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On the FP Movement website: Don’t Let Go Halter Sports Bra, $58; and Quick Step Bubble Pants, $108. FP Movement, Free People’s activewear brand, has hired a former Nike marketing exec as its “first global head of marketing.” This shortly after it celebrated the opening of its newest store (there are now 97) in Palm Desert, CA, on October 1, 2026. Kylee Clarke “joins FP Movement after a decade at Nike, where she held a series of senior marketing leadership roles, including le

On the Calida Swiss website, an elastic Bustier, 29.90 Swiss francs (about $36.25); and Tank Top, 37.90 Swiss francs (about $45.96). Recently the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris partially upheld “at first instance the damages claims brought by the purchaser of Lafuma Mobilier,” an outdoor furniture brand, against Calida Group. The lingerie maker had acquired Lafuma Mobilier in 2013 and then sold it to Peugeot Frères Industrie in 2024. “Calida Group has been ordered to pay dam

On the Neubodi website, the Sasha Balconette T-Shirt Bra; and the Truenaked Scoop Up Seamless Wireless Bra. Singapore based BrilliA, a producer of intimate apparel for many prominent international labels, announced that it had acquired a majority interest in the Malaysian lingerie brand Neubodi in August. Founded in 2008, Neubodi offers a wide range of bra styles and sizes, and operates 11 retail stores across the country. BrilliA CEO Kendrew Hartanto, explained that the Neub

Production machinery depicted on the Billion Rise Knitting website. Billion Rise Knitting, a Chinese manufacturer headquartered in Hong Kong, has opened the first phase (or about of 110,00 square meters) of “a high-tech, new factory in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam.” The company, founded in 1999, focuses on producing “textile-based materials for sportswear, swimwear, underwear and lingerie.” The completed factory, backed by a “$100 million investment,” will eventually total about 320,00