Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: underwear

underwear stories: 27 news summaries

21 - 27 of 27 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

 Ash Tweets Pic of Demi's Butt 

And she doesn't seem to mind

Mar 23, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The celebrity oversharing on Twitter has reached a new level. Ashton Kutcher, infamous for his Twitter proclivities, posted a picture of his wife’s bikini-clad butt as she was bending over, Gawker reports. “Shh, don’t tell wifey,” he Tweeted, but Demi Moore (no stranger to Twitter herself)... More »

MORE ABOUT:
celebrity • Ashton Kutcher • Demi Moore • underwear • Twitter

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 »

MORE ABOUT:
Saudi Arabia • women • retail sales • lingerie • underwear

 Jacko's Undies 
 for Sale 

Bidding starts at $1M, bleaching cream also up

Sep 9, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of Michael Jackson’s Calvin Klein briefs, which were confiscated as evidence during his child-molestation case, is on sale for at least $1 million, reports the New York Post. The unwashed size-28 tighty whities will go up for bid on eBay tomorrow, now that a businessman who obtained... More »

MORE ABOUT:
auction • celebrity • Michael Jackson • underwear

Queen Victoria's Giant Knickers Fetch $9K

1890s bloomers with 50-inch waist auctioned for princely sum

Jul 31, 08 4:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of bloomers that belonged to Queen Victoria were auctioned off yesterday for $9,000, almost ten times the expected price, the BBC reports. The royal knickers, which sport a 50-inch waist and a "VR" monogram, date from the 1890s. The queen was apparently "a very big... More »

MORE ABOUT:
auction • Britain • British royals • underwear

Canadians Bully Burmese Junta With... Panties?

Women mail skivvies
to embassy to spook superstitious tyrants

May 28, 08 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - When international pressure fails, try… underwear? Canadian women think they can change the Myanmar junta’s ways by mailing a steady stream of panties to the Myanmar embassy in Ottawa, Sify reports. The military dictators apparently harbor a superstitious fear that touching a woman’s undergarment will “rob them... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Canada • protests • Myanmar • Burma • superstition • military junta • underwear

 Yanks' Giambi 
 Puts Hope in Thong 

Slumping hitter shares gold underwear with teammates

May 18, 08 10:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Slumping Yankees slugger Jason Giambi has a secret weapon: a gold thong. He wears it when he’s struggling for hits—as is the case now, with his average well below .200—and has passed it to teammates Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, and Johnny Damon when they needed it, Portfolio... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York Yankees • Jason Giambi • baseball • underwear

Men Trade Crunches
for Corsets

Spandex briefs and belly compressors
are a hot market

Mar 15, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Undergarments that tuck the tummy and boost the butt are enjoying a surge in sales—and not just in the women's department. The male "shapewear" industry is growing by leaps and bounds as men discover that they don't have to lunge and crunch to get that taut shape. Say... More »

MORE ABOUT:
fashion • men • body-shaping garments • underwear • girdles • boxers • trend

21 - 27 of 27 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners