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Von Follies by Dita von Teese lingerie range arrives February 8 in Australia

January 18, 2012/20.43

The Von Follies by Dita von Teese lingerie range, previewed earlier in Lucire, will hit Target stores across Australia on February 8, in time for Valentine’s Day. The range will also reach the Target Australia online store at shop.target.com.au on the same day.    The launch range consists of 26 pieces in five collections, beginning […]

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Dita von Teese to launch lingerie line, Von Follies, at Target in Australia

November 22, 2011/8.17

Dita von Teese’s new lingerie collection, Von Follies by Dita von Teese, will be available from Target in Australia from February 2012, it was announced today by brand management company, Lime Door Brands.    Von Teese has a personal collection of vintage lingerie, and is said to be inspired by that as well as her […]

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Adriana Lima launches Victoria’s Secret’s Showstopper bra in NYC

August 10, 2011/11.25

Jamie McCarthy Victoria’s Secret unveiled Tuesday a new bra collection called the Showstopper. The company says the range is ‘designed to help women show nothing but their shape.    ‘This new range of bras is light, smooth and sexy with padding technology that provides no-show coverage where women need it the most. With super-soft fabrication, […]

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Les Jupons de Tess continues to add elegance and mischief to luxury lingerie

May 31, 2011/10.22

The French lingerie label, Les Jupons de Tess, which has only been around a short time (since 2009), is already finding its beautiful creations are firmly positioned on many women’s wish lists. Its latest autumn–winter 2011–12 collection is no different, exuding elegance reminiscent of an 18th-century Parisian woman. As an era characterized by female ‘coquetterie’ […]

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Playtex signs Penelope Benson and releases ‘hot tips’

May 27, 2011/10.07

Model Penelope Benson (left) has been signed to the Playtex brand, and the company has come out with a bra fitting guide and tips to coincide with the new development.    Playtex claims that seven out of ten women are wearing the wrong size bra, based on US research.    Its hot tips include: ‘If […]

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Victoria’s Secret Angels reveal latest What Is Sexy? list

May 13, 2011/10.54

Victoria’s Secret’s Angels—Miranda Kerr, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Erin Heatherton and Candace Swanepoel—unveiled their What Is Sexy? list in Los Angeles Thursday.    The quintet wore mini-dresses at the Grove shopping centre as they kicked off their Bombshell summer tour, which will see them in various cities across the US and Canada.    They voted […]

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Manfred Baumann shoots Carmen Stamboli, Miss Austria 2011

April 19, 2011/13.47

Manfred Baumann Manfred Baumann has photographed Carmen Stamboli, the winner of the Miss Austria 2011 competition, after having shot all the contestants as they approached the final last month.    Stamboli, a flight attendant, posed in lingerie for Baumann, with the photographs heading for both FHM International and local men’s magazine Wiener—which, we might add, […]

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Will Gisèle Bündchen keep her crown as the top-earning model in 2011?

April 1, 2011/8.40

Above Natalia Vodianova, appearing here for Etam lingerie, is expected to remain in the top 10 for annual earnings, based on Vicki Matias’s calculations. Every year, Forbes announces its table of the world’s top-earning models for the year. This year, we thought we’d try to make an educated guess on who might be in first […]

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Les Jupons de Tess continues to stun for spring–summer ’11

March 5, 2011/11.01

Les Jupons de Tess is back with a spring–summer 2011 collection that is more than just elegant but also evocative and completely wearable.    The new season is inspired by its French heritage, going back to the luxury and ‘coquetterie’ of women in the 18th century.    With all figures in mind Les Jupons de […]

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Triumph’s newest Shape Sensation helps to sculpt

February 7, 2011/11.43

Triumph Shape Sensation bonded wire-free bra and bonded maxi brief Triumph Shape Sensation under-wire bra and bonded long-leg pant Triumph Shape Sensation plunge bra and maxi brief Triumph Shape Sensation waist slimmer Triumph has released a shapewear range called Shape Sensation ‘dedicated to celebrating, enhancing and defining a woman’s natural curves.’    Three brassières with […]

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