Lingerie Briefs ~ by Ellen Lewis Lingerie Briefs ~ by Ellen Lewis

BRIEF ALERT! Sugar Cookies

April 14, 2011

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  A delectable New York City boutique shows some Skin™

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/ssug.jpg”][/lightbox]After several futile attempts, I finally had the[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/whiterufflerobeshort1-a.jpg”][/lightbox] pleasure of visiting Sugar Cookies, a sumptuous lingerie boutique located in New York City’s eclectic Chelsea neighborhood.   The store is a visual treat, but, I was particularly intrigued by owner Susanne Alvarado’s enthusiasm for the Skin™ Lingerie … Read More


Capture Charm ~ LOU Lingerie

April 11, 2011

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/3326892925_48fca6dc11.jpg”][/lightbox]I have never had a propensity for birds.  To me, they always provoked images of tiny flying dinosaurs.  I did not understand the great fascination with these flighty creatures until I made the acquaintance of Lily, the beautiful Moluccan cockatoo that resides at my local garden shop.   Lily lives in a large white cage, the delicate wire frame of which manages to enhance her noblesse … Read More


BRIEF ALERT! Bra & Girl

April 7, 2011

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  A Terrific Lingerie Boutique in Massachusetts

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/bg1.jpg”][/lightbox]I was in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on my way to a meeting  and had the opportunity to visit Bra & Girl, a wonderful lingerie boutique opened in 2009 and  owned by April Burch and Dan Alden.  It’s such a pleasure to walk into a store that adheres so well to the basic merchandising … Read More


Revere Water ~ Reebok Swim

April 4, 2011

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”https://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Water-droplet-1.jpg”][/lightbox]The recent Tsunami in Japan has made us all think about the fragility of life, the ability of a seemingly tranquil and universal substance to transform itself into a harbinger of wrath capable of destruction and despair beyond human comprehension.  Nature has managed to remind us of the power of water and its impact on our lives.  For me, the presence of water has informed … Read More


BRIEF ALERT! Blumegirl

April 1, 2011

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  A Fun and Funky Gift Idea for Someone Special

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Untitled-1.jpg”][/lightbox]I could not help my reaction to [lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/pkg2.jpg”][/lightbox]Blumegirl’s personalized patch thong when I recently saw this clever item.  It brought back so many memories of scouring souvenir shops with my children searching for a key chain, license plate or magnet with their name on it.  … Read More


Splendid Beauty ~ Flora Nikrooz

March 28, 2011

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”https://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/132311750_512b850105_z1.jpg”][/lightbox].

There is a moment when the Magnolia blooms

These buds are there all winter

They rest cocooned in a lacey canopy

Stagnant on this tree

Me watching at the bedroom window

Perched above

Waiting for the great escape.

The petals will open this spring

Enormous bowls of silken pink

Curled into the sun

Transforming the tree and me to a place of poetry… Read More


BRIEF ALERT! Louis At Home

March 24, 2011

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  Elegance and Simplicity Enter the Robe Market

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/louis-at-home-detail1.jpg”][/lightbox]A few months ago, I had the pleasure[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/revised-2.jpg”][/lightbox] of meeting Cynthia Varat, the creator and owner of the Louis At Home loungewear brand, launched at retail for spring 2011.  Having spent 10 years of my own career ensconced in the development and production of this core Intimate category, … Read More


1 … 362 363 364 365 366 … 655 Page 364 of 655