Archive for the 'Lingerie' Category



Luxury Lingerie Store Journelle Opens its 3rd location in NYC

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Journelle, a Luxury lingerie seller which makes available products to the contemporary woman, brought their know-how and extensive selection of lingerie to New York’s well-heeled Upper East Side when it opened its fourth store last November 26, 2011. It is located at 1266 Third Avenue. The 1,200-square-foot store is the third Journelle outlet in the [...]



Fashion Influence - TV, Film and Music

Friday, December 9th, 2011

Television and film have played a significant role in setting fashion trends. Programmes like Doctor Who, Sex and the City, the X-Files and Miami Vice have embraced celebrity fashions. The characters in Sex and the City are often wearing sexy lingerie in scenes.
In the case of Star Trek, a sub cultural look was incorporated into [...]



High End Fashion

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter, Stella, has made a name for herself in the fashion industry. Stella is to show her latest collection in 2012 at the London Fashion Week. There is one notable dress designed by her, named the ‘Octavia’ dress. It costs £885.00 and is therefore within the reaches of actresses such as Kate [...]



Colourful Blue Fashion

Monday, December 5th, 2011

“Run of the mill”, “tiresome”, “conservative”, “wearisome” – Where can these characteristics of the colour blue for women’s fashion garments come from?
Some women claim that the colour blue does nothing for them, but there are numerous shades of blue to match all skin tones.  Admittedly, one particular skin tone is more difficult to match and [...]



Cycling city to become forefront in fashion trends

Monday, November 1st, 2010

The City of York is known as a cycling city, if not the science city. However, a group of local fashion designers and retailers are exerting efforts to make this thriving city a fashion capital as well.
The Fashion City York is a brainchild of a group of fashion retailers, beauty salons and the City of [...]



Pop queen Madonna to debut new fashion line

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

It can now be confirmed. Multiple Grammy-winning artist Madonna will be debuting her fashion line for Macy’s. The line is called Material Girl and it will hit the stores this August.
Iconix Group, the company that Madonna had formed a partnership in this undertaking, stated that Material Girl will have fast-fashion junior collection that will become [...]



Paris court shuts down fashion house Christian Lacroix

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

A Paris bankruptcy court approved massive cutbacks for once-flourishing fashion house Christian Lacroix, which currently lost nearly all of its employees, with all of its shops headed for closure.
The company will now stop producing ready to wear lines after potential buyers of the company decided to pass on to the opportunity thus going beyond the [...]



The Lingerie Buying Guide for Men

Friday, February 20th, 2009

There are important ‘firsts’ a man will take in his life: first bike, first car, first date, and probably the most daunting of all…the first time he buys lingerie for his wife/partner/girlfriend.
Lingerie can be a perfect romantic gift for the woman in your life and is always well-received, but make sure you get it right! [...]