Lingerie + Sexy Toys: How Curriculum Vitae Makes Both Beautiful

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“We are offering a new voice to women,” says Viviani of the space CV seeks to fill in the intimacy market. “We offer items to adorn yourself and items to pleasure yourself—and your partner—with. We want to highlight the parts that make you feel beautiful. Everything we do has a purpose.”

Before the line was shown to potential buyers in Paris last year, development was a slow boil. Viviani wanted to be thoughtful: “So often today you see brands throwing spaghetti at the wall to gain a sale—consumers aren’t that dumb. CV is not so tricky that you end up looking pretentious, and we aren’t adding a bow to our bras and panties because that’s what everyone else does.” Shopbop, Journelle, and Moda Operandi are among the brand’s accounts now, and retail pricing ranges from $45-$450.

But about those Japanese vibrators: When asked why it was important that CV have a range of pleasure offerings in the mix, Viviani said simply, “Because you don’t do one without the other. Unless you live on another planet.” And everything here has a premium touch—the spanking paddle is made of walnut, the cuffs are black leather, and a vibrating drop necklace (“suggested for nipple play, but be creative”) is done in rose gold. Of consumer response, she remarks, “You can’t judge a book by it’s cover. The most sugary people actually are the spiciest.”
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Lingerie football player sues league over pay – Las Vegas Review

A former Las Vegas Sin player has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the Legends Football League, formerly the Lingerie Football League, of failing to pay the required minimum wage and overtime to hundreds of employees.

Robin Johnson, who lives in Las Vegas, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court as a type of class action known as a “collective action.” She played for the Las Vegas Sin from September 2011 to September 2013.

The lawsuit claims the professional football league and Mitchell Mortaza, its owner and founder, have wrongfully classified Johnson “and hundreds of similarly situated employees” as independent contractors who are exempt from minimum wage and overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

“It is difficult to imagine how players in a team sports league could ever qualify as independent contractors,” the document states. “The nature of team sports demands that players follow league and team rules or face discipline or termination.”

No one could be reached Wednesday at the league’s Las Vegas office.

According to the complaint, the league began as a halftime show during the Super Bowl and has grown into a 10-team league in the United States, a five-team league in Australia, and a four-team league in Canada. It features female players who wear little clothing.

Johnson’s lawsuit alleges that she and other football players “were not paid the required minimum wage on a weekly basis and were not paid the overtime premium for work in excess of 40 hours per week.”

The defendants determined how much Johnson and other players were paid, according to the lawsuit.

“The amount was purportedly tied to such factors as ticket sales and whether the team won or lost,” the complaint states.

However, according to the document, there were entire seasons where Johnson and other players received no income.

“This idea that they can try to shift the cost of running that league onto the players — it’s just trying to cheat them, and it’s trying to save itself some money,” said California attorney Michael Morrison, who represents Johnson.

Morrison also represents Melissa Margulies, a former Los Angeles Temptation player who has filed a similar lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Contact reporter Carri Geer Thevenot at cgeer@reviewjournal.com or 702-384-8710. Find her on Twitter: @CarriGeer.

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