Christine Lingerie
Curve NY was, as always, a 3 day marathon of appointments for me. I missed a few interesting brands and worst of all, lost my notebook containing two full days of notes. Not to worry, resurrection is imminent as I make contact with each company whose input is somewhere in a NYC taxi cab.
Curve is a giant gallery of brands and my preference is to curate trends … Read More
By John Festa
Huit & La Perla
I love balconette bras. There is no other bra style that can compare with its classic sexiness and shape enhancement. The literal translation of the word balconette is little balcony. Performers regularly joke about the theater’s balcony being the cheap seats, though there is nothing cheap about this extraordinary bra style.
Lou Paris & Chantelle
Occasionally referred to as a shelf … Read More
When my 31 year old daughter was a teenager, she sneaked down to the East Village with her best friend to get a tattoo inscribed on her back. I, born of the age when body ink was an indulgence of the not so nice girls, remained cool, but was admittedly a bit taken aback. It was not until my young design team did a shirt pull-up in my office to … Read More
Lou Paris ‘Feeling Good Collection’ ~ Kate
Sleek, elegant and refined for everyday wear. A modern functional range… Soft, smooth and feminine.
Bras in full cup, 3/4 spacer underwire, push up and sheer molded full cup ~ Bottoms come in brief, bikini, shorty and thong… all offer total comfort in a collection that embodies all of Lou’s know-how.
When it comes to the sport of football, I am pretty much less interested in the competition than the strategic fanfare that seems to drive the game. It is hard to ignore the Super Bowl hype that takes the media hostage in the USA every January. We turned on the television Sunday Night, mainly out of habit, to watch the Ravens trounce the 49ers in the first half. I, for … Read More
The slight shift in the weather this week had me thinking. I used to go to France every September to shop the stores and attend the fabric shows. Mandatory on my agenda was a trip to the Marché Aux Puces, the celebratory Paris flea market, where inspiration can jump out from the rambling assemblage of eccentric, elegant and engaging shops. This shopping mecca is a crossroads of art, steeped in … Read More
