When Barbara Gilbert, owner of Barbara’s New Beginnings and I were having a bite to eat at Curve and recapping what was new and worth seeing at the show, she insisted that I visit the knixwear™ stand. She was enthusiastic about a new Toronto based underwear brand that she had tried and was about to purchase for her store. In fact, she escorted me to the booth where I met … Read More
By John Festa
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now heaven knows, anything goes.
So wrote Cole Porter in 1934. And it seems ever more appropriate when we consider the exposed bra trend.
What once was edgy and daring now seems commonplace and thoughtless. Are exposed bra straps and bra bands simply acceptable now? Does this trend speak to a woman’s owning … Read More
By Margaret Shrum
As fate would have it, I had a bizarre opportunity to work at The Museum of Sex for one day and get a taste of what pleasure it offers its guests. A little background, the Museum of Sex opened over a decade ago in NYC. It’s located on Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, in an area that was once known as “The Tenderloin” where several brothels … Read More
I always stop by the Cass booth at Curve to find out what new shapewear innovation, designer Susan Ledyard has up her sleeve. This time it’s the Lucky Back™ shaping shrug launched this past spring at retail. Besides the proprietary performance fabrics that have come to define the Cass Luxury Shapewear brand, this innovation promises to propel the company into the wellness market adding extra value to a Lingerie … Read More
ADORE ME PLEASURE SET
The Gift Set for More Passionate Nights
Treat the one you adore most to a night of pure passion as you indulge in playful restraint with the silk and suede Sutra Chainlink Cuffs, while the Intima Silk Blindfold intensifies your senses for what is to come. Then take pleasures to new heights with LELO’s iconic Mia™ 2, a stylish lipstick-vibe that promises the most memorable nights … Read More
Submitted by April Burch, Ph.D (aka Dr. Cleavage), Co-Owner of Great Barrington Bra & Girl in Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Bra & Girl began as the “bottle of wine idea”. When I would come home from work as a Research
Scientist bemoaning the challenges of grant funding and publication, my husband would say: “Tell me what you would do if you we’re not in science?”. I would always say “I’d have … Read More
Who is the Hanky Panky Bride? She is gracious, a bit mysterious, loves lace, flowers and animals. She can flirt with humor, dance for hours and draw a line in the sand. Her lingerie is her own seductive secret.
