Fashion

Three Must-Have Simone Pérèle Collections

“A woman should not have to choose between being comfortable and being beautiful,” Simone Pérèle once said. “She can have it all.” That was roughly 70 years ago, when the maverick Simone Pérèle - the woman, the avant-garde entrepreneur - set out to liberate women from the shackles of unforgiving corsets. Since then, the family-run Simone Pérèle has created some of the world’s most iconic lingerie collections, from the divine Délice with its timeless grace, to the bestselling everyday chic Andora. Each collection marries sumptuous aesthetics with break-through innovations for unparalleled comfort and beauty, no matter what size you are.

December 07, 2015

Lingerie IQ

5 Empreinte Bras You Can't Live Without

If you had to live on a desert island, you’d want food, water, and Empreinte bras. Five of them, to be precise: The Melody, the Thalia, the Grace, the Cassiopée, and the Kaela. These five bras are the BMWs of lingerie for full-busted women, defying the misperception that French lingerie is only for small busted women and that if it’s beautiful, it can’t be comfortable. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

November 26, 2015

Fashion

10 Things French Women Know - Part 3

1. If something looks too good to be true, it usually is.

2. Happily ever after is for fairy tales, not real life.

3. Become a professional sensualist and garden-variety bon vivant

November 10, 2015

Lingerie IQ

Why French Women Don't Love Nude Bras

French style secret #1: When it comes to bras and lingerie, French women love color.

October 19, 2015

Lingerie IQ

Behind the Scenes at Chantelle

Chantelle is one of the best known French brands in the U.S., and it has always been ahead of the game: When women were bound up in tightly-laced corsets over 200 years ago, Chantelle invented the first girdle in elasticized fabric so that women could move and breath.

September 23, 2015

Lingerie IQ

The Unbearable Beauty of Blue

In the early 1960s, French painter Yves Klein rocked the art world when he drenched naked female models in blue paint reminiscent of lapis lazuli and made full-body imprints on canvases that sold for millions. Klein used blue so pervasively in his work that, during his so-called “Blue Epoch,” he trademarked his own ultramarine pigment, calling it “International Blue.” Of the color’s expansive radiance, Klein once said : “Blue has no dimensions. It is beyond dimensions.” (Anyone interested in Klein's masterpieces will enjoy this short video of Klein's models drenching themselves in blue to the sound of live symphony musicians. Oh those wild sixties!)

November 12, 2015

Lingerie IQ

In Praise of the Bodysuit

October 20, 2015

Lingerie IQ

The Sumptuous World of Rosy Lingerie

Since 1947, Rosy Lingerie has been regaling French women. Resolutely modern with a vintage touch, Rosy rode the wave of exalted sensuality that characterized the 1950s with lingerie that accentuated women's curves. Its advertising campaign at the time celebrated a new French girdle with the slogan: "Rosy has the secret of the perfect shape; the Rosy girdle proves it."

October 09, 2015