Lucile Luxury Lingerie Launches in Manchester

Situated on Police Street in the heart of Manchester’s designer boutiques, Lucile is home to some of the most desirable and exclusive lingerie brands available such as Damaris, Mimi Holliday, Madam V and Aubade.
Inspired by the original Parisian couture house, Lucile founded by her great-great grandmother, the infamous Lady Duff Gordon (who introduced the first [...]

Free Lap Dance with Lingerie Purchase

People are buying less this lately – which means retailers have all been trying all sorts of things to entice customers to come to their shops. One of the more interesting marketing ploys has been going on at Bordello Lingerie and Boudoir Boutique in London. Michele Scarr, owner and operator of the shop, thinks of [...]

Formaldehyde in VS bras?

Victoria’s Secret has been in some hot water lately. Some women have recently complained of rashes, hives, and permanent scarring from wearing their new Victoria’s Secret bras. Attorneys are considering filing a class action lawsuit against the company. Roberta Ritter, one of the women who claim to be experiencing these symptoms, said, “I had the [...]

La Perla Trims Workforce

Despite the new advertising and advocacy achieved by La Perla’s relationship with Gossip Girls, La Perla appears to be suffering from the global economic downturn.

As reported by WWD (and syndicated throughout the web), La Perla is laying off 365 people at their Bologna headquarters.

JH Partners took controlling interest in the company earlier this year.

Can Lingerie Change Western Attitudes about the Arab World?

The most outrageous and exuberant lingerie in the world comes from a place you’d probably never expect: Syria. Adorned with everything from faux fur, artificial flowers, and feathered birds to plastic toy cell phones, these intimates flash lights, play music, even vibrate. Well known across the Middle East—in Syria the lingerie forms an important part [...]

Helena Christensen Models for Agent Provocateur

In June, TLP reported that Alice Dellal would be the new face of Agent Provocateur. In addition to Dellal, Agent Provocateur is featuring Helena Christensen. Helena has a long career in fashion and not just as a model. She is also a photographer, clothes designer, boutique owner, and magazine founder.
 
Amazingly, Helena [...]

Skin-Moisturizing Underwear Is Being Test-Marketed

A new line of skin-moisturizing underwear is currently being test-marketed. The still-unnamed product uses a hi-tech ingredient, DermalRx HydroSeal from Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS), incorporated into fabric. According to ADNAS, DermalRx HydroSeal is a complex of a yeast ferment, soy proteins, and soy peptides. The combination of the fabric and the moisturizing ingredient is intended [...]

The Lingerie Football League

It isn’t often we have articles on TLP that cater to sports fans! You may have heard of the Lingerie Bowl: a pay-per-view halftime show for the Super Bowl featuring scantily clad women playing their own football game. But now that halftime show has grown into the 10-team Lingerie Football League! These franchise teams will [...]

Playful Promises Stock Stolen – Can You Help?

Playful Promises designer Emma is devastated after a very large portion of their stock was stolen from a warehouse — and they’re hoping to track it down with the help of the industry. Here’s the message she sent out:
Hi all,
We have had a break in at our storage at 219 Bow Rd in London [...]

Ruby Rouge Calls it Quits

This year TLP told you about Burlesque designer Ruby Rouge. It now appears Ruby has decided to end her efforts.
Ruby Rouge is no longer in existence! (well she is, she just made a very tough and heart felt decision to let go of four years of hard work and move on to other [...]

SOL Lingerie on NBC’s Today Show

Cindy Johnson is the co-owner of SOL (Store of Lingerie in Denver, Colorado). Recently, she stepped back in the national spotlight with two appearances on NBC’s Today Show. “With over 20 years of experience fitting bras, Cindy’s passion and love of the product has helped propel Denver’s SOL to be one of the top [...]

Got two minutes? Help a Lingerie Project on IdeaBlob!

We got an e-mail from former publisher and editor-in-chief of Intimate Apparel Business magazine Sarah Daniels. Lingerie-lover Sarah asked us for a little favor, and we’re happy to help. Here’s what she sent us:
I’m starting a new website that will essentially be the “Consumer Reports” of intimate apparel, InnerBeautyOnline.com. In order to help us fund [...]

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