lingerie
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Ahead of the Curve: What Every Lingerie Brand Can Learn From Rihanna's Vision for Savage x Fenty
“I’m looking for unique characteristics in people that aren’t usually highlighted in the world of fashion, as it pertains to lingerie and ‘sexy’…what society sees [as] sexy,” says Rihanna within the first minute of her Savage x Fenty Show mini-doc, now streaming on Amazon’s Prime Video. Aside from simply showing the multimedia, music and dance-heavy…
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Will the Savage x Fenty Show Be the Rihanna Musical Extravaganza We've Been Thirsting For?
Pulsating beats. Undulating bodies. Scantily-clad swag under a spectrum of colorful lights. Is it a music video? A concert appearance? Rihanna’s recent text-filled (and highly controversial) trip to see Slave Play on Broadway? No, it’s a trailer for the megastar’s top-secret Savage x Fenty Fall-Winter presentation, staged at Brooklyn’s Barclay Center during New York Fashion…
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Hear That? That's the Sound of Savage x Fenty Making That Coin—and Becoming an Amazon Original
How do you top a model going into labor during your first runway presentation? If you’re Rihanna, you make your intimate apparel line even more intimate, bringing the Savage x Fenty runway experience home for her fans with a new deal with Amazon, which will stream the show on Prime Video on Friday, September 20.…
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Leomie Anderson Just Became the Newest Victoria's Secret Angel to Get Her Wings
To say we have issues with Victoria’s Secret would be an understatement. The lingerie brand we grew up with has been repeatedly slow to do some growing up of its own in recent years, ignoring an increasingly inclusive fashion industry, and justifying their reluctant to adapt by saying certain models—including plus and trans women—just don’t…
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This Is the Year You Love Yourself in Lingerie
Up until last year, I had three pairs of bras in my regular rotation—none of which fit very well. My favorite one, a purple demi bra with a wide band, had become warped by years of laundry cycles. There was a t-shirt bra, ordered online, which thankfully managed to stretch along with me as my…
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Love on the Brain: Rihanna Continues World Domination by Moving Valentine's Day to January
In case you hadn’t noticed, Rihanna wants our bodies. Actually, she wants our bodies, our faces, our feet, our ears (in 2019, she promises), and clearly, our wallets. We’re just waiting for her to slap her name and visage on a haircare collection, some wine labels (Bad Gal Wines, anyone?), and a line of healthy…
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The 2018 Victoria's Secret Show Was Sunday. We Didn't Care Enough to Watch (and We're Not Alone)
Some notable things happened during the first weekend in December: Beyoncé and Jay-Z headlined the Global Citizen Festival in South Africa; Versace showed its pre-Fall collection in New York City; and in India, Priyanka Chopra married Nick Jonas in a multi-day ceremony that may have actually outdone friend Meghan Markle’s royal nuptials. And yet, there…
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Our Bodies Are Not Ready: Teyana Taylor Keeps That Same Energy for Agent Provocateur
Forget “Fade”—Teyana Taylor is now taking lingerie to the next level as the star of Agent Provocateur’s Autumn Winter 2018 campaign, titled, “The Power of Provocateur.” In the 90-second spot, wearing nothing but the label’s yellow Anna Padded Plunge Underwired Bra ($215), matching brief ($130), a lavender-tinged, blunt-cut silver bob wig and body chains, Taylor…
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Shut It Down: Rihanna Will Close New York Fashion Week With an Immersive Savage x Fenty Show
It’s been a year since Rihanna’s last runway outing with Puma, but this upcoming New York Fashion Week, she’ll be giving us something much more revealing to look forward to. As reported by Women’s Wear Daily, Rih is returning to the runways this September without Fenty x Puma, choosing instead to stage an “immersive experience”…
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What Skin Are You In? A New Spot Celebrates All Shades and Shapes of the Nubian Skin Woman
How do you celebrate four years of outfitting brown-skinned women in comfort and style? For United Kingdom-based intimates company Nubian Skin, the answer was simple: Celebrate the customers that made the brand such a massive success. Turning the lens on a diverse group of its clientele, the brand explained via its website: “We invited a selection…