bra, and look sensational.

And with Linda at the sewing machine, the choices become so much easier, the costumes so much classier, and the looks so much more sensational.

These days, Linda concerns herself with creating outstanding exotic apparel, never satisfied with "wishy-washy, plain Jane" or "nondescript things." According to Ms. Joyce, "performers have in mind a fantasy about what kind of costume they want." So, Linda Joyce works hard to "fulfill their fantasy." she makes sure her costumes "have something going on in the back and/or something going on in the front. They have silhouette; they have uplift and they have color and shape."