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Party King’s Fembot Fatale and StarlineLA’s Demon Temptress costumes. Halloween has become a major retail season, and 2026 has turned out to be one of “the biggest Halloween years we’ve seen,” began Paul Tobon, VP of sales at the costume wholesaler StarlineLA (a sister company to both Dreamgirl and Party King). “Consumers are shopping earlier, retailers are planning further ahead, and demand continues to build well before October.” According to the National Retail Federation

Michael Rabinowitz as we photographed him at the Lingerie Americas show in the summer of 2005. Michael Rabinowitz, founder of Le Mystère Lingerie, died on September 26, 2026. No cause was given. A biography supplied by his daughter Natalie Rabinowitz, describes his birth in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1940, a trip to Paris as a young man, his marriage there to Anni, a young Parisian woman, and their eventual return to Cape Town where “he became involved with the French compan

For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the House of Randy sleepwear brand has launched “Dream in Pink, a special October campaign supporting Susan G. Komen,” according to Michelle Nagy, founder and CEO of Laws of Lux Brands. From October 1 through October 31, “House of Randy will donate 10 percent from qualifying sales of the Pink Beautiful Bows Dream Girl Satin Set to Susan G. Komen. The limited-time initiative brings added purpose to one of the brand’s most joyful prints while