Lingerie Briefs ~ by Ellen Lewis

My View ~ CurvExpo NY Part 1

COL-CHRISChristine Lingerie

Curve NY was, as always, a 3 day marathon of appointments for me. I missed a few interesting brands and worst of all, lost my notebook containing two full days of notes. Not to worry, resurrection is imminent as I make contact with each company whose input is somewhere in a NYC taxi cab.

Curve is a giant gallery of brands and my preference is to curate trends prevalent to the industry as it moves forward. But, because many companies do not attend this show, no insight will be complete until I can review the Lingerie market in depth and that takes weeks. One point of import: the influence of swimwear on Intimates is clear. I have integrated some of those ideas into the total tale..

I found several stories emerging from the show. I took over 500 images (definitely amateur status) to define these trends. This year, for the sake of your sanity (and mine) I will separate these messages into two parts so stay tuned for more this week. Today, it’s all about color and print. It seemed to me that there were many more print statements but without a doubt, the two major themes were florals; washed and painterly counterpoised with modern architectural graphics. Of course, there is always whimsy. Color  was a range of brights and pales mixed with earthy neutrals, but the prints impressed me, which is hard to do. I have never been a print person. Maybe Mexico has had its influence.

Lou Paris and Gilda & Pearl

Va Bien and Christine Lingerie

Panache and Jane Woolrich

Samantha Chang

Christine Lingerie and Underprotection

Hesper Fox and Christine Lingerie

Hesper Fox and Ginia

Kiyomi Sleepwear and Aubade

Maison Lejaby and Ascenso

Tutti Rouge

Bedhead

Rosa Faia and Empreinte

Feraud Paris

Simone Perele and Empreinte

Chantelle and Lonely

Montelle Intimates and Chantelle

Simone Perele

Simone Perele and Lou Paris

Passionata and Miel

Lou Paris and Mad Mac

Marika Vera

Lonely

Tutti Rouge

Epure

Maison Lejaby and The Little Bra Company

Le Mystere

Montelle Intimates

Simone Perele

Aubade

Aubade and Lise Charmel

 

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