*** LingerieXpert ***

A couple of weeks ago, I watched this old Hong Kong movie, Tempting Heart, and one of the actresses in it was Karen Mok. It has been a long time since I watched her or read about her. Heck, it has been a long while since I kept in touch with the Hong Kong entertainment industry as I was busying myself with Korean dramas and movies instead.

However, after watching Karen Mok in Tempting Heart, I was reminded that she launched her own lingerie line earlier this year in January, 2008, the first Asian celebrity to do so, just like Western celebrities. Well, Karen Mok is really forward thinking, I must say. After all, she is not pure Chinese and was educated in the West.

In this Karen Mok lingerie line, Karen herself designed these luxurious lingerie pieces and on top of that, she modeled them herself as well. I managed to dig these old shots online, thankfully. Enjoy!

Today, I thought I would write about plus size lingerie. I really wanted something different since I have written on Katie Price plus size lingerie twice and the plus size lingerie carried by Lane Bryant, the specialist in plus size apparel, does not meet my standards.

Anyway, I thought I would write about Gladys Knight’s Knightwear, her celebrity plus size lingerie line which was launched about two years ago. To my disappointment, I could not find any fresh information on Knightwear except this promotional picture of Gladys Knight in one of her plus size silk lingerie item.

Gladys Knight in her plus size lingerie line, Knightwear

You know, first of all, I find it rather dumb to name her lingerie line “Knightwear”. I know it is supposedly a clever play of her name but then there is nothing feminine about the name and does not really reflect the product. Branding is very important when competition is so stiff, even though there are not too many lingerie labels that cater to plus size African Americans.

Knightwear will only conjure the image of masculine medieval armoured wear and ugh, I am sorry, I don’t want these as my underwear!

I went to check the website of Ashley Stewart, a store that specializes in plus size apparel for African American women in general, which carried Knightwear when it was first launched and could not find this plus size lingerie label anymore. Seriously, they need a name change!