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Mapalé Intros 2020 Vol. II Lingerie Collection

Mapalé has just published its 2020 Vol. II Lingerie Collection catalog, due to be sent out at the end of March, featuring a wide array of styles. » I want to read more and receive info from Mapalé

Obsessive Arrives At Its First U.S. Trade Show

Lingerie images from the Obsessive website.

Obsessive, a 14-year-old sexy Polish lingerie brand, is expanding across North America with an aggressive plan that includes three distribution arrangements and a first trade show appearance (organized by Valens Lingerie) at the upcoming New International Lingerie Show in Las Vegas, March 16 through 18, 2020, at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas. BODY associate publisher Ted Vayos interviewed the company’s European regional sales director, Karol Macherzyński. » I want to read more and receive info from Obsessive

Huit: Positive Retailer Reaction To Collection

The relaunch of the famous Huit lingerie brand has been going well. Souad Sinia, the label’s new French born owner, has been “very pleased with the retailer reaction to the collection.” » I want to read more and receive info from Huit

Monique Morin: “360 Degree Flawless” Styles

Monique Morin, an experienced lingerie designer, has created an eponymous collection that differentiates itself in several ways. » I want to read more and receive info from Monique Morin

Corin Adds Wireless Bra To Virginia Collection

Corin, a leading Polish producer, has introduced a new wire-free version to its popular “Virginia” line of bras. » I want to read more and receive info from Corin

Playboy Acknowledges Yandy.com Acquisition

Playboy Enterprises, which today announced “a corporate repositioning to establish its parent company as PEI Holdings,” confirmed that PEI had recently acquired Phoenix-based Yandy.com, the online intimates and sexy costume retailer. » I want to read more and receive info from PEI Holdings

Clint McKinlay Is New Ruby Ribbon CEO

Clint McKinlay recently took over as CEO at Ruby Ribbon, replacing Anna Zornosa, who was also the company’s founder. » I want to read more and receive info from Ruby Ribbon

Adore Me Intros New Joyja Period Panties

Adore Me has just introduced Joyja period panties, which it describes as “an inclusive and affordable brand of period panties working to improve the access of period products for menstruating people in the U.S. living below the poverty line.” » I want to read more and receive info from Adore Me

Youmita: Emphasis On Quality, Sharp Pricing

With the current market focus on finding great value and sharp pricing, Youmita Lingerie has been wining new customers in the U.S. and Canada. » I want to read more and receive info from Youmita

Axami Expanding Sales Across U.S. And Canada

Axami, a Poland-headquartered producer of lingerie for almost two decades, has recently been expanding its business in the U.S. and Canada. BODY associate publisher Ted Vayos interviewed Leader Sales Manager Urszula Kanoza about the brand and its strategy. » I want to read more and receive info from Axami

Caprice, Panamanian Brand, Seeks U.S. Sales

Caprice, a lingerie maker which claims to be the market leader in Panama, was at the recent Curve show in New York, looking to begin distribution in North America. » I want to read more and receive info from Caprice

Hooked On Sustainability With Eyes To The Future

Sustainability is the most important new consideration in the production of apparel, and Texco, a leading global manufacturer of hook and eye tape, has taken a lead role. » I want to read more and receive info from Texco

Naked Sells Naked Brand, Exits Heidi Klum

Naked Brand Group has taken dramatic steps to raise cash and reduce expenses in recent weeks, including the surprising sale of the Naked brand name itself. » I want to read more and receive info from Naked Brand Group

ABG Helping To Shape The Frederick’s Image

Frederick’s of Hollywood is debuting its spring 2020 lingerie collection on Tuesday with a series of striking photos produced and released in a publicity campaign by the brand owner, Authentic Brand Group (ABG). » I want to read more and receive info from Frederick’s of Hollywood

Re-Launched Huit Set To Start Shipping March

Last year Souad Sinai, the French born owner of the Absolutely Lingerie distributorship, acquired Huit, the famous lingerie label, vowing to restore it to its former prominence. » I want to read more and receive info from Huit

Dreamgirl Intros 2020 Lingerie Collection

Designs from the 2020 Dreamgirl catalog.

Dreamgirl’s recently published 2020 Collection Catalog runs over 200 pages and contains new as well as the company’s “most loved styles across all of our product categories, and offering an array of colors for a full year of newness for our customers websites and selling floor,” according to a spokesperson. » I want to read more and receive info from Dreamgirl

Axami Launches New Malaga Loca Collection

Axami has launched a new intimates collection, Malaga Loca, “a fresh and airy group for spring,” according to a company spokesperson. » I want to read more and receive info from Axami

Crisscross Adds Private Label Production Service

Crisscross Intimates has enhanced and expanded its luxe post-surgical and active intimate apparel line to offer “private label to healthcare organizations and e-retailers and introduces new 2020 designs,” according to Jean Criss, designer and founder. » I want to read more and receive info from Crisscross

Obsessive: Aggressive Launch Across N.A.

Obsessive, a well established sexy Polish lingerie collection, has just formed three distribution arrangements in North America as part of an aggressive expansion plan. » I want to read more and receive info from Obsessive

Entos Lingerie: Mexican Label Comes To Curve

Entos Lingerie, a new Mexican lingerie brand, is coming to Curve New York, its first international show after exhibiting previously at Mexico Bridal Fashion. » I want to read more and receive info from Entos Lingerie

Canadian Mary Young Coming To NY Curve

Mary Young, an eponymous collection launched in 2014, will be exhibiting at Curve in February, after having previously “shown at Capsule in NYC.” » I want to read more and receive info from Mary Young

Jo Rossell: New UK Label Coming To Curve

Jo Rossell is a U.K. brand, launched in 2016, that will be exhibiting at Curve in February, its first U.S. trade show. » I want to read more and receive info from Jo Rossell

Dora Larsen: London-Based Brand To Curve

Dora Larsen, a London-based brand that has already achieved significant distribution in North America, plans to exhibit for the first time at Curve New York this February. » I want to read more and receive info from Dora Larsen

Ame Nue: Australian Brand Coming To Curve

Ame Nue Intimates is an Australian label, established in 2018 by Mira Vukovic and Pollyanna McNutt, designers with over 40 years experience between them. The collection will exhibit at its first U.S. trade show, Curve, in New York this February. » I want to read more and receive info from Ame Nue Intimates

K+1%: Period-Proof Lingerie From Japan

K+1% is a new period panty that emphasizes creative silhouettes and fashion colors. Launched in Japan in 2018, the brand is planning to exhibit at its first international trade shows this winter: Salon de la Lingerie in Paris and Curve in New York. » I want to read more and receive info from K+1%

Kilo Brava: New Label, Experienced Designer

Kilo Brava is a recently launched label from experienced lingerie designer Kristen Bear that will exhibit for the first time at the Curve shows in New York and Manhattan Beach, California in February. » I want to read more and receive info from Kilo Brava

Demanding Celebrity Stylists Seek Out NuBra

Well over 30 million NuBra adhesive bras have been sold since the company patented its first styles and began selling them in 2002. And from the earliest days, the company also began to field requests from a wide range of stylists seeking one version or another to dress their celebrity clients, according to the company. » I want to read more and receive info from NuBra

Naked Sales Fall 26%, Losses Hit $18.8 Million

Naked Brand Group Limited sales plunged to 42,094,000 New Zealand dollars ($27.6 million) in the first six months of 2019, down 26% from 56,750,000 New Zealand dollars ($37.2 million) in the same six months in 2018. » I want to read more and receive info from Naked Brand Group

Gilly Hicks Intimates: ‘Double-Digit Growth’

Gilly Hicks, the intimates brand from Abercrombie & Fitch, continues to “see meaningful double-digit comp growth with our targeting customer signing well for intimates and lounge offerings. We believe in and are devoting resources to this important growth vehicle,” according to Fran Horowitz, CEO of the parent company. » I want to read more and receive info from Gilly Hicks

Omnia: New Wholesale Resource For Intimates

Omnia Intimates is a new intimate apparel producer from a team of founders with decades of experience in the field. » I want to read more and receive info from Omnia Intimates

Parfait’s AW 2020: New Styles, New Colors

Parfait’s AW 2020 focuses on “both beauty and comfort, with the use of intricate laces, stretch satins and soft modals,” according to a company spokesman. » I want to read more and receive info from Parfait

Now Popular At Valens: Corin’s ‘Sienna’ Line

Tatyana Ponomareva, co-owner of Valens Lingerie, reported that one of the distributorship’s most popular offerings currently is the Sienna Collection from Polish bra producer Corin. » I want to read more and receive info from Valens Lingerie

Revzen: China Factories May Not Fully Recover

Last summer, Barry Revzen, CEO of Dreamgirl, visited a number of intimate apparel and costume factories in China and provided his observations in an interview with BODY publisher Nick Monjo. Revzen was back in China in November and here provides an updated report. » I want to read more and receive info from Dreamgirl

Aerie Q3 Sales Rise 26% As It Adds 24 Locations

Aerie third quarter sales jumped 26% as its comparable store comps rose 20% and the lingerie brand added 24 new stores while closing only one. Merchandise margins also rose. » I want to read more and receive info from Aerie

Rigby & Peller Closes Store, Only 8 Remain

Rigby & Peller recently “permanently closed” its store on Third Avenue and 62nd Street in Manhattan, reducing the chain (which was formerly known as Intimacy) to just eight stores across the U.S. » I want to read more and receive info from Rigby & Peller

The Science Behind Corin’s ‘Virginia’ Bra

Corin, the Polish lingerie producer, has introduced a “new generation,” ultra light, bra, the Virginia, style number 17871. » I want to read more and receive info from Corin

Youmita: Continues To Expand Sales In U.S.

Youmita Lingerie, a brand established in 2005, has been gradually expanding in the U.S., with a “range of products, from bras and bralettes, panties, shapewear, lingerie, basics, seamless, accessories and some seasonal things like sleepwear,” according to the company’s Jason Kim. » I want to read more and receive info from Youmita Lingerie

Soma Comps +11.3%, But Closes 8 Locations

Soma is on a roll, with comparable sales jumping 11.3% in the third quarter, after a similar jump of 10.9% in the second quarter and a 3.4% rise in the first quarter. » I want to read more and receive info from Soma

NuBra Adding Products To Upcoming Catalog

Back cover of catalog lists many company products.

NuBra will soon begin distribution of a new catalog, its first since 2013. This latest inventory reveals just how many styles, sizes and accessories the adhesive bra producer offers, as well as how the collection continues to grow. » I want to read more and receive info from Bragel

Interview: Find Success Without Major Brands?

Corin, Leilieve by Manicardi and Sermija.

With many of the largest intimates brands now selling direct to consumers, and with many retail stores rebelling at the idea of becoming mere showrooms for — but not actual sellers of — those brands, a new question has emerged: “Can a lingerie store succeed without a major brand?” Exploring this question, BODY associate publisher Ted Vayos interviewed Tatyana Ponomareva, owner of one specialty shop, Bra Spectrum. » I want to read more and receive info from Valens Lingerie

Impudique and Patrice Catanzaro At MAGIC

Two French brands, Patrice Catanzaro, the well-know fetish label, and Impudique by Charlotte Catanzaro, the new elaborate and sexy line, will both be showing a selection of styles for the first time at MAGIC. » I want to read more and receive info from Patrice Catanzaro

Mapalé’s Holiday Styles Are Among Top-Sellers

Mapalé’s Holiday styles rank “among our top-selling pieces,” of all, so again this year the company is putting an emphasis on the season, and offering a wide collection of related intimates. » I want to read more and receive info from Mapalé

Interview: Hot Flowers Lingerie From Brazil

Hot Flowers is a long-established Brazilian producer of intimate apparel and related products, that is expanding its sales in the U.S. BODY associate publisher Ted Vayos interviewed the company’s Alex Enumo (alex@hotflowersusa.com, 954 762 7933). » I want to read more and receive info from Hot Flowers

La Perla Sales Fell 32.2% In First Half 2019

La Perla Fashion Holding N.V. sales fell 32.2%, while losses increased slightly during the first six months of 2019, as the recently consolidated company has taken a range of steps to reorganize, focus and strengthen its operations. » I want to read more and receive info from La Perla

NILS: March 16 to 18, $64 Room Rate, Buses

The New International Lingerie Show (NILS) has announced that its Spring 2020 show will run March 16 through 18, 2020 at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas. » I want to read more and receive info from New International Lingerie Show

The Kit: Fashion Stylists Launch Intimates Line

Two long time fashion stylists have launched The Kit, a line of intimates and solutions products, selling at thekitundergarments.com. » I want to read more and receive info from The Kit

Brenda Berger Named Hanky Panky Co-CEO

Hanky Panky named Brenda Berger co-CEO in early October. The other co-CEO is the company’s founder, Lida Orzeck, who previously served as the sole CEO. » I want to read more and receive info from Hanky Panky

Dreamgirl: Paris Inspired Fall Holiday Collection

Pieces from collection were photographed around Paris.

Dreamgirl’s Fall Holiday collection was inspired by “the magical city of lights,” according to a spokesperson, with selected pieces “shot throughout the streets of Paris” » I want to read more and receive info from Dreamgirl

Suit: ThirdLove Asked For Chantelle Bra Copy

V Shape Moulders Ltd., a Kowloon-based maker of bra cups, has sued ThirdLove, Inc. for breach of contract, claiming that the bra company asked it to copy the foam cups in a Chantelle bra, and then took those “confidential” designs and prototypes to another cup maker to “copy and produce.” » I want to read more and receive info from ThirdLove

Another VS Collab, This Time With Bluebella

Bluebella styles on the Victoria’s Secret website.

Victoria’s Secret has launched another collaboration with an independent lingerie designer, this time with Bluebella, the sexy and dramatic UK brand. » I want to read more and receive info from Bluebella

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