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Hanky Panky teams up with Prabal Gurung

Lingerie brand Hanky Panky has unveiled a limited-edition capsule collection with fashion designer Prabal Gurung for autumn/winter 2023. Inspired by the rare beauty of the rhododendron, the Hanky Panky x Prabal Gurung collection has been designed to empower women “with the confidence to be seen as they choose” and features more than 30 pieces,...

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Bluebella unveils collaboration with Ashley Williams

Contemporary lingerie brand Bluebella has unveiled a playful collaboration with British designer Ashley Williams inspired by a shared vision of empowering women and celebrating individuality. The Bluebella x Ashley Williams collection offers an array of nightwear, underwear and accessories, which draw from Williams’ signature aesthetic of...

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Nearly 60 years after the men: Lacoste launches first underwear collection for women

The French fashion label Lacoste is expanding its product portfolio to include underwear for women. The 50-piece underwear line consists of four different collections in four different styles. However, they all reflect the brand's identity, Lacoste announced on Thursday. Credits: Lacoste In 1966, the brand designed its first underwear collection...

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Skims claims to have reinvented the pushup bra

Skims, the Kim Kardashian co-founded underwear brand, has introduced what it calls a groundbreaking pushup bra, redefining lingerie with innovative design. The bra, named the "Ultimate Bra," was created using advanced techniques like 3D scans of a multitude of different shapes and eschew the single foam pad from conventional push-up bras,...

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Victoria’s Secret announces new ‘fashion event’ hosted by Prime Video

Lingerie label Victoria’s Secret has announced that it will be hosting a new fashion event set to take place via Amazon’s Prime Video on September 26. Dubbed ‘The Victoria’s Secret World Tour’, the brand stated that the “one-of-a-kind show” will also be part documentary, contributing to its overall mission of “uplifting and championing women” on...

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Frederick's of Hollywood names new creative director

American lingerie brand Frederick's of Hollywood has appointed fashion designer and celebrity stylist Candice Cuoco as its new creative director. Cuoco will oversee the brand's creative direction and product design, focusing on modern lingerie to create collections that embrace Frederick’s of Hollywood’s storied past with fresh designs for the...

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Coco de Mer opens new private shopping space

Luxury lingerie brand Coco de Mer has opened an appointment-only private shopping space in Primrose Hill, London, following the closure of its Covent Garden boutique earlier in the year to streamline into a digital-first business for growth and stability. The move means that all divisions of the company are now under one roof, including online,...

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7 Lingerie brands that are advancing body positivity

For several years now, lingerie brands have been shaking up beauty standards in favour of a more modern claim: that of body positivism. Here's a selection of names that are refreshing the underwear sector by moving towards a more inclusive definition of beauty. Cantiq (US) Image: Cantiq Facebook In 2015, American Chelsea Hughes founded Cantiq...

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French lingerie brand Etam opens first US store

French brand Etam, which specialises in lingerie, swimwear, pajamas, loungewear, and lifestyle accessories, has selected the Dadeland Mall in Miami as the spot for its first US store. The store will open in the summer and will feature Etam's latest store concept, joining a line-up of other international brands at Dadeland Mall including Mango,...

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Lingerie: The key trends of “new sexy”

It's official, lingerie is coming out of the drawers to impose itself on the ready-to-wear shelves and renew the idea of sexy. How and why? FashionUnited responds. The bottoms take over To understand what it's all about, you must first define the context in which the underwear wardrobe is essential. Behind the enthusiasm of established brands...

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Coco de Mer to move to a digital-first strategy for international expansion

Luxury lingerie brand Coco de Mer is streamlining and shifting from a London focus to a global digital-first business for growth and stability. The new global strategy means that Coco de Mer is closing its London boutique in Seven Dials on March 5 and moving its headquarters to new premises in Primrose Hill to streamline its brand’s offering and...

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Salon International de la Lingerie: A sector more dynamic than ever

Salon International de la Lingerie was well attended this weekend. Held from January 21 to 23 and now operated by WSN, the event demonstrated the resilience of the sector in a context of inflation and rising energy costs. FashionUnited looks back at the highlights of this year's AW23 edition. A fresh start For their first official iterations...