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How to Look your best in lingerie
By Serena Rees London-based Rees is the co-owner and designer of Agent Provocateur. If you're still wearing bras like the one your mum bought you when you were 13 and your idea of sexy lingerie is that very same bra in black -- sorry, darling, but grow up. Lingerie can be delicious when you acquire a taste for it. * Don't settle for pedestrian. I wear T-shirts, but I don't own a single "T-shirt" bra. They're just so dowdy. If you wear one on a hot date, you'd have to pull a bait-and-switch if you invite him in for a nightcap. Women with A and B cups should try a demi bra -- it provides an equally rounded shape, and as long as you avoid lace or frills, you shouldn't have lumps and bumps under clothes. Those with larger cup sizes could try demis, but if they're not supportive enough, at least pick a "T-shirt" bra that is smooth in the cup but has some decorative detail on the sides and back. * Thongs can go wrong. G-strings can be hideously unflattering if you don't have a great bum. Briefs ...
- U.K.'s Provocateur eyes growth.(lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur)
- Magazine article from: WWD Fallon, James January 5, 1998 700+ words
LONDON -- Agent Provocateur stirred the lingerie world when...matron snorted to the manager of Agent Provocateur's new shop on Pont Street...retorted Joseph Corre, who owns Agent Provocateur with Serena Rees. "It's...
- Agent Provocateur. (lingerie store) (Innerwear: European Shop Talk)(Company...
- Magazine article from: WWD Fallon, James March 4, 1996 700+ words
LONDON -- Agent Provocateur has brought a buzz to London with everything from a "Miss Agent Provocateur" beauty contest to a street demonstration...the formula seems to be working. Agent Provocateur, which opened here in December 1994...
- AGENT PROVOCATEUR HEADS TO L.A.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Young, Kristin June 19, 2000 700+ words
...not according to the proprietors of Agent Provocateur, the British purveyor of upscale...store will carry a full range of Agent Provocateur offerings, including colored fishnet...mules and strappy sandals for $100. Agent Provocateur is also about to experiment with...
- BENDEL TO SHUTTER PROVOCATEUR SHOP.(Agent Provocateur)(Henri Bendel Inc.)
- Magazine article from: WWD Monget, Karyn February 24, 2004 700+ words
...be closing its in-store shop for Agent Provocateur by the end of March. Ed Burstell...year or so. Burstell described the Agent Provocateur customer as a woman who is "looking...Serena Rees and Joseph Corre, the Agent Provocateur name has cultivated a seductively...
- Undie cover secrets; -We get a job at celebs' favourite Agent Provocateur;...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) June 13, 2004 700+ words
Byline: PAUL GALLAGHER AGENT Provocateur was launched in 1994 by Serena Rees...supermodel Kate Moss a diamond- encrusted Agent Provocateur whip for her 30th birthday in January. AGENT Provocateur is the upmarket underwear chain where...
- Agent Provocateur seduces Designer Parfums.(INTERNATIONAL NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Cosmetics International October 23, 2009 700+ words
...celebrated lingerie brand Agent Provocateur has officially signed up with...Designer Parfums distribute the Agent Provocateur Parfums line, including its...signature scent and 2007 release Agent Provocateur Maitresse. Starting in 2010...
- A SEXY BRITISH AGENT.(Agent Provocateur opens shop in Los Angeles)
- Magazine article from: WWD Jones, Rose Apodaca October 23, 2000 700+ words
LOS ANGELES -- As Agent Provocateur, the U.K.-based purveyor...who pointedly invoked the Agent Provocateur label to describe the Sex...While the interior retains Agent Provocateur's signature flavor, the...
- AGENT PROVOCATEUR OPENS 2ND BLOOMINGDALE'S SHOP.(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Popescu, Chloe August 13, 2007 700+ words
...Calif.- British lingerie brand Agent Provocateur has opened its second U.S. in...at Bloomingdale's in Manhattan. Agent Provocateur operates a total of 32 locations...said Serena Rees, who co-owns Agent Provocateur with her husband, Joseph Corr...