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Keep your hands off, fellas! This brassiere is loaded! Paxton Quigley, a Beverly Hills expert in female self-defense, offers a bra designed to hold a .38-caliber revolver and pepper spray. It's the very latest in tough-girl chic, designed "for the comfort and ease" it provides gun-toting gals. Quigley says the chest is actually a good place to conceal a weapon. She describes her underwear as "equal parts Victoria's Secret and Guns & Ammo magazine." (Suggested Celebrity Endorsement: Angelina Jolie) 


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              Bare botto in the grotto 
A CHEEKY Santa has been given the bum’s rush by Harrods’ bosses — for baring his botto in their grotto.
Managers have sacked him and his little helpers after the unnamed Father Christmas stripped off.
They took an after-hours photo of Santa wearing nothing but his boots to boost the festive spirits of staff at the posh London
store.   But the prank was rumbled when frosty bosses discovered the snaps of the out-of-work actor.
And instead of any more Ho Ho Ho, Santa was told to Go Go Go.
The girl student who took the snap was also axed and the staffer who printed the photo was ordered to resign.
A Harrods’ spokesman said: “The photo was not obscene and we recognized it was a prank. Nevertheless it was unacceptable
behavior.”



3/6    See us at the upcoming show
      Orlando International Lingerie Show Jan 6, 7, 8 
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A fella put a "wife wanted" ad in the classifieds. 
The next day he received 100 responses. 
They all said the same thing. 
"You can have mine." 

     Women Line Up to Exchange  
          Unwanted Lingerie
PARIS- Only days after Christmas, women were rushing to Paris department stores to return unwanted sexy lingerie that their husbands and lovers had put under the tree.
Most women said they were returning just because their companion got their size wrong, but many others were lining up to exchange the gifts for something less gaudy.
``Husbands are impulsive. They buy lacy g-strings or transparent suspenders, mostly in red or black,'' said Claudine Chevalier, head of lingerie at Galeries Lafayette megastore.
``But then the wife comes back and exchanges them for more classical, easy-to-wear black or white items,'' she said, adding that returns had kept her busy since Christmas.
Paris stores Printemps and La Samaritaine said most women returned to seek more simple, comfortable underwear.
``Men take very sexy things like lace, something typically feminine, while women want more comfortable, easy-to-wash lingerie,'' said Sophie Blanc, head of lingerie at Printemps.
``They are attracted to everything sexy, red, black or transparent, while women are more traditional in their choice,'' added Francoise Lemaire at La Samaritaine.
          SWAP FOR KITCHEN TOOLS ???
As with other items bought in large Paris stores, lingerie can be returned if it has not been used. Customers can ask for their money back or obtain a voucher to purchase something else in the shop.
In most cases, women try to please their companion by exchanging their gift for more lingerie, but some just want something totally different.
``Top class lingerie items cost around 1,200 Francs ($160). With that money some women prefer a voucher to buy some music, a book or kitchen utensils,'' Chevalier said.
Blanc said one woman had exchanged her lingerie for a dessert dish, saying it was more useful.
Lingerie gifts -- around 15 percent of which are returned to the shops after Christmas -- are often chosen by men who do not know what else to give their wives, the shop managers said.
``Last Monday (on Christmas Eve), several men came to the lingerie department just before closing time, panicking to find something that would please their wives,'' she said. ``These women might be among the ones now queuing for returns.'' 

The latest in sexy knickers from top designers.
It seems that knickers - the kind you wear under your pants, not the kind that Sarah Jessica Parker wears on "Sex and the City" - are one of the hottest fashion items around. Eminently practical and thoroughly covetable, gorgeous underwear has been seen everywhere, from the catwalk to the high street. Cashmere undies from labels such as Cerruti 1881 and Pringle just the tip of the underwear iceberg  Australian designer Collette Dinnigan, whose delicate,
lingerie-inspired lace dresses and gorgeous lace knickers are beloved by models and actresses, including Helena Christensen and Jennifer Lopez, is about to launch her
first range of high street underwear for Marks and Spencer.
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                  Despite discounts, 
     US post-Christmas shopping thin
Wal-Mart said it would limit post-Christmas discounts because seasonal goods sold so well.
Others had bargains aplenty, like a ``buy two, get two'' bra sale advertised at May Department Stores Co.'s  Lord & Taylor and ``up to 80 percent off original prices'' at Toys R Us" Inc. 
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HOT IN THE COLD. Another entrepreneur whose has seen business increase is Jennifer Downey, the owner of a
Cleveland-based chain of seven retail shops called Ambiance, the Store for Lovers! [www.ambiance.com] The company, which sells lingerie and sexual aids -- but no pornography -- has seen revenues increase nearly 10% this quarter. In September alone, sales rose 13.7%. 
``I feel the increase is due to the fact that people are holding their loved ones closer,'' Downey says. ``They realize that life can
change in an instant and they want to show their significant other that they love and cherish them. Other reasons may be that they want to forget the horror of what happened, and they're staying home. Anyway, she adds: ''At this time of year when it's cold, people cuddle more.``     For more on this click here


Exercise Clothes May Mean Little in Keeping Cool   NEW YORK - When it comes to staying cool at the gym, that old-fashioned cotton T-shirt seems to work just as well as high-tech synthetic fabrics that promise to let your skin breathe, researchers have found.
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Hi Pete, Just to wish you all a very happy Christmas & New Year from us all at As Big As You Like Lingerie, Swindon, UK. Really like the 'politically correct' holiday greeting . . . just to appease those poor sensitive souls who got so touchy when you had the audacity to air your own points of view following
Sept 11. No not going to get on my soapbox about people being wrapped up and cos and not having the intelligence or tolerance to listen to others amongst other things. Probably doesn't mean a lot but I felt your points raised back then were valid. Oh well. Onward and !*!* all of the PC sensitive types.
Have a great Christmas and look forward to reading the newsletter in 2002  Best   Mel Mays  "As Big As You Like"

Hi. Do you know where I can find any Dreamgirl 1999 and 2000 catalogs? I really want them! Please help me out here! spf@kwic.com 

We are new in lingerie/adult novelty retail business and would appreciate hearing from wholesalers to expand our shop offerings. Please e-mail Deborah at mtstitch@telenet.net  with any helpful info TIA

Hi Pete We are Buying Agents based in India and have been reading your news letter for almost 2 1/2 years and love it !
Now you and the News Letter feels like part of family ! 
MERRY CHRISTMAS ! & HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Rakesh Kakkar

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