Art is everywhere: in photography, paintings, couture and fashion lingerie. Who influences who is a matter of conjecture. Above embroidered image by Amsterdam based artist Hinke Schreuders uses embroidered threads to create a linear pattern stealing some of the portraits intensity. Perhaps designer Junko Shimada had the same intent. Below graphic lines strong as in Adriana Degreas’ bodysuit or delicate pictured here in John Paul Gaultier’s bodice affect the same … Read More
By ALI CUDBY
As a parent, some of my most frustrating moments occurred around statements like these:
“My stomach is achy. I shouldn’t go to school.”
“I didn’t mean to be disrespectful.”
“Oh, I must have misunderstood. I thought you said I could .”
What’s frustrating about these comments is that they’re all open to interpretation. Impossible to confirm one way or the other.
Does my child, in fact, feel … Read More
If you live in New York and commute anywhere, you’ve seen the sign “Watch the Gap” on railways everywhere. Leave it to NYC to change the global underground slogan from its original moniker, born in the UK, “Mind the Gap”. Perhaps it’s just American “speak”. After all, we are often admonished for our alien English, and New Yorkers have a dialect all their own. We should be thankful to our … Read More
Which came first; the petticoat or lingerie anointed with tulle and ruffles? So much of intimate design depends on what has been created to go beneath. Above Masha Markina featured in Love Lost for Fashion Canada photographed by Chris Nichols. (copyrights St. Joesph Media) and below ID Sarrieri Retro Circle Skirt and bodysuit Kurt Geiger heels for Style on the Couch photographed by William Williams.
Hopeless Lingerie & Christies Lingerie… Read More
Black and White photography takes intimate perspective to a whole other level. Void of color, the subject is seen in a landscape of light and shadows. The images project the essence of the product. Above Noe Intimates and below KISSKILL Lingerie are examples. Intimate shots of women in their private moments prove the power of expression wrought by beautiful form.See More in our Pinterest and Instagram pages
Once and awhile you come across a brand that has your back. They identify market niches, justify them across consumer profiles and anoint product categories to position them for fashion relevance. Hanky Panky is a prime example. Ubiquitous proprietors of a very fluid underpinning business they have been on the forefront of seismic shifts in the panty category since their birth 35 years ago. They are acutely tuned into the … Read More
I have been watching a lot of HGTV lately. It’s my newest television obsession besides my occasional Netflix binges. I am completely mesmerized by the way these entrepreneurs take houses with great potential and transform them into intelligent investments. Most of these dwellings have innate character, perhaps visionary at their birth but now in need of a contemporary facelift. It’s fascinating to see how subtle changes can change the entire … Read More