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  • June 2008

    • Baby's First Bustier?

      Associated Press  |  Jun 22, 08 4:58 PM CDT

      Baby's First Bustier?

      (Newser) - Not exactly a candidate for father of the year, Larry Birkhead, Anna Nicole Smith's ex-boyfriend and babydaddy, shelled out $3,000 at a Las Vegas auction to take home some of the former Playboy playmate's unmentionables—for daughter Danielynn. Birkhead plans to keep it packed away until his daughter is older. "It's not going to be in any bedtime stories anytime soon." More »

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      auction  • Playboy  • Anna Nicole Smith  • lingerie  • Larry Birkhead  • Dannielynn Hope

  • February 2008

    • CEO Reveals Victoria's Secret: It's 'Too Sexy'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Feb 28, 08 4:09 PM CST

      CEO Reveals Victoria's Secret: It's 'Too Sexy'

      (Newser) - Victoria’s Secret has become “too sexy,” the chain’s CEO said today, explaining that she wants to bring higher-quality and sophisticated products back to the stores, the Wall Street Journal reports. "We use the word 'sexy' a lot and have gotten off 'ultra-feminine,'" she said. She blamed the shift away from stylish but practical partly on the success of the Pink brand—aimed at college students. More »

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      fashion  • retail sales  • marketing  • college student  • Target  • retail shopping  • lingerie  • Victoria's Secret  • American Eagle

    • Note to Self: Be My Valentine?

      Reuters  |  Feb 13, 08 12:52 PM CST

      Note to Self: Be My Valentine?

      (Newser) - Rather than going without that box of Godiva, about 8 million Americans are their own valentines, sending themselves gifts they're guaranteed to like, reports Reuters. Should you receive a valentine offering from a date, beau, or husband, disappointment may follow: There's a big difference between women's wishes and men's purchases. Men like to give lingerie, but only 2% of women want it. More »

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      shopping  • holiday  • jewelry  • retail shopping  • gifts  • Valentine's Day  • lingerie

  • November 2007

    • Tree-Hugging Bra Hits Japan

      Salon  |  Nov 8, 07 12:38 PM CST

      Tree-Hugging Bra Hits Japan

      (Newser) - The latest weapon in the fight to save trees? The Chopstick Bra, which offers a handy pouch to slide chopsticks into. Each Japanese citizen goes through 200 pairs of disposable wooden chopsticks in a year—a grand total of 25 billion pairs nationwide. One lingerie company is responding with the green underwear, which comes complete with collapsible chopsticks wearers will have with them wherever they go, Salon reports. More »

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      Japan  • environmentalism  • lingerie

  • October 2007

    • Victoria's Secret Gets Spicy CD

      E! Online  |  Oct 17, 07 10:33 AM CDT

      Victoria's Secret Gets Spicy CD

      (Newser) - What Scary, Sporty, Ginger, Baby, and Posh want—what they really, really want—is for you to head to Victoria's Secret stores or website, where they will sell their upcoming greatest-hits album exclusively. The Spice Girls join a recent trend of nontraditional music releases that includes Radiohead, Prince, Madonna, and Paul McCartney, E! Online reports. The CD can be pre-ordered for 24 hours starting tomorrow. More »

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      music industry  • Madonna  • Paul McCartney  • Radiohead  • Victoria Beckham  • Spice Girls  • lingerie  • Prince  • Victoria's Secret  • Capitol Records

    • 'Smart Bra' Developing as Cancer Detector

      Discovery Channel  |  Oct 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      'Smart Bra' Developing as Cancer Detector

      (Newser) - Lingerie is about to become a lifesaver. UK researchers are developing a bra that would detect breast cancer, and hope to stitch the same technology into briefs that spot prostate cancer, reports the Discovery Channel . Serving as an early-warning system, the underwear would monitor temperature changes between areas of internal tissue, often an indication of cancerous tumors. More »

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      cancer  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • lingerie

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