EG Lingerie Store’s New Owner is a Perfect Fit

Regular customers of A Fitting Experience on Post Road in East Greenwich might be surprised if they haven’t been to the lingerie store in some time.

The store has a new owner, East Greenwich’s own Gina Calderone, and the product line has been greatly expanded.

A lot has changed since Calderone took over this past winter. But one thing that hasn’t changed is how the store caters to women looking for mastectomy prosthetics and undergarments.

Calderone has a degree in fashion design and years of experience in design, accessory design and garment construction.

Owning her own shop has always been a dream and “when the opportunity arose, the timing was right.”

It has been a good fit for Calderone, who has expanded the store to offer products for women of all stripes. Her vision is to continue to serve women looking for the thoughtful help in fitting post-mastectomy garments while opening the door wide to women who want a perfectly fitting bra or something special for the right occasion.

“Eighty to eighty five percent of women are wearing the wrong size bra,” Calderon said. “If you go to a chain store, you have a sea of racks and you have no idea how one fits versus another.”

And Calderone said that many women find that the right look doesn’t end with the best dress. Others might need a little guidance, but would thrilled with the results.

“A lot of women buy a great dress and they forget about the undergarment to go with it,” Calderone said.

And that’s what A Fitting Experience is all about — personal service, personal attention. And now, great selection.

Along with lingerie, the store carries sports bras, sleepwear and there are plans to expand it even more, Calderone said.

The store celebrated a ribbon cutting recently to mark the next chapter for A Fitting Experience.

The store, located at 5600 Post Road, is open Tues-Fri from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the summer and 4 p.m. otherwise.

Check out their site at www.rifittingexperience.com

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44 years old is plenty young to star in a lingerie ad, proves Japanese model …

Between its teen idol singers and the debate over when a women linguistically stops being a “big sister” and starts being an “auntie,” Japan has long held youth to be a critical component of classic beauty. That attitude might be slowly starting to erode, though. Not only are we living in an age where models in their 40s can sell bikini DVDs, women who’re past the four-decade mark can also star in lingerie ads, as shown in these videos.

Model and media personality Risa Hiroko first became interested in the show business industry while watching Charlie’s Angels as an elementary student. And no, we’re not talking about the movie that came out in 2000 or the short-lived 2011 TV reboot, but the original television series that aired in the 1970s.

Hiroko began modeling at the age of 19, and celebrated her 44th birthday in February. While she’s at an age where many in her line of work start finding themselves with less and less time in the spotlight, Hiroko just finished filming a new commercial, and it’s steamy enough to shatter the myth that there’s an expiration date to a woman’s attractiveness or sex appeal.

There’s actually a reason Hiroko is strutting through an airplane cabin while dressed as a flight attendant (two reasons actually, if you count the fact that Japan has a soft spot for the outfit). The Tokyo native is the spokesmodel in Japan for the American Genie line of bras, and the commercial is for the newest model in the seamless, wireless series, the Genie Bra Air.

And just to show there’s more work than goes into modeling than sticking a camera in someone’s pretty face, here’s a second video documenting the making of the ad.

In keeping with Genie Bra’s image of comfort, the background music playing throughout the commercial is titled “Be Free,” and the Japanese slogan encourages women to “Free yourself.” Male viewers, ironically, probably find themselves feeling rather captivated.

Source: Field Caster
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