I’ve been mulling over this Sports bra story for several months now. This niche is expanding in the marketplace as companies introduce multiple options every season. But, I believe that unlike the shapewear craze that saturated the lingerie landscape several years ago and then slowly dissipated, this business will continue to evolve in brand inventories. Here’s why. The market explosion in this category speaks volumes about the American lifestyle. The evolution of the wardrobe from … Read More
Derek Rose & Christine Lingerie
As usual, following the Paris Salon de la Lingerie and Interfiliѐre show, I attended all three days of the Curve NY Lingerie Expo. As the market is for me, the center of my focus, I spent a great deal of time foraging through different brand offerings to confirm and learn what my merchandising instincts have already told me is on the horizon for Fall 2016. The trends are obvious, many … Read More
I have been reading a great deal lately about generational profiles. Right now, the conversation is all about the Millennials; born and raised in a hi-tech culture, unfamiliar with the social shifts that formed their elders and not yet privy to the changes that will shape the future of their own descendants. For me, a baby boomer, growing up in the 60’s and beginning a career in the 70’s, fashion rules were different, a strange … Read More
If you are reading this, then I have arrived at my home in Cabo San Lucas. I hope you will all forgive me for my lack of new product reveal today; but having been en route all day Monday, beginning with a 4 AM wakeup call, plus the added diversions last week of travel preparation, unforeseen babysitting duty and the unexpected crash of the Lingerie Briefs website, focus on writing was a challenge. Although I … Read More
Another Day At Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas
I guess it’s no secret that I have been in Cabo San Lucas for the past 3 months, living and working in the home we built here several years ago, when we thought retirement was on the horizon. Oh well, best laid plans. . . The next few days will be a big transition as I head back East to prepare for the markets both in … Read More
Even though I have been in Cabo for 12 days, it takes some time to debrief. Living in this Mexican haven is very different than traveling on the tourist track. I spent last week running around organizing my life and chasing a 14 month old. This week I got smart, hired a nanny and decided the beach needed my attention. Sitting in my garden is a daily requirement. This lifestyle reminds me why I wanted … Read More
The Norman Diegos Gardens in Cabo
Greetings from Cabo San Lucas where I came to get some much needed reprieve and some serious work done, both in my house and in my head. Lucky for me I was still in a New York frame of mind the first week so I could accomplish something productive before I floated into Mexican mañana land. I do not know exactly what it is in the air here, but … Read More