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Agent Provocateur sales boosted by US First Lady Michelle Obama
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 1/29/12 | Helia Ebrahimi

Posted on 01/29/2012 7:27:30 PM PST by ColdOne

The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc lift in sales.

Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.

Gary Hogarth, Agent Provocateur's chief executive, refused to be drawn on the store's closely kept "secret client list". But he admitted the brand had attracted a high number of "unexpected famous names" – especially in the US, where sales have overtaken the UK.

On the back of this growth, Agent Provocateur, which is owned by listed private equity firm 3i, is launching an aggressive expansion strategy with more than 20 new shops opening globally in 2012.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 201201; michelleobama; moobama; qatar; sheikhamozah
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To: ColdOne

Oh Gawd: I think I am going to barf.
Now the picture of Wide Load in Lingerie will haunt me.

Trying to pack a 100 lb. load into a ten pound teddy is not a pretty picture.


21 posted on 01/29/2012 8:25:22 PM PST by Venturer
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To: LucyT; ColdOne; 007girl; 1_Rain_Drop; 2nd amendment mama; AbolishCSEU; abner; ...
"Agent Provocateur (luxury lingerie) saw sales jump by more than 12pc, helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree."

Michelle Fashion Police Alert Ping!

FReepmail maggief if you want on or off this ping list

22 posted on 01/29/2012 8:25:22 PM PST by maggief
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To: ColdOne

Does this establishment have a “Lane Bryant” type section?


23 posted on 01/29/2012 8:25:51 PM PST by Terry Mross (We need a second party.)
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To: maggief

With the many pictures we’ve see of panty line, bulges, bumps and other fashion disasters, if I were this company I wouldn’t brag that she buys their products!


24 posted on 01/29/2012 8:41:47 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: maggief

I didn’t know they carried Sasquatch size.


25 posted on 01/29/2012 8:42:39 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: maggief

Barney’s fashion guru: Stop talking about FLOTUS’ clothes

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Doonan would prefer that fashion chatter be left to Hollywood types. “There’s 200 billion red carpet celebrities, there’s a hundred-thousand-trillion dumb TV actresses, we can talk about what they are wearing all day long — she’s the wife of the president of the United States, I think people’s brains are getting corroded if they can’t tell the difference between [Michelle Obama] and Bethenny Frankel,” Doonan continued.

Doonan got the pleasure of meeting the first lady when he decorated the White House for the Obamas’ first District Christmas back in 2009. He retells that story in his new book “Gay Men Don’t Get Fat,” which he’s coming to D.C. to promote this week. His decorations caused the mini-controversy “Tinselgate,” because several of the donated, recycled, decoupaged, balls hanging on the large Christmas tree in the blue room contained controversial i

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/yeas-nays/2012/01/barneys-fashion-guru-stop-talking-about-flotus-clothes/2148641#ixzz1kudseXZC

ROFL!!


26 posted on 01/29/2012 8:42:49 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: maggief

Oh Gaaaaaaaduh
What a donkey

ROFLOL


27 posted on 01/29/2012 8:43:03 PM PST by hoosiermama (Stand with God: Newt, Rick and Sarah will be right next to you.)
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To: ColdOne
Well, there was a story about a month ago that hinted about Michelle having an affair. Guess she is stocking up for another rendezvous. (Or, is this a present for Barack to wear? She told us he liked to try on her clothes.)

Even with millions suffering financial hardships under her husband's leadership, The Queen Antoinette can't possibly wear Playtex, or "Just My Size" undies.

28 posted on 01/29/2012 8:44:44 PM PST by CitizenM (Obama's legacy will be to be remembered as The architect of the decline of the USA)
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To: STARWISE

“Gay Men Don’t Get Fat,” ...

Which is why Barry looks emaciated.


29 posted on 01/29/2012 8:48:25 PM PST by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: maggief

The poor woman doesn't know what to wear to get her husband aroused. Nothing works - whether she wears the boob belt or the wedgie, the man is indifferent. Poor Michelle.

30 posted on 01/29/2012 8:51:39 PM PST by Victoria Delsoul
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31 posted on 01/29/2012 8:52:46 PM PST by maggief
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To: maggief

Excellent examples of what I was saying! Thanks so much.

I do ask myself if she ever looks at photos of herself. If she did, you’d think she’d avoid some of these mistakes.


32 posted on 01/29/2012 8:57:38 PM PST by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: maggief

Maggie!

Dang.

Still laughing.


33 posted on 01/29/2012 8:58:38 PM PST by LucyT ( NB. ~ Pakistan was NOT on the U.S. State Department's "no travel" list in 1981. ~)
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To: leapfrog0202
She is so crass. She really has demeaned her position with all her inappropriate clothing and now this. She could care less about how she looks to the American people. She's like that Kimora Simmons chick.
34 posted on 01/29/2012 9:02:00 PM PST by dandiegirl
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35 posted on 01/29/2012 9:06:52 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: maggief
Add this one to your pix.They are at home with commie china


36 posted on 01/29/2012 9:15:00 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: maggief
Add this one to your pix.They are at home with commie china


37 posted on 01/29/2012 9:16:00 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: STARWISE
Simon Doonan, Barney's

Lanvin Cap Toe Sneakers = $560


38 posted on 01/29/2012 9:25:49 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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39 posted on 01/29/2012 9:42:10 PM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: maggief

as usual, her pants are too small and a little short.


40 posted on 01/29/2012 9:46:36 PM PST by television is just wrong
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