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This Week’s Intimate Discovery:  A Magical Columbian Brand Casts Its Spell in North America

Every time I shop in Anthropologie, I feel as if I am in an eclectic fairy tale.  This poetic boutique is a wonderland of fashion vignettes meant to satisfy a whimsical and creative lifestyle.  It is no wonder that I was able to discover the  Amulette Lingerie brand woven into this store’s cutting edge assortment.   … Read More


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I have been ensconced in the Lingerie world for more than 25 years and as a curator of this intimate art form, I have often wrestled with the position of pleasure objects in the gallery of a tasteful boutique.  In the Intimate Apparel world, there has always been a delicate dance between elegance and the erotic.  It is a woman’s right to experience her femininity no matter what journey her … Read More


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What makes a horse such an intoxicating animal is the combination of extreme sensitivity, majestic beauty and soft love.  This 1000 pound animal can feel the touch of a tiny insect, hear the sound of an acorn on a barn roof, smell an animal cloaked by trees and see the flicker of a tiny movement in the distance.  To ride a horse with grace, you must partner with his breath … Read More


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What made the Renaissance such a revolution in the History of Art was the emergence of sensuality and form as a metaphor for beauty and life.  I remember the first time I wandered through the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and saw Botticelli’s depiction of the Birth of Venus and thought how the perception of the feminine ideal has morphed through the centuries.     Drenched in a pure white light, this painting … Read More


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This Week’s Intimate Discovery:   Leg Dressing, Leg Art

When I was a  hosiery buyer (in a past life), it was all about pantyhose:  Stockings were a business to accommodate my grandmother’s generation.  Not anymore.   That’s why I was really pleased when, recently, I had a chance to review the StockinGirl line, a quality leg-wear brand so diverse, that the assortment can accommodate any occasion, year round.  But it was … Read More


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This morning it was the tulips and the bay

Clear inside a crisp May day

Today, I feel clean, like spring

Lifted from the gray wash of yesterday

This balance between the air and water and flower

Is so fragile and holds such power

Within one hour the train will move me away

And the city tide will flow in and steal my day

Shortly after I bought the house … Read More


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