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‘Life definitely begins over 50′: Nicola Griffin, 56, is now a lingerie model
April 15, 2016 by admin
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Nicola Griffin is 56, fabulous and on her way to becoming one of the most well-respected and talked-about models in the industry.
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Earlier this year, Griffin became the oldest woman to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue — showing off her figure in a Swimsuits for All ad.
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And now, she’s heating up the industry with a new lingerie shoot for SLiNK Magazine, a U.K.-based publication focused primarily on plus-size fashion.
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The new spread features Griffin in nine separate photos, and although the model appears poised and confident in all, she told SLiNK that she never expected the opportunity to come her way.
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“I didn’t know the advert would go into Sports Illustrated and I didn’t realize it was such a massive magazine as we don’t have it here in the U.K.,” the size-16 model said in the interview. “It all happened so quickly. I kind of stumbled along with all the excitement but no, I can’t say I knew or expected anything like that.”
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As unexpected as her new-found fame may be, Griffin plans to embrace the attention and continue to make decisions as she has in the past.
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“This seems to be my moment and I’m really happy,” she told SLiNK. “Life definitely begins over 50 … Nowadays I just think to hell with it. I am going to wear what I like; I am going to wear my hair long. The key is not listening to what other people tell you.”
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3 Lingerie Stocks to Leave in the Closet
April 15, 2016 by admin
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Sex sells … except for, apparently, in the financial markets. That’s the message behind popular lingerie stocks, which have failed to spice up investment portfolios.
Declining sales, a competitive landscape and poor performance overall in the apparel industry have especially challenged specialty or premium retailers. While the products themselves get plenty of media coverage and exposure in popular culture, lingerie stocks as an investment vehicle have recently fallen flat.
Generally speaking, it’s a tough road for everyone. The benchmark SP 500 is going nowhere fast. Wage growth remains a problem. To top it all off, the markets are widely anticipating one of the worst earnings seasons in years.
According to research conducted by FactSet, earnings of companies listed on the SP 500 are forecasted to drop 9.1%. Never mind the fact that unrelated sectors like energy and materials are bearing the brunt of the pain. Such bearishness is ultimately a reflection of the whole, and that certainly doesn’t do favors for specialty items like lingerie.
The immediate problem for lingerie companies is demographics. I think it’s safe to assume that most buyers of lingerie are women. That cuts out roughly half of the consumer base. Another safe assumption is that lingerie products are targeted towards younger Millennial women. Yet it is this very subsector of the broad populace that is seeing a lesser benefit from the present jobs recovery.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average unemployment rate this year for women aged 20 to 24 years is 7.6%, significantly higher than the unemployment rate for all women aged 16 and over (4.9%). The unemployment rate for “prime” female Millennials aged 25 to 34 years is 5.2% — though worryingly, this rate increased from 5% in December 2015 to 5.4% last month.
Coincidentally, the rally in the Dow Jones U.S. Apparel Retailers Index began to stall at the end of March, and has effectively reversed course in April.
This isn’t to suggest that a move up in female unemployment figures is solely responsible for bearishness in lingerie stocks. However, it’s an important piece of a larger puzzle that has perplexed the broad markets.
With all companies scrambling for better sales performances, specialized retailers are at higher risk. Here are three lingerie stocks that are unlikely to spice things up.