Living in Mexico, one gets used to an outside lifestyle. Whole rooms are set up al fresco. Being situated as we are in a desert terrain, it is not uncommon for certain friendly animal inhabitants to appear in our homes: geckos, birds, butterflies. But this past Friday, while having breakfast with my friend Kelley in her mountainside hacienda, we had a major disruption. A fox ran into the living room … Read More
By JEAN CRISS
I recently attended one of my favorite annual conferences with New York’s #Top Docs on May 3, 2016. The Breast Cancer Management Conference – Comprehensive Breast Center Program Update sponsored by New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center | Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. This year’s program update provided the latest in medical research and state-of-the-art breast cancer diagnosis and management, highlighting key advances with a personalized approach … Read More
My first known encounter with Katie Roger’s artwork was at the Curve Lingerie show last February when I stopped by the Bedhead Pajamas booth to see what was new. I am always anxious to learn how Renee Claire (CEO and designer) has transformed a basic, luxury cotton pajama into a conversational icon. Her spring 2016 “Belle of the Ball” collection is a classic example of Renee’s intuitive eye for sophisticated … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
The work to empower women comes in many forms, especially in the world of lingerie. For retailers, manufacturers, and everyone else, your success ultimately boils down to one thing.
You are only as good as your team.
And yet the nature of lingerie is that employees can be transient. Sometimes employees come on board and can’t handle the intimacy of lingerie – particularly in a retail store. … Read More
I was only 20 years old when my sister was married at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, but the litany of details that earmarked the occasion absolutely drove me crazy at the time. The piѐce de resistance was when my mother asked me to pick up the monogrammed dinner mints the day before. Upon opening the box, two of them were smudged and I was commissioned to return to the … Read More
Way back in olden times when I was in high school, the art department put on an annual stage show followed by an exhibition of the students’ work in the gymnasium. One year, an entire wall was filled with fashion illustrations, so charismatic that the audience was stunned. The work was an elegant rendition of the female form, never deviating from the acknowledgement of a woman’s curves. The artist would … Read More
By KIMBERLY BERGER
Empreinte
Election years are notoriously difficult for retail stores. This year’s unusual presidential race has been no exception. Combine this with the fact that most women feel far from their prettiest at the onset of bathing suit season, and swimwear retailers really have their work cut out for them in 2016. Fortunately, the swimwear industry has us covered! Their offerings this year include some gorgeous swimsuits to … Read More