Sevenoaks lingerie store UnderCover to close as owner quits

AFTER more than three decades in the town, Sevenoaks’ only lingerie specialist is shutting its doors.

UnderCover, famous for its fitting service, has been trading in the town for 35 years – first in London Road, then in Bank Street.

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   BARING ALL: Manager Amanda Jeffery outside UnderCover in Bank Street, Sevenoaks, which is slashing prices and selling furniture before closing TWLD20120906D-001_C

But due to owner Beryl Fellows’ ill health, it will cease business on Saturday.

Mrs Fellows has run the shop for 15 years.

She said her first priority is to thank all the customers and to tell them how much their loyalty has been appreciated.

She is now throwing open the doors of the store to customers, with stock prices slashed and the antique fittings up for sale.

Hanging rails, island display units, mirrors, soft furnishings and wardrobes are all up for grabs alongside nightgowns, underwear and negligees.

Mrs Fellows said: “I have been running the business down gradually for the past few years.

“I had hoped someone would buy it from me, but unfortunately, with empty shops nearby, it doesn’t look as though it’s going to happen.

“I’m not running the town down – Sevenoaks is lovely and it’s been wonderful to work here.

“I’m just so sad nobody wanted to buy the shop and keep it as a store here. It’s very sad for it to end like this.

“But I am not well enough to keep it up anymore. Sadly, I’ve had to make some redundancies but I am really hoping someone will pick my staff up.”

Manager Amanda Jeffery has worked at the store for a number of years.

She said: “We want to thank all our customers for their support and custom over the years.

“We will really miss being here – it’s been a great location. Now we need to sell off the stock and the fittings.”

UnderCover is known throughout Kent for its fitting service, including post and pre-operative fittings and help for mastectomy patients.

It is the only dedicated lingerie shop in the town and surrounding villages.

Kathryn Curry, who loved browsing UnderCover when she lived in Nutfields, Ightham, said: “It is a lovely little shop.

“It is small and private and they would get anything you needed in for you if they didn’t have it.

“I liked the personal service – buying underwear is a private and personal thing.

“It’s a shame for Sevenoaks to be losing any of its independent shops, because that’s what makes it special.

“I have to say, it is terribly expensive, though.”

The shop will close for good on September 22. Stock will be marked down until sold. Gift items and credit notes must be presented before or on September 21 and there are no returns or exchanges on sale items.

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Seattle Mist, B.C. Angels to do cross-border battle in Lingerie Football League

It looked like lingerie football fans wouldn’t get a taste of their Seattle Mist this year — but, it turns out, the Mist will be playing in an upcoming “Border War” against one of the newest Lingerie Football League teams: the B.C. Angels

Mist center Chelsie Jorgensen, who was featured in Playboy last year, does some football stuff.
(Joe Petro/LFL photo)

The inaugural 2012 Pacific Cup takes place Dec. 15 at the ShoWare Center in Kent. It will pit the Mist against the Angels for the first meeting of the future Cascadia rivals.

As we reported in February, the Lingerie Football League is expanding into Canada and Australia after several years of success. One of the new teams is located in Abbotsford, B.C., about 40 minutes east of downtown Vancouver in an area dubbed Canada’s “Bible belt.”

Meanwhile, the LFL’s United States season was delayed as the league decided to focus on expansion. Lingerie football is continuing uninterrupted in Canada, where the LFL has launched a new division.

“Our focus in 2012 has been to brand LFL Football beyond our U.S. borders,” Mitchell Mortaza, founder and chairman of the LFL, said in the league’s Pacific Cup announcement, “and the Pacific Cup will be a great annual rivalry game serving to engage not only our established Seattle Mist fan base but a growing B.C. Angels fan nation.”

The B.C. Angels are 1-1 this season in the LFL’s four-team Canada league. In their 2011 season, the Seattle Mist went 3-1 but missed the playoffs. The Los Angeles Temptation beat the Philadelphia Passion 28-6 in Lingerie Bowl IX on Feb. 5 in Las Vegas.

Tickets to the Pacific Cup, which the LFL has dubbed its first-ever “Border War,” will go on sale Sept. 24 at 10 a.m. More information is available on the LFL website.

 

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