By Cristina Casciano-King
Philippe Matignon introduces its Fall 2012 Collection…with Bra La Mode
My favorite buy of the season for PeekBrooklyn.com is always for Fall. I get so excited sitting with all the different vendors at the various shows..whether its Curve NY, Mode City Salon International in Paris or just meeting one on one with the vendors. Philippe Matignon collections shine year after year…always hitting the style high notes.
Their Fall Collection is no disappointment. … Read More
by Cristina Casciano-King
Tights, Hose, Stockings. People often interchange these words carelessly, or simply call everything and anything that falls in the legwear category “Stockings,” when in reality these are all different things. Before I knew any better I was one of them…
Then while discussing my “stocking” collection to the owner of a well known vintage lingerie store in Manhattan, I was corrected and … Read More
This Week’s Intimate Discovery: Leg Dressing, Leg Art
When I was a hosiery buyer (in a past life), it was all about pantyhose: Stockings were a business to accommodate my grandmother’s generation. Not anymore. That’s why I was really pleased when, recently, I had a chance to review the StockinGirl line, a quality leg-wear brand so diverse, that the assortment can accommodate any occasion, year round. But it was the trendy variations that this … Read More
Last week I accompanied my 13 year old nephew to a concert at Carnegie Hall in which his cousin was performing an oboe solo with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. I enjoy music, but I am not a connoisseur. In fact, I have been accused of being tone deaf. Music has never been an art form that has generated a visceral reaction from me. I am a devotee of silence and the visual, which for … Read More
I have had a long and diverse career, but I have to say that the best job I ever had, because it was just so much fun, was when I was the Hosiery and Bodywear buyer for Macy’s New York . It was before Macy’s was Federated, when it was a regional department store chain in which each branch had its own focus but was still part of a larger identity that defined the company … Read More
