This week’s Intimate Discovery: Yummie Brings Shapewear Out of The Closet
It is not too often that I can identify a new merchandising 
channel in the Intimate Apparel Industry, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw the pioneering lifestyle initiative recently launched by the innovative fashion solutions brand, Yummie Tummie by Heather Thomson. Simply named Yummie, this emerging brand now available to lingerie stores at Curve NY and Curve NV… Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: Airy Soft Panties With a Featherweight Fit
It is no secret that I am always searching
for great fitting everyday basic panties. Recently, I tried the hi-cut brief (834175) from the B-Smooth Collection by Wacoal and I am hooked. Selling rapidly everywhere, this underwear is destined to be an inventory classic. Tagless and seamless, they literally disappear under clothes, but it is the supple and soothing luxury nylon stretch fabric combined … Read More
They say that indulgence is the original sin. I don’t agree. When I was married, child of the 60’s that I was, I shunned the whole elaborate wedding thing. I thought it “beneath” my bohemian lifestyle. Of course, I was in my 20’s and I was absolutely positive that I was right. I got married in City Hall. I could not rationalize the point of all the material seduction that surrounded the bridal bazaar. I … Read More
This week’s Intimate Discovery: DuMi Shapewear Breaks Out
It was such a thrill for me to learn in the recent
Best of Intima Magazine International Shapewear expose, that DuMi Shapewear was cited as one of the top 5 emerging brands in the United States. This collection holds a particular place in my heart as I worked closely with founder Amber Taylor to launch this fashion sculpting concept to the market in 2008, not a … Read More
I love New York City. It is a microcosm of energy, innovation, and design. It is a cauldron of extreme contrasts: sophisticated, cool, sultry, novel and classic on one stage. Its multinational character propagates an environment of creative diversity. It may be exhausting, but it is always inspirational. The DNA of this city is unique, a balance of established landmarks and new ideas, a platform for growth. It was a fitting location and a prescient … Read More
As a little girl, I imagined myself a ballerina, fully anointed in a tutu and pink ballet slippers. I would be the reincarnation of Tinker Bell, floating on air, whisper light with the charming mystique of this charismatic fantasy, a fairy princess. It was not until I was a teenager when my mom gave me tickets to the Joffrey Ballet dress rehearsals, that I became acquainted with the pulsating power of modern dance and the … Read More
This week’s Intimate Discovery: Seminar at Curve NY for Shapewear Aficionados
There is no doubt that shapewear has emerged as the category
to watch in the Lingerie market. Growing exponentially in concept and construction, it will not be ignored as it evolves into a classification worthy of supporting the infrastructure of an Intimate Apparel business. Intima magazine highlights this phenomenon in their new issue to which I was proud to contribute my perspective in … Read More