By Marina Rybak

The Holiday season is upon us and the countdown to the Downtown Abbey’s third season premier has begun. The beloved British import returns to PBS on January 6th, rekindling our national obsession with the elaborate costume spectacle and the tea-loving cast of characters. In the meantime the pastime of the Afternoon Tea moves high up on my agenda during this festive stretch.

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Lingerie is for me, a two sided love affair. It is art and function, not necessarily combined. I could attribute my passion for this product to my obsession with visual beauty and my need for structure, order and productivity to define my daily existence. A mentor of mine once said that a perfect merchant was a combination of Picasso and Einstein. That’s a tall order. To find an item that … 



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