‘Degrading’ lingerie shop for JK Rowling’s Casual Vacancy gets local knickers …

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It will be seen all around Britain as people tune in to the three-part BBC
show, which tells the politically-charged story of villagers who wish to see
their community centre turned into a spa, pushing out the troublesome
neighbours on an impoverished estate.

Speaking at a screening of the first episode at Bafta, the show’s director
Jonny Campbell disclosed the arrival of cast and crew on set had raised some
eyebrows, not least because of Samantha’s racy lingerie shop.

“They complained about it at the local parish council meeting,” he said. “They
said it was a disgrace on the one hand, but on the other a couple of little
old ladies with white hair came walking past, looking in the window, and
said ‘we’ve already got all that stuff’.

“So it was amusing.”

He added the village had been selected especially for its history and
picturesque views, saying it could easily be mistaken for “Cranford” if
actors were in period costume.

^{Keeley Hawes as Samantha Mollison, owner of a raunchy lingerie shop (BBC)}

Complainants are understood to have been visitors to the village, with local
residents alerted to the filming.

An item in the local parish newsletter states: “Not everyone was delighted
with the new ‘shop’ and the Beacon received a letter of complaint from a
visiting family stating that its window display looked ‘like it should be in
Soho or Amsterdam rather than in a Cotswold village’.

“They found the display ‘wholly unsuitable and degrading’ and ‘would not be
visiting Painswick again until this display is addressed’.

Both the paper and the council wrote to complainants individually to explain,
with one local saying the matter had caused much amusement among villagers.

Martin Slinger, chairman of the real Painswick Parish Council, said the BBC
programme-makers had visited their meetings to see help them understand
proceedings, adding the real-life councillors were much more civilised than
their fictional counterparts.

“It caused quite a stir,” he said. “Especially the ladies in the shop window.

“The people from Painswick took it as a joke, but a few of the visitors and
members of the public sent emails to us saying they were disgusted.

“I suppose there’s been nothing like that here before.”

^{Michael Gambon as Howard Mollison and Julia McKenzie as his wife,

Shirley (BBC)}

Described as “Midsomer Murders meets Trainspotting”, The Casual Vacancy deals
with the bleak existence of drug addicts and the deprived, and details the
blithe selfishness of a small-minded elite in the fictional West Country
village of Pagford.

It is adapted from J K Rowling’s first novel for adults, which received mixed
reviews when it was released, with one
Telegraph writer calling parts “so howlingly bleak that it makes Thomas
Hardy look like PG Wodehouse”.

The BBC adaptation, written by EastEnders scriptwriter Sarah Phelps, stars
Michael Gambon as the chairman of the parish council, Julia McKenzie as his
social climbing wife, and Rory Kinnear as champion of the underprivileged
Barry Fairbrother. Newcomer Abigail Lawrie plays Krystal Weedon, the
troubled teenager representing exactly what the Pagford leaders want to keep
at bay.

The programme, due to air on the BBC next month, was filmed in six villages in
the Cotwolds including the streets and shops of Painswick.

The Casual Vacancy, which JK Rowling has seen and approved, will begin on BBC
One on Sunday 15th February at 9pm.

ANNA KING: A saucy #lingerie shop in Painswick is causing a stir. Has a #shopwindow ever stopped you in your tracks? pic.twitter.com/5H90mt8dqV

— BBC Radio Glos (@BBCGlos) August 20, 2014

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Winter Storm Juno triggers a 500% panic-buying surge for luxury lingerie

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Shopping platform Lyst reported an unexpected spike in New York-based web traffic for luxury lingerie in the run-up to last night’s storm
Page views for Agent Provocateur increased by more than 500% between the weekend and this morning
There have also been a recent slew of Craigslist ads with singles seeking ‘storm snuggle buddies’ in the Big Apple

Annabel Fenwick Elliott For Dailymail.com

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Some East Coasters were clearing the supermarket shelves of canned soup in the run-up to this week’s much-hyped Winter Storm Juno. Others, it turns out, have been panic-buying luxury underwear.

Shopping platform Lyst has reported a sudden, unexpected spike in New York-based web traffic for its very pricey lingerie section just ahead of the storm.

Page views for Agent Provocateur – with prices averaging $700 a bra – increased by more than 500per cent between the weekend and this morning; with Myla, La Perla and Kiki de Montparnasse also seeing an uplift in traffic.

Love in a cold climate: Shopping platform Lyst has reported a pre-blizzard spike in New York-based web traffic for its luxury lingerie section. Pictured, Naomi Campbell in Agent Provocateur’s SS15 campaign

According to Lyst, New Yorkers have been buying up classic styles including black lace and champagne satin these past few days, as well as stockings from Wolford and Falke.

For whatever reason, sex does appear to be a weather calamity-related coping mechanism for New Yorkers this week.

A slew of Craigslist ads seeking ‘snuggle buddies’ have apparently emerged in advance of the storm, mainly in the Big Apple and Connecticut, with people posting requests for strangers to join them for lock down.

One Craigslist poster was looking for a storm-partner to share ‘endless movies, red wine, potential igloo-making… and making out.’

Another was seeking a ‘cute woman’ to ‘have fun and keep warm with’.

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Uplift: Page views for Agent Provocateur increased by more than 500per cent over the weekend until this morning. Pictured, Agent Provocateur’s Zaharah Metallic Lace Corset, yours for only $1790

New brrra anyone? New Yorkers have been busy buying up classic styles including black lace and champagne satin these past few days. Pictured, Kiki De Montparnasse’s $360 Tulle and Lace Balconette

Related trend? A slew of Craigslist ads seeking ‘snuggle buddies’ have apparently emerged, mainly in the Big Apple and Connecticut, with people posting requests for strangers to join them for lock down

For those who did splash out on expensive lingerie, however, in the hopes of eschewing the office and getting frisky at home instead, there was disappointment all round.

Juno failed to live up to its ‘worst storm in history’ expectations, instead only dumping New York with about ten inches at the most.

As of noon, the blizzard warning was downgraded to a winter storm warning, and transport networks were slowly up and running again.