Corset News Archive - 01-Mar-2008
After 87 years, Loehmann's, the king of discount retailers, is going where no man has gone before: Specifically, it's opening its first store devoted to off-price designer goods for guys only.
Maybe it was the lusty mannequins in its stores, the massage oil on its shelves or the overabundance of cleavage on the glittery runway of its annual TV fashion show. But yesterday, Victoria's Secret chief executive Sharen J. Turney acknowledged that the chain had gotten "too sexy."
Tour leader Kristin Armstrong may have avoided the rain in today's 126km fourth stage of the five-day women's cycle Tour of New Zealand, but there was no way she could hide from the wind.
Hilary Alexander reports from Paris Fashion Week
Australian cyclist Oenone Wood won the fourth stage of the women's tour of New Zealand on Saturday to move to within 11 seconds of arch-rival and yellow jersey holder Kristin Armstrong.
In 1903 Josie Baldwin of Tremont patented an idea benignly labeled the "Chest-Bandage" that was, in practice, a boned corset for lactating women that squeezed so tight it collected milk as fast as the new mother produced it. The corset had holes for a pair of dangling rubber bags.
Australian cyclist Oenone Wood won the fourth stage of the women's tour of New Zealand on Saturday.
-- You can read stories regarding wrestling legend Hulk Hogan's alleged affair on MSNBC.com , Yahoo! News UK , PerezHilton.com , and AccessHollywood.com . Several other mainstream websites are covering the story as well, although it's basically the same report.
The red corset Tammy "Sunny" Sytch wore at the 15th Anniversary RAW show on December 10, 2007 is back on eBay after the winning bidder (who had "0" feedback) refused to cough up the $500+.
