Saudi lingerie swoop
Months ago we reported on a story about lingerie shops being
forced to hire Saudi female shop assistants. This week, 27 (yes, 27!) lingerie
shops were closed in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia because they had
failed to employ local women.
The regulations, brought in at the beginning of the year, state
that only Saudi women can sell women’s items and that a failure to replace
male staff with female in lingerie shops could mean both shutting the shops and
taking action against the men working in them. As a result of a series of
raids, twenty shops in Jeddah were also shut down for violating the ‘ladies
only’ lingerie rule. The new legislation is
designed to try and ensure employment for local graduates and particularly for
women, so as to reduce dependence on foreign workers.
Man pants not hero wear!
No, it’s not just an excuse to show you
Dwayne Johnson in his pants - we don’t need any excuse to do that, we just
do it anyway! So, back to the point. The UK advertising watchdog has stopped an
underwear brand from running an advert, despite the hi tech pants having the
backing of Sir Richard Branson. Wireless Armour says its ‘mesh
of pure silver’ encases the wearer in a ‘cage
of metal’ that apparently protects male
fertility by blocking electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices carried
in the male pocket.
The brand was called ‘underpants for superhereos’
by Sir Richard (hence Dwayne, who is currently in cinemas as Hercules, a super hero - see,
there is a reason for that picture!) but the ASA says the cited research
doesn’t back up the claim that mobile phone radiation can
negatively impact male fertility. Therefore, it says, the campaign must be
withdrawn until adequate evidence is produced to substantiate the claims
Wireless Armour make.
Bearded lady underwear
That warbling Eurovision winner, Conchita Wurst, has debuted in
the underwear industry in a big way! She began by taking the catwalk with Jean
Paul Gaultier in the summer, and now the 25 year old has appeared in a shoot
with Karl Lagerfeld and Ashleigh Good, who is currently pregnant.
The shots show that Conchita has no problem getting into racy
undies and, in one shot, is entwined with Lagerfeld himself who describes the
singer as 'really hav[ing] a voice…’ he also said, ‘She has done
something that's never been done before. We have all heard of "bearded
ladies" but no one has ever seen a bearded man posing as a lady. This
brings new meaning to the term “drag”’
And if you’re loving the Conchita look, we
recommend the fabulous Magic Instinct body by Antinea …
sleek, svelte and with beautiful lace panel inserts, this body is a real
winner - a bit like Conchita herself!
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