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We just saw on What Katie Did’s blog that Victoria Beckham is wearing a WKD bullet bra in the opening page of a fashion spread in this month’s Harper’s Bazaar. This is the first time the brand has appeared in a Harper’s editorial – congratulations, What Katie Did!
It looks like the bra Victoria is wearing is the same one we featured in our recent article about the “pointy bra” trend – here’s the link if you want to purchase one for yourself.
In the latest (June 2009) issue of W magazine, you may have noticed Ginnifer Goodwin (star of Big Love) in a smoldering lingerie set:
Goodwin is wearing the Voyeur Pinup bra from Kiki de Montparnasse. The bra is from the upcoming Fall 2009 range and is not yet available. However, you can preorder for a limited time! To place your preorder, email info@kikidm.com with the subject “Voyeur Pinup Bra in Black Pre-Order” and be sure to include your contact information and preferred size.
Rick’s Cabaret, the gentlemen’s club management company based in Houstin, Texas, US, will merge two if its industry trade magazines next month. RCI Media Holdings, the media division of the company, is combining “Teeze” and “Adult Store Buyer” into one publication titled “StorErotica Magazine.”
“Teeze” was started in 2004 to cover the intimate apparel and lingerie industry. “Adult Store Buyer” was founded a year later to cover the adults products retail store industry. Rick’s Cabaret acquired the original two publications this spring when it bought publisher ED Publications and created the media division. The merge is being made to reduce production costs and gain a larger circulation by being targeted towards intimate apparel and adult retail stores. Starting with next month’s December issue, the new bimonthly magazine will be mailed free to 12,000+ intimate apparel and adult novelty manufacturers, distributors, and retail stores.
RCI Media Holdings President Don Waitt said of the merger,
“What we have seen recently is that the line between these two industries has blurred. Lingerie boutiques and intimate apparel retail stores are now carrying adult toys and novelties, and traditional adult retail stores are now augmenting their DVD and adult product sales by carrying lingerie and intimate apparel. The reasons for creating this super magazine are, first, that retail store owners realize they can offer their customers a wider range of products, and second that women and couples are much more open today to visiting erotic retail stores to purchase products to enhance their sex lives.
The magazine is more about what happens within the four walls of those retail stores rather than what happens outside. Our editorial focus is almost exclusively on store operators and decision-makers—how to make more money, how to simplify operations, how to stop theft, how to manage inventory and personnel, how to avoid legal problems and how to grow your business.”
New York City’s Waldorf-Astoria will again play host to the 3rd Annual CILA (Contours International Lingerie Awards) Gala on August 4th during Intimate Apparel Market Week. Leading designers, industry insiders, and press will all be in attendance at this elite event as awards are issued in categories such as Best Nightwear, Best D Plus, Best Bridal, Best Maternity, Best Fashion Couture, and more! This year’s celebration will also mark the inaugural granting of awards in Men’s Talent as well as new talent. The Graduating Designer of the Year Award will honor an exceptional up and coming designer that is a graduate of the esteemed intimate apparel program at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology).
Not only will the event promote and recognize achievement in intimate apparel design, but also acknowledge the strides made to promote self-esteem and a positive body image. The Recognition Award for Promoting
Healthy Body Image through the Media will be granted to the dynamic Carson Kressley of Lifetime’s How to Look Good Naked for his tireless efforts to encourage and celebrate women of all shapes and sizes.
Over the next few weeks, TLP will feature a sampling of the brands participating in the Gala as well as provide up to the minute information about the finalists as they are selected. And, of course, all of the post show details will be available for your enjoyment! Stay tuned!
If you are a buyer in the intimate apparel industry and wish to purchase a ticket to attend, please contact Contours Associate Publisher Marjorie Walker at: ContoursMag@verizon.net
Any woman that has nursed her children knows the difficulties all mothers face in finding lingerie that makes them feel good about themselves while at the same time being practical for the women and their babies to use. In other words, the lingerie must be sexy, luxurious and nursing-accessible.
Since 2006, Condessa
Los Angeles, has been filling the gap in this much-needed sector of the lingerie industry. A team who believes that “Breastfeeding is Beautiful”, Condessa provides “the fine breastfeeding lingerie that nursing mothers deserve”. In the short time that the company has created nursing lingerie, it has grown to become a high profile label with features in many magazines, television shows, and distribution throughout the world. Dozens of retail boutiques and online stores offer the brand that includes two collections, the Cassandra and the Veronica.
The Cassandra Nursing Bra with its patent pending design and matching panties is one of the sexiest, stylish, practical and most comfortable nursing bras on the market. In seven rich and alluring colors, Captivating Mocha, Tempting Rose,
Seductive Sunset, Enticing Turquoise, Rapturous Grape, Ravishing Red, and Alluring Black, this wonderful collection includes the front snap nursing bra, bikini panty, briefs, thong, shorts, and minimizer briefs.
Meticulously detailed, the Cassandra line offers bras with pretty pearl closures, three-quarter cups, plenty of lace, eighteen percent spandex, no underwire, and wide, soft satin shoulder straps. The matching panties are cotton lined inside with pretty lace on the outside coupled with a hint of spandex for fit and durability. They are made to fit comfortably during pregnancy and after. And the minimizer briefs are high waisted with reinforced front panel and delicate lace inserts.
In addition to the Cassandra Lace line of garments, there is also a Cassandra Smooth with the same pretty detailing and excellent features absent of lace. The bras are a molded, seamless design in microfiber to give a very smooth appearance.
The Veronica Collection offers a
more daring design with the demi-cup bra, underwire support, and a sleeker fitting panty. It is available in bolder metallic colors that shimmer of motherhood. Intense colors called Shimmering Pearl, Treasured Copper, Precious Chocolate, and Sparkling Silver look lavish and regal. The bra is made of molded, seamless, Shimmering Miliskin microfiber and conveniently unclips at the satin shoulder strap. The matching panties are offered in bikini, brief or minimizer styling.
Bra sizes come in 32C to 40E but the panties are only available in sizes four through ten. This seems quite odd as many women would not be that small and could not benefit from having matched sets. It may be that sizes run large but there is no chart with which to compare. They do have a toll free number and a customer service page so it might be wise to call or email first.
Magazines that have highlighted Condessa include Beauty & Style, Mothering, I’m Pregnant, Canadian Family, Underlines, Celebrity Baby Clothes and Mommies with Style.