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The Best of Hosiery for Fall at Bare Necessities!

October 5, 2009 by Krista

We’ve posted in the past about the leading role that hosiery is taking in the intimate apparel world. No longer is hosiery just pantyhose! Today, hosiery can cover the gamut from colorful to muted or from textured to smooth. Regardless, hosiery is one of the new ways to add flair to a fashionable wardrobe both outside and inside the bedroom.

Bare Necessities has done a great job compiling their Top 10 Hosiery picks featuring the best of the best from sheer and smoothing to opaque and shaping styles. Featuring brands like Hue, Wolford, SPANX, DKNY, and more, there is something for everyone this fall. Reflecting the trends on the runway, many tights and leggings this season have an 80s feel with prints, patterns, and colors reminiscent of that era. In a more classic vein, textures and patterns take center stage featuring chevrons, herringbones, plaids, and argyles (one of my favorites!). See below for a sampling of styles available this fall and know that there are plenty more where those came from!

Fortunately for all of us (and all of our budgets), Bare Necessities is an equal opportunity provider of trends at all price points. And, of course, you can’t be the free shipping with orders over $100! With over 250 styles to choose from, you are bound to find something perfect for you. New styles are added frequently and others are frequently on sale, so check back often.

Speaking of new styles, those of you who love Ed Hardy & Christian Audigier will be happy to know that an assortment of hosiery from both brands will be hitting the site very soon along with my personal favorite. I’m overjoyed that none other than Commando has launched into the hosiery world with laser cut waistband, opaque tights! The same innovative elements of Commando underwear is now featured in a variety of tights! Currently, Bare Necessities is selling the Matte Opaque Tights. Not only can you choose from black or brown tights, but also choose from a solid or paisley print waistband.

Happy shopping!

Summer Unmentionables 2009 courtesy of Donna Karan and DKNY

June 22, 2009 by Mandolina

We haven’t had Donna Karan Intimates or DKNY Intimates on TLP as much as we should have in the past, but we hope to change that with this great new summer collections…

Donna Karan Intimates

It’s the time to invest in intimate foundations; every woman needs a modern support system. Pamper yourself with classic underpinnings that flatter your figure. The Donna Karan Core Assortment Collection offers unsurpassed fabrics and unprecedented innovations. This collection includes featherweight t-shirt bras for casual moments, unlined bras for ultimate comfort and hipsters that gently lift and cradle. For ultimate functionality, the satin multi-way bra will transform for any off-the-shoulder or t-back ensemble. These pieces sculpt with style and sophistication. Go classic in sexy black or soft and flirtatious in the tastiest of taupes.

DKNY Intimates

The DKNY Intimates collection is full of electric beauty paired with chic practicality! With sweltering afternoons on the horizon it’s time to revamp the items that lie closest to the skin. The season’s hottest trends in lingerie are represented throughout the collection with flirtatious demi bras, trendy menswear inspired pieces and amazing floral details. DKNY offers a deluxe one-stop shop for summer’s best intimates.

As the weather warms, bare some skin in luxuriously flirty lingerie. Give in to trend with the allure of sexy sheer lace and classic plaid touches. You’ll look and feel your best in underpinnings masterfully designed for comfort and shape. Show off your straps with The Kinetic Sexy Bra. The Flirty Short offers a fresh take on underwear, with just the right amount of coverage accentuates your assets in all of the right places.

Consumers Turning to Hosiery in Tough Economic Times

November 25, 2008 by Krista

With the markets down and no sign of a rebounding economy on the horizon, people all around the world are tightening their belts and scrutinizing their budgets. Smaller amounts of disposable income means that most industries are seeing drops in profits. However, hosiery is one of the few seeing increases and experiencing the lipstick effect, or the “Lipstick Index.” This term developed out of an economic trend, during down economic times, that showed as profits for other products decreased, lipstick sales increased. Why? The idea is that when there is less money to spend on yourself, you tend to splurge on those small, relatively inexpensive luxuries, like lipstick, rather than more extravagant wardrobe purchases.

In this past year, hosiery has exhibited this trend. According to sources cited in the Wall Street Journal, U.S. women’s hosiery sales have risen 2.3% over the past year. Dan Sackrowitz, vice president of business development for one of TLP’s favorite online retailers, Bare Necessities, says that customers have been purchasing opaque or patterned tights as a way to update their current wardrobes. He further remarks to the WSJ that sales of hosiery increased 60% in September and 70% in October. Wow! (See here for the full article.)

Want to know more? Check out Rene’s series of informative posts on popular hosiery brands.

Want to know what I have my eye on? See below for my favorite hosiery picks (available at Bare Necessities). And with $5 shipping every day, you can afford to stay in and avoid venturing out into the cold to buy them! 🙂

Maidenform teams up with DKNY

May 15, 2008 by Kelly

Maidenform Brands, an affordable line of lingerie basics, has committed to an agreement with Donna Karan International to design, source, and market lingerie under DKNY and Donna Karan brands. The agreement has given Maidenform the rights to create a full collection of DKNY and Donna Karan inimate apparel, and this collection will be distributed worldwide in high-end department stores and specialty boutiques beginning in 2009. The Chief Executive Officer of Maidenform, Thomas J. Ward, said of the agreement,

“This relationship allows us to penetrate new channels of distribution and provides us with another method to drive additional sales growth in the future.”

The new DKNY apparel joins the other brands of the 85-year-old company, like Flexees, Lilyette, Sweet Nothings, Rendezvous, Bodymates, and Self Expresssions.

Nichole de Carle lingerie new at Silk Storm!

December 17, 2007 by Mandolina

Nichole de Carle is not a newcomer to the lingerie world, but she sure is new on TLP. After working with and for various labels (such as Alexander McQueen, DKNY and Pleasure State) since 2001, she’s been doing her own pieces since 2006 and is quickly making a name for her label in the scene. Nichole’s designs (and I’m quoting her website here): “are inspired by feminine strength as well as classical literature and architecture, and Nichole de Carle’s award winning first collection ‘DaVinci’ emphasises luxurious sensuality, with garments made from the finest silks from all over the world.”

The reason why we’re featuring the label now is because of TLP favorite Silk Storm stocking the brand from now on! They currently have an excellent basque and a bustier (with matching panties) on their website — but who knows, more may follow!

Check out the Silk Storm website AND the official Nichole de Carle site — both are very much worth a look! 🙂