Candice Swanepoel's Tropic of C Sustainable Lace Drop Holiday 2023

Candice Swanepoel's Tropic of C Sustainable Lace Drop Holiday 2023

Supermodel, businesswoman, mom Candice Swanepoel leads us into 2024 with a new Tropic of C Sustainable Lace collection of black and white, made-to-be seen innerwear that renders lace lovers as sensual creatures who are also kind to Mother Earth.

All of Candice’s fabrics are sustainable, with this lace fabric coming out of Portugal and making its way into existing C collection styles. Note the ‘movie poster’ image with the photoshoot credentials and specific information about the fabric. Tropic of C has never veered off course in leading with sustainability.

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Candice Swanepoel's Tropic of C Sustainable Lace Drop Holiday 2023

Candice Swanepoel's Tropic of C Sustainable Lace Drop Holiday 2023

Supermodel, businesswoman, mom Candice Swanepoel leads us into 2024 with a new Tropic of C Sustainable Lace collection of black and white, made-to-be seen innerwear that renders lace lovers as sensual creatures who are also kind to Mother Earth.

All of Candice’s fabrics are sustainable, with this lace fabric coming out of Portugal and making its way into existing C collection styles. Note the ‘movie poster’ image with the photoshoot credentials and specific information about the fabric. Tropic of C has never veered off course in leading with sustainability.

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Intimissimi Lingerie Ambassador Jennifer Lopez Says "This is Me . . . Now" at 54

 Intimissimi Lingerie Ambassador Jennifer Lopez Says "This is Me . . . Now" at 54

Jennifer Lopez has appeared before with Intimissimi lingerie. Now the brand’s global ambassador serves as a co-designer of the new collection, inviting us all to experience ‘la dolce vita’.

Anne of Carversville has always stood for the nurturing benefits of beautiful lingerie and we’re thrilled with the new Jennifer Lopez “This is Me…Now” collection.

Both Italy and France have long celebrated the sex appeal of older women, unlike America where we’ve been washed up at age 35. There’s a good reason why Anne so loves Italy and France and why she’s worked so hard professionally to change America’s perception of aging and sensual women.

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Will Icon Collection Pay Off for Victoria's Secret? Adriana, Candice, Gisele, Naomi to the Rescue

Will Icon Collection Pay Off for Victoria's Secret? Adriana, Candice, Gisele, Naomi to the Rescue

The new VS campaign is excellent and has some real VS icons featured. Bringing back past VS models is a terrific idea for a brand trying to find safe ground to stand on. Shop the new collection at the VS website.

If I read the VS copy carefully, I’m sure we are all icons somewhere in it, so let’s just cut the AOC analysis short here and say “good job, VS.”

The Icon by Victoria’s Secret Collection models includes VS greats Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Campbell, Adriana Lima, and Candice Swanepoel.

The Icon cast campaigns expands to include Adut Akech, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Bieber, Paloma Elsesser and Sui He. I’m pleased to say that every woman listed here has archives on AOC.

Oyadeas!

Oh dear goddess Oya. I tried . . . I tried . . . I tried so hard to step carefully, but I just fell down the “we’re all icons” rabbit hole, and I did not see it coming.

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SKIMS Now Valued at $4 Billion as Kardashian - Grede Lockdown $270M Series C Funding

SKIMS Now Valued at $4 Billion as Kardashian - Grede Lockdown $270M Series C Funding

Skims co-founders Kim Kardashian and CEO Jens Grede have confirmed a new $4 billion valuation for the company, after raising $270 million in a new Series C funding round.

Skims was previously valued at $3.2 million.

The new capital investment was led by Wellington Management and also includes funds from Greenoaks Capital Partners and existing partners D1 Capital Partners and Imaginary Ventures.

Mr. Grede has confirmed that Skims anticipates sales of about $750 million in 2023, up from $500 million in 2022. About 15 percent of its online customers come from outside the United States.

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Skims Talks New [and Last] Round of Funding Before IPO with $4 Billion[ish] Valuation

Skims Talks New [and Last] Round of Funding Before IPO with $4 Billion[ish] Valuation

Boston-based investment firm Wellington Management is in talks to lead a new round of funding for SKIMS, led by Kim Kardashian and Jens Grede, Skims CEO and co-founder.

Reports are that the financial math currently on the table would establish a financial valuation for SKIMS of $4 billion. Assumptions are that this would be the final round of fundraising before an initial public offering that could come in about a year.

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SKIMS Pops Into Selfridges London, Outlines Significant Retail Stores Expansion

SKIMS Pops Into Selfridges London, Outlines Significant Retail Stores Expansion

Apparel brand SKIMS has popped into London, installed at Selfridges until July 8, 2023. Selfridges will open a redesigned and expanded permanent SKIMS shop-in-shop this summer.

“I’m thrilled to open our first international pop-up experience at the iconic Selfridges Corner Shop. We expect demand and buzz to be high as this is the first time SKIMS Swim will be available in retail outside of the U.S,” Jens Grede, Skims co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. “The pop-up experience will set the tone for the future of SKIMS in London, as the cultural and fashion destination is a key market for our global expansion.”

Skims first launched Skims at Selfridges in London in October, 2020. In 2023, Skims is such a hot brand in vestment opportunity that TIME put Kim Kardashian on the cover of its TIME 100 Most Influential Companies of 2023.

In London, SKIMS is also available at Harrods and Net-a-Porter and will open its own freestanding shop in London in the next 18 months. The shop will be in an area with “high traffic”, such as Bond Street or Regent Street  Grede told The Sunday Times UK.

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Joy Van der Eecken Wears Sheer Effects Lingerie for Madame Figaro February 3, 2023

Joy Van der Eecken Wears Sheer Effects Lingerie for Madame Figaro February 3, 2023

Madame Figaro is known for its female-centric, lingerie and swim fashion stories that emphasis the healing properties of sun and water.

Belgian model Joy Van der Eecken invites us into such a calming beach moment styled by Agnès Poulle. Sheer effects lingerie from Europe’s top brands are lensed by Zeb Daemen [IG] for the February 3, 2023 issue.

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Esther Lomb's Sensual, Country Beauty by Lise-Anne Marsal for Madame Figaro

Esther Lomb's Sensual, Country Beauty by Lise-Anne Marsal for Madame Figaro

Model Esther Lomb makes comfy elegant and sexy, wearing lingerie-rich outfits styled by Carole Matray. The mix includes Brunello Cucinelli, Calzedonia, Etam, Intimissimi, Loro Piana, Maison Margiela, Pain de Sucre, Prima Donna, Princess Tam Tam, Stella McCartney, The Frankie Shop and more.

Lise-Anne Marsal [IG] shoots a perfect sensual fashion story for Madame Figaro November 11, 2022.

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Heidi & Leni Klum for Intimissimi Italian Lingerie Fall 2022 Campaign

Heidi & Leni Klum for Intimissimi Italian Lingerie Fall 2022 Campaign

Supermodel Heidi Klum and daughter Leni launch Intimissimi Lingerie’s Fall 2022 campaign. Photographer Derek Kettela IG] photographs the duo wearing lavish lace balconette bras and panties, with creative direction by Thomas Hayo.

The campaign video sums up the magic relationship between the two women. And I truly hope that right-wing evangelicals — or even Kanye West, legally known as Ye — don’t start trouble around the lovely Intimissimi imagery. Their minds are so perverted at this point that we can’t take anything for granted.

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