Journelle Takes Its Lingerie Uptown to Third Avenue

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Just in time for holidays, Journelle has opened up its fourth specialty store on the Upper East Side, at 1266 Third Avenue at 73rd Street. CEO Claire Chambers says this is the first time the brand has had a corner spot, and she explains to WWD that, “We didn’t want the East 73rd Street side to look like a fishbowl so we displayed light boxes with images.”

The store is finished with Journelle’s “signature” white oak floors that Chambers says are “very warm and light but not too Scandinavian looking,” and bras and other expensive little things are displayed in custom cabinets. The store opened up late last month, and so far some of the big sellers have been Chantelle and Simone Perele T-shirt bras, Jenny Packman lace and silk slips, and “novelty and everyday” underwear from Commando, Eberjey, La Perla, and Hanky Panky. So if you’re curious as to what Upper East Side women are wearing under their clothes, well, now you know.
· Journelle Expands Franchise [WWD, subscription req'd]
· Mackage and Journelle, Soon to be Side by Side in Soho [Racked NY]
· Journelle [Official Site]

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Lingerie, feather boa taken in store burglary

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Thieves got away with several pieces of lingerie and a heater Saturday night when a lingerie store was burglarized at Lafayette Square Mall.

The burglary at the Asevella Lingerie Store was reported at 1:17 p.m. Sunday, according to an Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report. A back door to the business was damaged.

Among the items taken were lace bras, lace leggings, lingerie outfits and a feather boa, according to the police report. The thieves also took an electric heater.

Police didn’t immediately have any suspect information.

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