Intrigued by the kitschy British design aesthetic
perpetuated by the fun and flirty UK brand, Playful Promises, I sent my sister, who lives in London, to see their store and report back to me on her findings. Result: she spent a lot of money on lingerie that “she did not need but could not resist”. She said she had “a lot of fun” shopping at Playful Promises and I can understand why. Very geared … Read More
Time has a way of teaching us. In my 20’s my definition of success was to have my picture on the cover of Time Magazine. I wanted recognition and I equated it with fame. The idea of being the center of attention in a room full of strangers was a lustful objective. In my youthful naivety, I did not understand that true fortune was not born from noisy laurels, but rather from instructive council. … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: Savvy Midwest Shop Zeros in on Soft Cup Bras
I had a great discussion with Jessica Gerard, 
owner of Flirt Boutique in St. Paul, Minnesota yesterday. She emailed me to report the surge in her soft cup bra business. She says that every new soft cup bra she receives “comes in and is gone”. Sales of this category have escalated from 4 a month to 4 a week. Flirt is … Read More
It’s over 100 degrees in New York for the third day in a row and I am hunkered down inside my air-conditioned home waiting for this heat stampede to pass. The air is flush with moisture and mass forming a perfect storm of inertia. Yesterday, I slipped out of my artificial cave for a few minutes of escape to my friend Gale’s farm. Sitting by a cool pond under a shady tree and watching a … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: New Brands debut at Curve NY
There will be 314 brands on display at CurveNY , at least 30% 
newcomers to the show, but I am particularly pleased to see a few that truly intrigued me with their product message when I first discovered them in Paris at The Salon De Lingerie. I found The Pink Powder Room (booth 274), a collection of gorgeous Egyptian Cotton Loungerie, while I was … Read More