The NY Spring 18 Lingerie Market is imminent. We are currently enmeshed in industry trade shows: Mode City, Miami Swim, Curve just to name a few. I go to the shows with great expectations. Are there any creative product ideas with real potential momentum? Usually they emerge from entrepreneurial visionaries: women like Marlies Dekkers. Some years ago, Marlies brought strappy lingerie to the mainstream, by taking a then radical design idea and refining it. … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, my husband flew back to New York for some family business and found a package waiting for me at home. It was two bras from the LOU Lingerie Stripes collection: the spacer (32237) and the unlined moulded cup (42237), both members of the brand essentials. In any case, he decided to bring them here when he returned. I thought he was crazy, particularly because he jokes about the size of … Read More
I’ve been in Cabo now for just one week. Perhaps it’s the familiarity of this place for me after several years, but I have begun to notice innuendos of this environment. Past the vegetation and margarita Sundays exists an elegant idyll. For the last few days a bleached light has permeated the atmosphere. The sky is coated with a canopy of alabaster clouds. The beach is serene; the sand cool to the touch and one … Read More
Thankfully, I am headed back to Cabo in a few weeks. I can use the change. I am feeling a modicum of melancholy today as I face down the realities of aging. Despite the fact that I work diligently to embrace a healthy lifestyle, I am never going to be a spring chicken again. Yet I can’t deny the wisdom of experience. It re-channels goals. Luckily, for me, as my body regroups and my perspective … Read More
It’s the 6th day of Hanukah and Christmas is 2 weeks away. Here I sit in Cabo San Lucas slightly disconnected from the seasonal hoopla that infiltrates our culture in the USA. In Mexico, the holidays are apparent, but much lower key. There are festivities planned at schools and one can see some decorations gracing major town squares; but frankly, the celebration is reserved. It takes place in churches and at home. Mostly, I … Read More
Walking through the Curve show last month, I did a double take when I passed the Barbara booth. The Anna blue and white printed bra and panty set displayed front and center for fall 2015 was a showstopper. I have always perceived this brand’s niche as stretch lace. However with the onset of their new fashion assortment for spring 2015, it is clear that something has changed at Barbara. Not generally attracted to printed … Read More
When I was in college, my British born boyfriend introduced me to Bassett’s Licorice Allsorts. Every time I see this confectionery mixture I have a Proustian moment. It forever brings me back to those halcyon days when I was captivated by him and the possibility of changing the world. It was the late 1960’s. We were fresh, earnest and very serious about our futures; we had no idea how joyous our lives really were. It … Read More
