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NEWS ABOUT: lingerie

lingerie stories: 17 news summaries
PAR 34C

 A Bra That's a Putting Mat 

A perfect gift for the naked golf enthusiast

Nov 12, 09 12:29 PM CST
(Newser) - Lingerie maker Triumph has really outdone itself this time in the “wacky Japanese novelty bra” category. Its “Nice Cup in Bra,” a corset made to highlight the increasing popularity of golf among Japanese women, has pockets for balls and tees and rolls out into a 5-foot-long practice... More »

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golf • Japan • lingerie • underwear • bra • novelty • putting

not-so-easy money


 I Sold Panties on Craigslist 

The buyers weren't bad, but some of the nonbuyers were slimy

Oct 31, 09 5:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - An "impoverished journalist" not quite desperate enough to sell her body on Craigslist decided to try the next best thing—selling used panties. "Unlike sex for money, selling used underwear didn't feel inherently sleazy or immoral," Meghan Pleticha writes for Nerve. She drew the line at... More »

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Craigslist • lingerie • classified ads • underwear • panties • women's issues

SLIDESHOW

 Fashion Reality Check: 
 No One Wears Just Lingerie 

Fashion Week's underwear looks leave a lot to be desired for real women

Oct 9, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lingerie-inspired looks currently abounding on the Paris runways make a person wonder: What woman would really leave the house wearing “micro miniskirts, transparent blouses, pointy Mad Men bras, and panties worn as shorts”? The looks “reveal how hard the industry is struggling to grab... More »

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fashion • Paris • Fashion Week • lingerie • Jay-ZTV • designer fashion

Lingerie Football League Ignites Bra-ha-ha

Players insist it's not all about the underwear as feminists fume

Sep 4, 09 2:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Lingerie Football League kicks off today and players from teams like the Dallas Desire and the San Diego Seduction insist it's as much about the football as the female flesh, despite gripes from feminists, Reuters reports. The women acknowledge that displays of athletic prowess are unlikely to be the... More »

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lingerie • women's sports • Lingerie Football League

Sales of Men's Undies Rebound With Economy

Analyst sees hope in unusual indicator's promising numbers

Aug 13, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amid mixed reports about recession and economic recovery, here's a bright spot: Men’s underwear sales are on the rebound. Believe it or not, that's a reliable indicator, because selling unmentionables is “such a need-based business that it really is a good indication that the consumer hasn't checked... More »

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recession • consumer spending • retail sales • lingerie • analyst • apparel • men's underwear

 Saudi Women 
 Learn to Sell 
 Bras—But 
 Still Can't 

Women push for
the right to work in
underwear shops

Jun 24, 09 6:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two dozen Saudi women are pushing change in Saudi Arabia, one underwear at a time. The graduates of the first lingerie class in the kingdom—where women can't sell such products—learned essentials such as how to measure bra sizes during the 10-day class. An Australian woman taught the course,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Muslim women • lingerie • job • underwear • women's issues

 Lingerie Football  
 Heats Up NYC 

Big Apple gets team in undie-clad league

May 15, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York’s getting a new football team, WPIX11 reports: the New York Majesty of the Lingerie Football League. That's right, the Lingerie Football League. Tryouts were yesterday, and a few dozen women showed up. “I'm just looking for the next fun thing,” said one. Another described her... More »

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sports • New York City • football • lingerie • underwear • Jay-ZTV • Lingerie Football League • New York Majesty

 Mideast Loves Syria's 
 Weird, Sexy Lingerie 

Moms stock up on skimpy goodies for soon-to-be-married daughters

Apr 18, 09 6:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - After picking up dishes and washing powder at local markets, Syrian women love to purchase something more intimate: edible, fruit-flavored underwear, Der Spiegel reports. Naughty skivvies have been hot for years in Damascus, where veiled mothers regularly buy maid’s costumes, musical negligees, and remote-controlled undies for their betrothed daughters—... More »

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Syria • Damascus • lingerie • underwear


 French Demand 
 for Sex Toys Fizzles 

Worried consumers cutting kinky goods from their budgets at exotic fair

Mar 17, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The economic downturn has thrown cold water on France's usually robust demand for sex toys, lingerie, and other naughty goods, Reuters reports. Organizers of the world's largest erotic fair, which opened near Paris last week, say that while attendance is still healthy, sales of kinky products are down around a... More »

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France • recession • sex aid • sex toys • lingerie • recession depression

Our Skivvies, Ourselves: Saudis Seek Female Sellers

Lingerie stores can employ women, but don't

Feb 25, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Saudi women aren’t allowed to be alone in a room with an unrelated man, but they have to buy their undergarments from men, a situation some are calling unacceptable. In theory, women are permitted to work in shops selling women’s products, but the traditional society has, somewhat ironically,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • women • retail sales • lingerie • underwear

Commentary

 Where Have All 
 the Girdles Gone? 

 Daphne Merkin hunts for anti-gym fix

Dec 6, 08 6:03 PM CST
(Newser) - In these belt-tightening times, Daphne Merkin wonders why she can't find a decent girdle.  Spanx abound and corsets have been re-conceived as fetish objects or ironic fashion statements, but the real body armor has become taboo, she writes in the New York Times T Magazine. "Try Brighton Beach,... More »

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fashion • shopping • lingerie • girdles • waistline • corset

Baby's First Bustier?

Birkhead buys Anna Nicole's skivvies so Dannielynn can learn about mommy

Jun 22, 08 4:58 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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

Brand hopes to regain its stylish, sophisticated image

Feb 28, 08 4:09 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Note to Self:
Be My Valentine?

Millions of Americans buy their favorite person gifts on Feb. 14

Feb 13, 08 12:52 PM CST
(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.... More »

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

Tree-Hugging Bra Hits Japan

Eco-friendly product features chopstick compartment

Nov 8, 07 12:38 PM CST
(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... More »

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Japan • environmentalism • lingerie • chopsticks

Victoria's Secret Gets Spicy CD

Spice Girls' best-of album will be released at Victoria's Secrets

Oct 17, 07 10:33 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

'Smart Bra' Developing as Cancer Detector

Scientists' plan: Put undergarments to work for at-risk women

Oct 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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cancer • breast cancer • cancer research • lingerie

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