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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

Interfiliere NY, October 16-17 At Javits Center

Interfiliere NY opens October 16th and runs for two days in the River Pavilion at Manhattan’s Javits Center. “70 Exhibiting mills” will host a promised “600+ attendees” made up exclusively of “intimate apparel, swimwear and athleisure buyers,” according producer Eurovet Americas. » I want to read more and receive info from Eurovet

Altitude Intimates March Show Exhibitor List

Managers of the Altitude Intimates Spring 2020 show announced, in late September, that all its “pipe and drape” booths were “sold out,” with other locations at the show still available. » I want to read more and receive info from Altitude Intimates

Glamorise, Amazon In ‘MxG’ Bra Collaboration

Glamorise and Amazon have launched a joint collection of bras under the MxG label, described as “a Mae and Glamorise Collaboration.” Mae is the Amazon house brand that offers a wide variety of underwear and apparel on the company’s website. » I want to read more and receive info from Glamorise

Ipomia: Specializing In Post-Op Recovery Bras

Ipomia’s “The First Love Bra” and “Essential Recovery Bra.”

A key to the best physical and emotional recovery from breast augmentation surgery is wearing the right bra to wear after the procedure. Ipomia, the lingerie company from Sweden, was founded to provide just such products. » I want to read more and receive info from Ipomia

Interview: Plus Size Producer Ann Nahari

A domestic producer of plus size intimates, Ann Nahari has been winning many new specialty store customers in recent years. BODY associate publisher Ted Vayos interviewed the company’s Sumiyyah Rasheed. » I want to read more and receive info from Ann Nahari

For Love & Lemons Creates VS Collection

For Love & Lemons, the luxury apparel brand, has created a special lingerie collection of a few dozen pieces that has just launched at Victoria’s Secret. » I want to read more and receive info from For Love & Lemons

ThreeGun Shows During New York Fashion Week

ThreeGun, a Chinese underwear brand that claims to have “ranked first for market share in China for 23 consecutive years,” showed its Spring/Summer 2020 collection during the recent New York Fashion Week. » I want to read more and receive info from ThreeGun

Turmoil, Departures Reported At ThirdLove

The Wall Street Journal picked up on a recent, original article on Vox, which reported instances of “bullying by the male co-CEO that are at odds with ThirdLove’s progressive, for-women-by-women positioning,” as well as key staff departures. » I want to read more and receive info from ThirdLove

Savage X Fenty: Fashion Show, New Capital

In late August, Savage X Fenty, Rihanna’s lingerie brand, received around $50 million in new investment capital according to the The Wall Street Journal. And, early this month she presented a monster fashion / music event that defined how to achieve social acceptance even with a glossy, sexy lingerie show. » I want to read more and receive info from Savage X Fenty

Mapalé Adds Many Plus Styles To Collection

Examples of Mapalé regular and plus styles.

For years Mapalé has offered highly successful collections of “lingerie, clubwear, fantasy wear, resort and swim,” as co-owner Angela Tobon has described it, but not very many plus styles. That has now changed. » I want to read more and receive info from Mapale

Aerie Q2 Comps +16%; New Stores Opened

Aerie comparable store sales rose 16% in the second quarter following a 27% increase in the same quarter last year. This marked the 19th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth for the brand. » I want to read more and receive info from Aerie

Soma Reports 10.9% Q2 Comp Sales Growth

In Q3 Soma is introduing its new Vanishing 360 Bra.

Soma reported “10.9% comparable sales growth in the second quarter, the brand’s best comparable sales performance in four years,” enthused Bonnie Brooks, CEO of parent company Chico’s FAS. » I want to read more and receive info from Soma

Vibrant Body Collection Now In Specialty Stores

For the first time, the Vibrant Body Company collection of bras and intimates is being offered exclusively to specialty stores. “At Vibrant Body Company we aspire to change the way women think and feel about their breasts, their bras and their first layers,” explained Michael Drescher, Vibrant’s founder and CEO. » I want to read more and receive info from Vibrant Body

Brands And Exhibitors Booked For Next NILS

The New International Lingerie Show (NILS) is about to hold its fourth event since its relaunch, this at the Westgate Hotel in Las Vegas, September 9 through 11. » I want to read more and receive info from New International Lingerie Show

Kohl’s To Offer Adore Me Lingerie In October

Under a new program, Kohl’s will be offering a selection of Adore Me intimate apparel products on its website and “more than 50” of its 1159 physical stores in the U.S. “beginning mid-October 2019.” » I want to read more and receive info from Adore Me

Laura Corcoran Has Rejoined BL Intimates

Laura Corcoran has returned to BL Intimates as corporate account manager for the Exquisite Form brand of lingerie and sleepwear. » I want to read more and receive info from BL Intimates

Barry Revzen Describes China Factory Situation

Barry Revzen, CEO of Dreamgirl, recently visited a number of intimate apparel factories in China, and returned with a lot to say about the effects of president Trump’s policy of taxing that country’s imports. A manufacturing and importing specialist, with decades of experience, Revzen lived in China for years and has traveled there repeatedly. He has visited hundreds of factories during his career. BODY publisher Nick Monjo interviewed him just after he returned from his latest trip, and on the day before Trump announced he would extend (on September 1st) the tariffs to cover another $300 billion of imports, a move that will expand taxes to cover almost everything shipped from China to the U.S. » I want to read more and receive info from Dreamgirl

Maurice Reznik Leaving Delta Galil August 9

Maurice Reznik this afternoon sent an email to associates in the industry announcing he “will be leaving Delta Galil, effective August 9th to focus on a new business venture.” » I want to read more and receive info from Delta Galil

OffPrice: 99 Underwear, Hose, Swim Brands

The OffPrice Show, to be held August 10-13, will have at least 99 companies showing products in the underwear, hosiery, sleepwear, swim and related categories. » I want to read more and receive info from The OffPrice Show

ThirdLove.com Opens First Retail Store Today

ThirdLove, the online lingerie retailer, today opens its first physical store, this at 347 West Broadway in SoHo in Manhattan. » I want to read more and receive info from ThirdLove

Four New Gilly Hicks Pop-Ups Lift Total To 6

Four new Gilly Hicks by Hollister pop-up shops have just been opened by Abercrombie & Fitch, as the company expands the gradual relaunch of its intimates brand. The stores join two other existing stand alone locations. » I want to read more and receive info from Gilly Hicks

Clover’s CEO Angie Lau Discusses The Firm

Angie Lau and her “Cloverization” booth at the recent Shenzhen Intimate Underwear Fair.

Founded in 1956 by Andy Lau, Clover Group has grown to become a leading producer of intimate apparel. Based in Hong Kong, and with production facilities in China as well as other key countries, the company supplies a wide range of customers. Clients range from some of the largest names, such as Victoria’s Secret, Aerie and Under Armour, and include a variety of other labels of different sizes. » I want to read more and receive info from Clover Group

Fresh: A Special Wash For All Activewear

Fresh and a retailer ad offering a free bottle of Fresh with every sport bra purchase.

“Fresh Active-Wear Wash is another clever science-based Fashion Wash from The Forever Group that targets the challenge of odor build-up in such items as sport bras, yoga wear, athletic apparel and undergarments.” » I want to read more and receive info from The Forever Group

Studio Pia: Cruelty-Free Luxe Lingerie To Curve

Studio Pia is returning to the Curve show in New York with a spring/summer 2020 collection that includes: “two embroidery heavy ranges, Sirena and Naida, and a luxury silk shapewear range, Petra,” according to designer and founder Pia Conaghan. » I want to read more and receive info from Studio Pia

Corin: Perfect Ratio Of Comfort, Quality, Price

“Comfort and quality are the most important targets for the production of bras,” declared Tatyana Ponomareva, owner the Valens Lingerie distributorship. “Either one of these concepts without the other is meaningless.” » I want to read more and receive info from Valens Lingerie

‘The Nude Project’ Now Sharing Skin Color Data

Heist, the UK-based tights, shapewear and hosiery firm, has launched “The Nude Project,” under which it will share its research on skin colors. » I want to read more and receive info from Heist

TMR: Lingerie Market $55.83 Billion By 2024

Transparency Market Research (TMR) has published a report stating “the global lingerie market is likely to be worth $55.83 billion by 2024” up from $33.18 billion in 2015. » I want to read more and receive info from Transparency Market Research

My Size Smartphone Bra Measuring App Debuts

My Size, Inc., a developer and creator of smartphone measurement solutions, recently announced it is adding functionality to MySizeID, its “smart measurement application for online retail, that will enable consumers to accurately measure their bra and cup size when shopping for undergarments and lingerie.” » I want to read more and receive info from My Size

‘Adore Me Adores You’ Promotional Campaign

Adore Me has launched a digital promotional campaign, “Adore Me Adores You,” featuring trans gender activist and author Gigi Gorgeous, benefiting the Trans Wellness Center and focusing on the WorldPride event. » I want to read more and receive info from Adore Me

Journelle Now Owned By Cosabella Executive

At least one familly member behind the Cosabella brand and retail store is now an owner of the Journelle brand and its chain of four retail shops, one in Manhattan and one in Chicago. » I want to read more and receive info from Journelle

Absolutely Lingerie’s Souad Sinai Buys Huit

The troubled story of Huit, the French lingerie and swim brand, may have just turned a lot sweeter as its new American owner has an aggressive plan to return the brand to prominence. » I want to read more and receive info from Absolutely Lingerie

Daisy’s Body Harnesses An ‘Immediate Success’

The launch of Daisy Corset’s new collection of Body Harnesses has been “nothing short of exciting,” according to co-owner Jennifer Reynolds. » I want to read more and receive info from Daisy Corset

‘Seductive Women’ Is New Axami Collection

‘Seductive Women’ is the “continuation of our first ‘Hot Sevilla’,” collection stated a spokesperson describing the latest group from Axami. » I want to read more and receive info from Axami

Gordon Payne Is New Sales Exec At Parfait

Parfait has hired Gordon Payne as a sales executive “managing both specialty and key corporate accounts in various states including Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi.” » I want to read more and receive info from Parfait

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