Lingerie Briefs ~ by Ellen Lewis Lingerie Briefs ~ by Ellen Lewis

Art and Culture

BRIEF ALERTS! Paris

January 27, 2011

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  Salon De Lingerie and Interfiliere

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris-in-january-1.jpg”][/lightbox]I am back from Europe and my semi-annual foray to [lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dr-Z.jpg”][/lightbox]the Interfiliere fabric show and the Salon De Lingerie.  From Paris, where despite the chilly, wet weather, one still saw the quintessential French signature of elegance and color blooming on the city streets.  I returned here to a snow … Read More


Shaping the Future

January 17, 2011

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”https://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/AV001640.jpg”][/lightbox]As an art student, traveling through Italy, I was introduced to the genius of Michelangelo when I first saw the legendary statue of David at the Accademia in Florence.   In those days it was possible to get close to the sculpture, close enough to touch the marble. The vision of this historic icon carved in a hard polished stone brought me to tears, because … Read More


Leg Music

December 13, 2010

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Bee-Lis_Sym7.gif”][/lightbox]Last week I accompanied my 13 year old nephew to a concert at Carnegie Hall in which his cousin was performing an oboe solo with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.   I enjoy music, but I am not a connoisseur.  In fact, I have been accused of being tone deaf.   Music has never been an art form that has generated a visceral reaction from me.  I … Read More


BRIEF ALERTS! Burlesque

December 9, 2010

This weeks Intimate Discovery:  Sensational Lingerie as showcased in the movie Burlesque


[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Burlesque-New-Poster1.jpg”][/lightbox]Being a closet Cher fan and drawn by the idea of a musical[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/original-Burlesque-movie-costumes.jpg”][/lightbox] extravaganza cloaked in jaw dropping lingerie, I went to see the movie Burlesque this past week end.  If you want to see a phenomenal Christina Aguleria concert replete with spectacular dance numbers and point … Read More


The Gift

November 29, 2010

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/redroses-one-white.jpg”][/lightbox]It’s November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving, the start of the holiday season and my 30th wedding anniversary.  It’s a big gift giving time of year, but somehow, the whole process has become a chore.  Time has erased the need to own “things”.  Experience has taught me that a true gift is a rare luxury; a combination of thought, pleasure and emotion.  … Read More


Test of Time

November 22, 2010

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Happy-Thanksgiving3.gif”][/lightbox]It is Thanksgiving this week in the United States.  We will celebrate a tradition that commemorates the spirit of survival and congeniality demonstrated by the Pilgrims and the Native Americans at the first Thanksgiving.  The pilgrims  had an invincible work ethic and their perseverance helped to perpetuate the first immigrant settlements in our country.  This holiday is a celebration of family and the appreciation for … Read More


Queen Bee

November 15, 2010

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”https://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/honey-bee.jpg”][/lightbox]The Queen Bee is a marvel of nature.  Flying 600 feet into the air she performs a marriage dance that initiates the fertilization process of the entire hive.  Dedicating her whole life to the birth of her colony, she singularly produces thousands of honeybees, who in turn, devote their lives to sustaining ours.  The hive is a sacred monastery, where mostly females reside with … Read More


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