BRIEF ALERTS! Paris

This week’s Intimate Discovery:  Salon De Lingerie and Interfiliere

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/paris-in-january-1.jpg”][/lightbox]I am back from Europe and my semi-annual foray to [lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/dr-Z.jpg”][/lightbox]the Interfiliere fabric show and the Salon De Lingerie.  From Paris, where despite the chilly, wet weather, one still saw the quintessential French signature of elegance and color blooming on the city streets.  I returned here to a snow … Read More


Yin and Yang

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG00139-20110115-1752.jpg”][/lightbox]Bougainvillea and cactus, ocean and desert, fishing skiffs and yachts, hummingbirds and whales, warm people and extraordinary privacy: On the southern tip of Baha California in Mexico, I have discovered a way of living that reflects the perfect balance of a very casual, but classy existence. We are building a home in Cabo San Lucas, a place where escape is possible but a large and … Read More


Shaping the Future

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”https://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/AV001640.jpg”][/lightbox]As an art student, traveling through Italy, I was introduced to the genius of Michelangelo when I first saw the legendary statue of David at the Accademia in Florence.   In those days it was possible to get close to the sculpture, close enough to touch the marble. The vision of this historic icon carved in a hard polished stone brought me to tears, because … Read More


This week’s Intimate Discovery:  Easy Living  Cotton Loungerie[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/20100329_288-PPS-a.jpg”][/lightbox]

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Last week while visiting the new Journelle location, just opened in Soho, I bumped into Senior Buyer, Melissa Silvetti, who, knowing my interest in finding new lingerie product, introduced me to the beautiful, whisper soft  homewear line, Plum Pretty Sugar.  Designed by Charlotte Mills, this lovely, lightweight  collection of breezy printed cotton voile separates, … Read More


Erotic Exposure

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Repro-Two-Callas-about-1925_1.jpg”][/lightbox]When I was 16, I bought an art book, in Paris, considered very risqué at the time for its sensual renditions of the naked female body.  For me, it was visual poetry in motion, a photographic tome of femininity, each black and white vignette a metaphor of nature.  Small details were magnified to evoke an alternative perception of the actual subject.  The curve of a … Read More


BRIEF ALERTS! Hoff by Hoff

This week’s Intimate Discovery: Underpinnings from Denmark[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/102-11+12-hoff-1.jpg”][/lightbox]

One of the reasons I love Claudia Dubuc’s intimate boutique, Marc and Max, located in the West Village in NYC is that it is a treasure trove of interesting design ideas.  Last week I found several terrific pieces of the  Hoff by Hoff brand,  new from Copenhagen.  This is a  modern, sexy collection that thoroughly embodies the … Read More


Reflections

[lightbox color=”#000000″ type=”image” title=”” link=”http://lingeriebriefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/IMG00071-20110102-1421.jpg”][/lightbox]It is January 1, 2011, the birth of a new year.  Birthdays hold so much promise, each one a crossroad from reflection to expectation.   The holidays are over.  We are cleaning up from the aftermath and gearing up now for a much anticipated cycle of growth.  Putting away the fine china I have collected over the years, most of which was bequeathed to me from … Read More


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