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 prevalent to the industry as … Read More
Wishing all our friends and readers in the USA a joyous July 4th weekend!
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Check back soon as Ellen reports from Paris at
Salon International de la Lingerie et du Swimwear Mode City… Read More
Brighten your day with a little fun – Cleo by Panache. The A/W14 season collection mixes florals, geometrics and colour blocking to create a fresh look for winter.
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 bra, the balconette is not … Read More
Lola by Curvy Kate (28-40,D-K) & Marcie by Cleo (28-38, D-J)
Many ions ago, when I worked for a company that sourced product for Victoria Secret, I was introduced to the verisimilitude of the lingerie babydoll. It was one particular style, whose endless sales and reorders blew me away; a simple open front spaghetti strap chiffon design with matching panties whose sexy centerpiece was a very large satin bow begging to be untied. It was … Read More
The Full-Busted Swimwear market has exploded in the past several years, and many companies take different approaches to supporting the girls. Here are just a few of the styles of construction out there for swim.
First of all, a note: I have never understood the tankini. It’s a bathing suit for women who want the sass of a bikini but with a little more coverage. A woman who wants that modest two-piece is likely to … Read More
by Moira Nelson
Alan and Lori Kaplan are very serious about the business of bras. Their boutique, Bra*Tenders, is a quirky and vibrant shop with a Broadway-theme tucked inside The Film Center Building on Ninth Avenue in NYC’s Theater district. This hidden gem is not your typical bra store. There’s no store front. Passersby would never know it was there. Non-theatrical clients (civilians like you and me) are required to make an appointment. And … Read More
