Hanky Panky Joins Forces With Hello Kitty
Finding the just-about-to-be-
launched Hello Kitty Collection at the Hanky Panky showrooms last month was like traveling back in time. I have some major memories of perusing the Hello Kitty Boutique while shopping at the Tokyo Department eons ago when I was traveling for Macy’s. My girls were young and any item with which I returned that engendered the iconic motif was welcomed … Read More
It’s early Sunday morning and I am watching a flock of sixteen wild turkeys grandstanding in my yard. Eight toms and eight hens are engaged in a ritual dance of some sort: the boys are strutting their stuff and the girls are prancing around in a flirting match. Tails are spread wide, plumage erect as a symphony of courting cries announce each male’s presence. The female plays a subtler role, … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: A New West Coast Panty Company Creates Undie Art
Private Arts is a LA based panty 
company that caught my eye at the recent CurveNY show. I am intrigued because their DNA is right up my alley. Founded by three artists, every design is hand drawn and then transformed into a print using the modern technical expertise available on Photoshop. Combinations of original illustrations, photography and … Read More
You must know by now that I am deep in the 
process of packing in preparing to move. Searching through my intimate drawers the other day in hope of paring down a bit, I uncovered my Retro Chic bra from Wacoal, which I first wrote about when it launched in the marketplace. As you might imagine, I have a lot of bras and sometimes they get buried away. I forgot … Read More
It’s 6 PM on Sunday evening and I just finished two marathon days of selling off 40 years of household paraphernalia. It was quite intense! We found ourselves in a frenzy, giving things away for far less than their worth and refusing to let go of items at realistic prices because they anchor our memories. Such was the story of my antique hand drawn map of the British Isles … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: An Established Product Solves An Unexpected Problem
NuBra is not exactly a new discovery. However, I had a major revelation about this item which I always thought was an enhancement product designated
for the less endowed woman. In fact, the first time I saw an uber thin model parading around in it, I was sure this concept was designated for a niche customer. But when Shirley, … Read More
My daughter Kate’s choice of majoring in Fine Arts at Vassar College has initiated many questions about the necessity of developing “real life skills” during a child’s formative years. It’s hard to make a living from Art. But education is much more than meets the eye and her course of study definitely created a provocative thought process. Maybe it was her exposure to my world as she grew up, but … Read More