Finally! Nude lingerie for women of color
October 26, 2014 by admin
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Crayola changed the name of its “flesh” crayon to “peach” back in 1962 — but Google “lingerie” in 2014 and you’ll find the name “nude” still overwhelmingly refers to light-peachy-beige.
So a simple thing like wearing a white shirt to work isn’t simple for a woman whose nude isn’t “nude.”
Do you wear white, and know it’ll show? Or a close-as-you-can-get beige or brown — and know it will still show?
Nubian Skin, a new London-based lingerie/hosiery business that has just opened online, is creating quite the splash with its answer: Four shades of lingerie and hosiery that range from a golden caramel to a deep brown with just a hint of rose.
Maybe even cooler? Founder Ade Hassan has keyed each to mainstream makeup lines’ foundation colors. So if you wear Mac’s NW47 or Bobbi Brown’s Warm Walnut, Nubian Skin’s Cinnamon is the shade for you. If you wear Bobbi Brown’s Golden or Bare Minerals in Warm Tan or Golden Tan, consider Caramel. Other shades are Berry, the darkest, and Cafe au Lait, the lightest.
Lashawnda Becoats of Charlotte, N.C. calls the foundation-match idea “fantastic” — and the business overall “a really exciting thing.”
Becoats, recently named editor of Pride Magazine in Charlotte and a woman who has written about fashion and lifestyle for years, says, “Most people probably don’t think about it.
“You wear white under white and black under black. But to have something and to not worry ‘Hey, can you see my underwear under this?’ would be fantastic … Every woman of color can definitely relate.” (Yep: Hollywood’s Thandie Newton and Kerry Washington have both posted about the place, even before sales began: “am excited!” and “Awesome,” respectively. And Charlotte women say they’ve seen Nubian Skin all over Facebook.)
Becoats says she hasn’t found anywhere locally that carries a color appropriate for her.
Charlotte fashion blogger Kenya Hunter, a Laurens, S.C., native who works in corporate IT during the day, says the lack of skin tone range “has always been a frustration.”
Since the rise of business-casual office dressing means many women don’t feel required to wear hose, she says, hosiery hasn’t been the problem it was five years ago. But the lingerie?
“I’ve made do … by finding something that was ‘close enough’ and going with it. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn’t. (If) I could select something that would match my skin tone, I’d be open to making that investment. That’s the way you have to look at it.”
Prices range from about $50 to $60 for bras (which run 30B to 36DD/E, with more sizes promised) and $16 to $25 for briefs, etc. That’s not too far outside mainstream upscale lingerie prices — but shipping to the United States tacks on roughly $25.
Hassan told British website Black Ballad she had worked in investment banking and finance before launching this company, at age 30: “When wearing clothes, especially in a professional environment, a large proportion of women’s tops are sheer. When you are in that context you want to be taken seriously and not worrying if someone can see your black bra strap.”
Says Becoats: “We’ve been missing out on a whole market of women who have needs but who have taken for granted that they have had to fit into the status quo. When you create a market that allows those women to see themselves, they’re going to move toward that market.
“I’m going to look into it, so I can get out of wearing only black underwear!”
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Paris Hilton suggests Queen Elizabeth had crush on her great grandfather
October 26, 2014 by admin
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She’s certainly not shy about showing off her svelte body.
And on Friday, Paris Hilton took to Instagram to share a steamy black and white selfie of her in a lingerie-inspired, striped crop top that revealed her enviably flat tummy.
The 33-year-old paired the sexy top with black undies as she posed with her right arm raised provocatively, resting her hand behind her head.
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Black and white and hot all over: Paris Hilton shared a selfie of her slender figure on Instagram on Friday
Her long blonde tresses were styled in gentle waves that curled on her shoulders and she was wearing full make-up – but the colours were impossible to tell in the black and white snap.
The hotel heiress stared broodingly at her smart phone, while the computer in front of her also caught the image.
Paris also shared a snap of her great grandfather being presented to Queen Elizabeth II many years ago, with the young royal in a blingy tiara and necklace seemingly giving the handsome older entrepreneur the eye.
She captioned the photo: ‘My great grandfather Conrad Hilton back in the day with Queen Elizabeth. She looks beautiful! And someone looks like they might have had a lil crush.’
Getting back to the here and now, the party girl, who recently signed a deal for a four-gig residency at The Pool at Harrah’s Casino in Atlantic City for a reported $400,000, posted an image of her celebrating with pals at Los Angeles bar and eaterie, 10 Oak on Thursday evening.
‘GoodTimes at @1OakLA last night with @NickyHilton @DorothyWang @CarlosNCharge,’ she captioned the photo.
Party girl: ‘GoodTimes at @1OakLA last night with @NickyHilton @DorothyWang @CarlosNCharge’
And the star is getting into the Halloween spirit.
Paris posted an Instagram video clip showing the garden of her home in Los Angeles decorated with ghosts, goulies, gravestones and an eery witch with glowing red eyes glaring down on brave visitors from her spot high in a tree.
‘Finally had my Halloween decorations put up today #TrickOrTreat,’ she wrote with the photo, adding emojis of creepy pumpkins and ghosts.
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