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July 27, 2012 by admin
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Liberty Ross, the beautiful 33-year-old former British Vogue cover girl and current mother of two, is the women involuntarily at the center of this week’s epic cheating scandal between her husband, director Rupert Sanders, and her “Snow White and the Huntsman co-star, 22-year-old Kristen Stewart.

But as we can see from the below video from September 2007 featuring the model for British lingerie line Damaris, Ross is a force to be reckoned with.

(Warning: NSFW)

Despite Ross’ husband issuing a public apology to her and her family, the model/actress has yet to speak out. Well, other than an image she—or someone pretending to be her—posted on Instagram of a drunken, cartoon Snow White guzzilng a beer bottle, with the caption: “Not so pretty or so pure after all ….”

The image has since been removed and the account made private, while Ross deleted her Twitter account after simply tweeting “WOW” after news of the cheating scandal broke. Us Weekly, who broke the story, was the last handle Ross followed before shutting her account down.

But it appears Ross and Sanders had experienced marital strife even before Stewart came into the picture.

In a recent interview with YOU Magazine, excerpted by The Daily Mail, Ross stated the couple had endured “really hard times” throughout their 10-year marriage.

I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time. But moving here and starting a life all over again was a lot harder than I had anticipated. I just didn’t think it would be as isolating and daunting as it turned out to be … I would never say out loud that I am raising my children alone, but a lot of the time it has felt like that. I went from the glamour of working with Karl Lagerfeld and John Galliano to living on an isolated hilltop, with my husband gone most of the time.

But Ross ended the interview by saying of her relationship with her husband, “But that’s why everything feels so amazing now. We rode through the really hard times and we stuck it out.”

We’ll see if the couple can stick this one out. Sanders hopes so, as he stated in his public apology, “I am praying that we can get through this together.”

Watch another more recent video featuring Ross for clothing line Tucker’s Spring/Summer 2012 campaign, playing a jilted Hollywood starlet.

Panty Power: How Pretty Underwear Can Boost Body Image

July 26, 2012 by admin
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Two weeks ago, I went for a bra fitting. Having been told by dozens of style experts that 137 percent of women wear the wrong bra size, I fully expected to be told that my 34C was FAR too small/big/narrow/high/thick/whatever for my frame. Miraculously, the lingerie shop owner confirmed that I was already wearing the correct size. I will admit to feeling slightly smug about this.

My smugness dissipated as she began to show me a dazzling assortment of silky, frilly, and coyly transparent bras in every style and shape imaginable. I’d worn my one cute bra to the fitting: A satin leopard print that fit beautifully, but featured thick straps and strangely stodgy detailing. Somehow, just glimpsing the universe of beautiful underthings that I’d been studiously ignoring for the past 20 years made me feel anxious. Virtually all of my friends wore and adored gorgeous lingerie, but I’d dismissed it as a frivolous expense and focused on flattering but practical underthings for myself. Yet as I discussed the physics of bras with the owner — learning about underwire placement, the importance of band fitting, and how different styles would achieve different silhouettes — I knew I needed to formulate a plan. A panty plan.

My private bits are fantastically fussy. I have been blessed with perpetually erect nipples that defy even triple ply fabrics, so it’s naught but padded bras for me. I also suffer from a group of reproductive issues that would turn your head around, and my gynecologist has browbeaten me into wearing cotton panties. Forever. As a younger gal, I splurged on satin Vicky’s Secret bras and lacy thongs, but eventually I resigned myself to nude bras (they never show through anything) and whatever cotton panty options I could find at Target (they’re easy and cheap). In the days after my fitting at the lingerie shop, I strapped on my plain nude Bali bra and nude cotton hi-cuts feeling utterly dissatisfied. I don’t believe that wearing comfortable underwear is a symptom of “letting yourself go,” or that tight, sheer underthings are inherently superior to soft, opaque ones. But in my specific case, I’d decided that there couldn’t possibly be any options that fit my rather specific physical and comfort-related needs that were ALSO cute or sexy. I mean, when do you actually get the best of both worlds? Approximately never, right? So why even look?

But my curiosity had been piqued at that bra fitting, and look I did. As it turns out, my beloved and perfectly-fitting Bali bra comes in red, bright blue, and several cheeky prints. I tracked down lace-trimmed cotton panties from Vanity Fair, Hanes, and Natori. I even gave Victoria’s Secret a second look, and discovered that their cotton offerings are absolutely darling and surprisingly affordable. It felt utterly liberating to consign those old, oversized high-cuts to the rag pile, so exciting to place that fire-engine red bra lovingly into my lingerie drawer. Don’t get me wrong: The nudes stayed. I wear a lot of white, and haven’t quite embraced the dark-bra-sheer-top trend, so I’m not about to relinquish my skin-tones. But now I have options, color, print, embellishment. Now I can choose.

And I feel transformed. I’ve heard so many women sing the praises of pretty lingerie as a tool for boosting personal power, and the practice always made sense to me intellectually. Wearing a gorgeous bra and knicker set beneath your clothes can be a way to honor your body, to keep a secret and subtle sexual charge going throughout the day, to feel pretty and powerful in a very private way. Yes, lingerie is lovely in the bedroom, but it can be fun and empowering in daily use, too. Or so I was told. But I’d stubbornly decided that I couldn’t play the game myself, that my own needs were too specific and my own plain options wholly sufficient. How wrong I was. I am delighted to find that wearing my new bold bras and bright panties makes me feel polished and pulled together in entirely new ways. I’m walking taller, smiling more, feeling beautiful and strong from the inside out.

Finding clothing that suits your needs, body, and budget can be challenging. Finding undergarments that suit your needs, body, and budget can be an absolute nightmare, especially if you fall outside the narrow spectrum of average sizes. There are a few resources that cater to specialty sizes — Itty Bitty Bra, Cacique, and the wonderful world of Bare Necessities to name a few — but they can be expensive, fitting can be tricky, and that perfect bra and panty set may still elude you. I know full well that I’m lucky to have spent an afternoon scouring my local Marshalls and trolling Amazon, only to unearth an entirely new, utterly perfect lingerie wardrobe for myself. For many, it won’t be so easy. Not by a long shot. But I feel compelled to recommend color, pattern, and embellishment to anyone feeling bored and dissatisfied with her undergarment options. Look when you can, buy when you find, wear when the mood strikes.You, too, might be astonished to discover how powerful a set of pretty panties can be.

Image courtesy Michael McGraw. Pictured is a row of bras at La Bratique, the Minneapolis lingerie boutique that brought me in for a fitting.

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