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Tariffs & What This Means for Your Bras

Apr 29, 2025

Good news, friends! My sepsis recovery is officially over, and for the first time in a decade, all of my labs are blissfully, boringly normal. As a result, the possibility of reopening my shop galloped to the forefront of my…
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Product Reviews: Playful Promises Tallulah & Smoking Set with Bonus Reviews!

Nov 16, 2018

Excuse me while I geek out on this lingerie review.
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Annual Stats Year 5: Best-Sellers, Growth Areas, & the Kitchen Sink

Nov 8, 2016

Remember my annual stats series? No? I don’t blame you seeing as how I started it back in August during a streak of productivity and over-ambitiousness which was ultimately sidelined by the damn move I keep mentioning.
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Lingerie Pricing & the Impact of MAP, Materials, and Bra Fitters

Apr 8, 2016

My recent collaboration with Bluestockings Boutique on small business ownership inspired me to explore one of the core elements of our discussion: the price of lingerie and how consumers perceive it. Do a quick search on Google (or your search…
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A Retailer’s Perspective: Buying Complementary Products

Mar 5, 2015

Hello Everyone, This week I have been tackling the important issue of how retailers choose which items to purchase for their store, but so far, I have only discussed bras—an impressive feat since it took two blogs to cover! However,…
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Product Review: Anna Pardal FiFi

Dec 10, 2014

Hello Everyone, Unless this is the first time you stumbled upon my own little corner of cyberspace, you know how much I adore both Anna Pardal and Comexim. Since discovering the amazing fit and quality, I have been experimenting with…
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Product Review: Anna Pardal Diana

Oct 23, 2014

Hello Everyone, When I first saw the Diana from Anna Pardal, it was a sample sent to see the quality of the line, and much to my immediate chagrin, the size was too small for me. However, I knew I…
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A Retailer’s Perspective: The Return Process

Jun 13, 2014

Hello Ladies and Gents, It happens to everyone. A trip to the local commercial epicenter of choice yields a (fill in the blank) you think you love only to return home and find the once stellar “must-have” becomes an immediate…
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The Flip Side Series: Discount Retailers

Jan 9, 2014

Hello Everyone, On my recent 2013 round-up post, commenter Writing Through the Waves asked: How do you feel about buying from websites that sell bras at an extreme discount, i.e. brastop.com, bellelingerie.co.uk? I understand that given the option you’re going…
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High Waisted Underwear

Sep 14, 2012

Hello Ladies, If you saw our fashion previews this past week, you know gorgeous high waisted underwear is a huge trend for most manufacturers with designs subtly nodding to vintage femininity while still providing comfort and even moderate smoothing for…
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The Matching Sets Quandry

Aug 23, 2012

Hello Ladies, Before I opened a lingerie store, my underwear drawer was a hodgepodge collection of “on sale” underwear which consisted of unique color combinations and prints well past their expiration date on the retail floor. Due to the local…
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