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October 2012

By Ali Cudby

A lot of women want minimizer bras to “make their breasts smaller” as if there was some miracle of physics to actually shrink breast tissue.  What minimizers can do is make breasts appear smaller by creating a cup with a lower apex.

The challenge with minimizers, from a fit perspective, is that in order to achieve the lower breast profile these bras promise, the cups redistribute the breast volume into a lower … Read More


I am on a brushed back satin band wagon this week. I remember back in my Macy days when this fabric was a mainstay of fall sleep and loungewear sales.  Well, what goes around comes around and I am really pleased to see this commodity product has re-surfaced and been elevated to a luxury item, compliments of the premium Louis At Home tri-colored robe collection.   Exquisitely tailored in lush cosmetic colors, these brushed back moiré … Read More


Slow, Lingering Touch

By Margaret Shrum

When is the last time you planned a night with your husband, wife or lover where the focus was on exploring sensory touch together? Not just the regular routine, but taking turns communicating and exploring each others bodies literally from head to toe. I invite you to get intimate with your beloved and take your pleasure up a notch by following or exploring my suggestions for slow, lingering touch together:

1. Begin … Read More


By Moira Nelson

I’m in sunny southern California for a few days – for both business and pleasure.  While here, I had the pleasure of spending a lovely afternoon with boob and bra expert, Elisabeth Dale, author of bOObs- a Guide to your Girls and founder of The Breast Life.  We took a lingerie tour of Los Angeles and its environs beginning with the award-winning luxury lingerie boutique, Faire Frou Frou.

Faire Frou Frou is … Read More


An Architectural Seduction

By Marina Rybak

The Little House ~ An Architectural Seduction


This Christmas will be like no other. The first Fifty Shades of Grey pleasure toys with bondage gear leading the pack are being launched just in time for the Holidays. The bestseller phenomenon, written by E L James, turned the world on its head on both side of the Atlantic. More erotic range is to come, the lingerie deal is in works, the make-up, fragrance, … Read More


Lately I have been spending time visiting a friend on the upper west side of Manhattan.  Her apartment is located just around the block from the sophisticated luxury chocolate shop, Jacque Torres.  I always stop in for a latte and to feast my fantasies on the rich selection of artful confections offered there.  I haven’t splurged yet, out of respect for Jenny Craig, but let’s face it, intent and reality often collide;  I am not … Read More


Flashback ~ Flashforward

By Layla L’Obatti

Flashforward Flashback – JCREW channels Jane Fonda is Barefoot in the Park’s sultry look with Masculine Nightshirt

Flashback: Young love personified, Jane Fonda and Robert Redford are NYC newlyweds making the transition to married life. Here she teasingly waves goodbye in Redford’s nightshirt after getting a kiss that she finds less spicy than the ones exchanged pre-nuptials.

Flashforward: Jane’s effortless style translated into a modern Pajama shirt from J-crew.… Read More


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