The Intimate Apparel Trade Magazine For The U.S. And Canada
 

Cacique Intimates, a full cup brand now owned by Lane Bryant, has launched a new bra collection, Lightest Lift. The style combines “40% lighter padding than the average bra available,” with “airy, honeycomb spacer fabric that breathes and lifts,” as well as “comfortable, wide straps, a supportive underwire, and soft power mesh side-wings.” The Lightest Lift Bra comes in a variety of colors, in sizes 38C-50D, 36DD-50DDD & 38F-46H, and currently retails for $41.97 on the Lane B

Wacoal America elevated James Wheatley, who has served as president of Wacoal America for the past year, to the additional post of CEO. Mitchell Kauffman, the previous CEO, retired in early April, “following six years of leadership and a distinguished 40-year career in the intimate apparel industry,” according to a company announcement. Wheatley also has “four decades of retail and intimate apparel experience,” the company noted. “A graduate of the University of Kentucky with

Wacoal has acquired Glamorise Foundations, Inc. through its U.S. subsidiary, for $33 million plus an additional earnout potentially worth an additional $11 million based on Glamorise’s “business results such as net sales” for the next three fiscal years beginning with the year ending March 31, 2027.  The announcement by Japan based Wacoal Holdings Corp. emphasized it is “working to enhance competitiveness by strengthening direct consumer engagement in its key markets, especia

Items sold by Coconut Grove, a division of iFabric Revenue at the Intimate Apparel Division (Coconut Grove), of iFabric, fell 12% in 2025 to 6,641,039CAD (Canadian dollars, about $4.8 million at current exchange rates), compared to 7,537,058CAD (about $5.4 million) in 2024. Meanwhile the company as a whole registered a 20% jump in revenue to 32,874,918CAD (about $23.6 million), from 27,327,390CAD (about $19.6 million) in 2024, based on growth at its larger, Intelligent Fabric