Hola Readers. I finally had a chance to do a quick lingerie shopping day recently. These types of days have been getting scarce for me for a few reasons. One reason is that I just don't have the time to spend doing it. I still get a thrill browsing the lingerie, but time is short. Second is that I don't have the space to add to my collection so anything I buy needs to be unique in some way. Then of course, lastly, I don't really find things I like that I don't already have or have something similar to.
One thing I've noticed is that Sears consistently carries things that other stores don't have anymore. I found they have slips there of differing lengths and colors. You'd think that slips would be quite common to find, but I don't see them in any other stores, from discount retailers to the higher end shops. They also have a nice selection of granny panties, something that I like to see. I realize that there is an entire generation of people who find no sexuality in this style of panty, a shame really. Of course all it would take is the right woman in the right movie or photo shoot to change minds.
Anyway, getting to the title of this post. I discovered that my old stand by, Frederick's of Hollywood, was no more. In it's place was some sort of music shop. My mind raced, where was it, had the store moved to a new location? I checked the directory, no Frederick's seen. I whipped out my smart phone and went to the FoH site, which was still there, but there is no retail location search there. Well, today I looked it up and found a few old news articles which pretty much said FoH had filed for bankruptcy last year and closed all it's retail stores. :^( The good news is that they still exist, but only as an online store.
Here's to you Frederick's of Hollywood, may you live on in the cyber world!
PS: In similar news, I've also found (about six months ago) that the Forever 21 that I used to to get lingerie at, also no longer carries it. They still make lots of intimates, but the store I shopped no longer had any. My guess is the space was better used on items with more profit in them. I may try the downtown flagship store sometime if I have a chance. Hopefully they still have some lingerie.
1 comment:
Sad news indeed! Frederick's was the first catalog that was primarily lingerie and very sexy to boot. Being primarily a 'granny panty' freak I only bought a few items from them.
On your comments about Sears... I think it's up to the region where the stores are located as to the content. Where I live I use the Sears store to enter the mall and I just 'happen' to pass through the lingerie section each time. I've noticed a change in the past few years and now the primary item is bra's. I've not looked closely but on your mention of slips I can't say that I even know where they might be located. The "granny panties" are displayed on a wall and the bikinis and thongs are in these circular, multi tiered pole tables. The total space lingerie occupies is only about half, if that, of what it was less than 10 years ago when they moved into the space.
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