This holiday season, Skin Lingerie kicks up the heat with an encore performance of the cotton quilted jersey Sierra Robe. Going strong since its debut in 2020, it is the brand’s number one selling style. I can tell you why. It’s a joy to wear. Just listen to a fan: “it’s fabulous. So delightfully warm, cozy and yet also, very glamourous.” Intentionally oversized, the relaxed shape is proportioned for unisex sizing 0-5 equivalent to … Read More
By ELLEN LEWIS
If we have learned anything in the past few years, its that less can be more, simple pleasures are the best pleasures, the environment matters and that comfort trumps all. To be quite transparent, I have lived by this philosophy my entire life, long before it was a global meme. I have never been into stuff, never understood resistance to change, wasn’t particularly interested in powerplays, and found my solace in nature.… Read More
By ELLEN LEWIS
It’s no secret that society has experienced a cultural shift. Whenever this occurs the pendulum eventually swings back in search of some balance. Certainly, 2020 set a new standard of disruption. In the Intimate Apparel industry, comfort commandeered the platform, escalating a trend already on a trajectory in lingerie. Bralettes, for example, were usurping underwire bra sales before the pandemic. The lockdown turned this evolution into a no-wire revolution. Comfort at all … Read More
By ELLEN LEWIS
It’s strange writing this blog highlighting Skin’s Sienna quilted robe from my desk in Mexico. After all, it is 80 degrees outside and not particularly conducive to wrapping oneself in a warm, cozy comforter meant for frosty winter days. But staring as I am at a wide-open powder blue sky blanketed with billowy white clouds, it is Skin’s easy lounge pieces that float into my lingerie conscience. Here at my home in … Read More
By ELLEN LEWIS
My move back to Mexico was fairly seamless. In fact, my husband and I both commented on the ease of transition between two very different lifestyles. The pros: well for one, no adjustment curve. The con: the sense of adventure seems to have dissipated. After 6 years, the process has become status quo. I miss the edge that comes with anticipation. Don’t get me wrong, every component of this venue (except water … Read More
By ELLEN LEWIS
There are two types of beaches here in Cabo: crazy or calm. Medano, the famed seashore, is stacked with hotels, bars blasting music and hyper activity: jet skis, water taxis, massages, parasailing and hawkers selling Mexican paraphernalia. It boasts a spectacular view of the famed arches. It’s often crowded, noisy and bursting with energy. We go there a lot. It’s only a couple of miles from our home, social and full of … Read More
For any of you who are not horse lovers, it is not easy to explain my passion. It is not about riding the horse. It is all about being with her. The best part of the sport is, in my opinion, about touch and what it does to my essential being. It is a powerful, immensely private emotion that lifts me from daily tedium into another stratosphere. I am in a comfort zone and calm. … Read More
