Lingerie buying for Men: The do’s and dont’s of buying lingerie for the woman in your life, and why not following the rules can be a disaster.
By Richard Romo

Comfort level is important as everyone has a different tolerance for things, as a man may enjoy adult films and his otherwise compatible female mate detests it for personal reasons. Tread gently my friend. Lingerie should not become a test of your and her political will. Understand her comfort zone, and go beyond it at some risk. The point here is to stretch her comfort zone, but any attempt to violate it with no thought is inconsiderate, and will likely do more harm than good. Ask yourself does she like it when you suggest new things, or is she more likely to prefer her own tastes? Does she like the assertive lead taker, or is she happy making all her own decisions? Regardless of the answers, know your lover, and her personality as well as her stated limits.

Is it all that difficult? No, not really. Most men know that their wives or girlfriends enjoy the theatre or movies, staying at home or partying until the police arrive, or skirts and heels or sweats and flip flops. So don’t turn it into rocket science. If you don’t know the woman’s likes and dislikes, ask! What a concept! Ask her if she would wear the outfit you are looking at in the catalog. Ask her what she thinks about Brittany Spears going commando. What does she think about wearing a thong, or a mini skirt or whatever? Whatever the answer is, you accomplish at least two things. One you learn what she likes, the other is you learn what she dislikes.

Stay tuned for more tips from Mr. Romo of Flirty Lingerie!

“I’d love a shopping spree to one of my favorite stores….Victoria’s Secret, of course!”

Don’t forget! We have a holiday gift for you!

Un Noel Coquin (A Naughty Xmas) opens this Saturday, Dec. 6th at 10:00pm as part of our monthly burlesque revue shows at Rembrandt’s Dutch Pub located in Dallas, in the Victory Park/West End area (703 McKinney Ave). Reservations are not required, but recommended. There’s never a cover for Kittens’ burlesque shows at Rembrandt!

Here’s a little something to get you in the mood!

Velvet Kittens Holiday 2006

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For those looking to stay stylish this frosty season, follow Brittney’s advice on what winter fashions will leave you with a chill!

Winter Looks to Avoid

Winter days are short, dark, and dreary, but your hair style can be vibrant, fun, and fabulous. At the same time, however, some hair styles are more suitable for sunny days. Styles to avoid in the winter include:

* Bold blonde hair that can make winter pale skin seem washed out and pallid.
* Sun-kissed highlights when there isn’t enough sun to create them. Using these styles in the winter emphasizes that they’re not natural.

Winter Looks to Create

Dark, rich colors such as a sultry brunette or subtle lowlight shades are more suitable in winter and can be just as fabulous and stunning as lighter looks.

Brittney Powell
Founder/Owner
OMGhairstyles

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“Into the Shadows” is the new film project of Bryon Evans (Soul Flyers) about a ghost story / paranormal investigation of a house where the entire family was killed by the mother and grandfather. The story is based on actual events. Filming will take place in December and will be distributed by Panorama Entertainment upon completion. Miss Paula has been casted in the role of Jill, the mother of the now dead family.

Paula acted along side our Miss Lola Love in the Dallas feature film “Killing Holly.”

(photo from Killing Holly)

Bryon Evans is the writer/director of the award winning short film “Soul Flyers.” After “Into The Shadows,” Evans will then begin the filming of the feature length version of “Soul Flyers.”

photo by Hal Samples

To find out more about Miss Paula Wood, you can visit her website here.

photo by Vinh Diep

Happy Thanksgiving from Beulaville!

May you gobble till you wobble!

If you get tired of hanging out with your family and relatives and you need to take a break, then you can come see:

The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents:

A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker!

Inspired by the original Velvet Kittens Burlesque Dancers!!!

The show opens TODAY!!

Are you tired of the typical Holiday shows? Come check ours out!
The Velvet Kittens Burlesque Dancers are stuck in Beulaville because their van broke down on their way to New Orleans. Madge, from Beulaville Baptist Book Club, has never heard of Burlesque, or as she pronounces it “Bur-less-Q”, and in an act of necessity hires the dance troupe to do “The Nutcracker”. The end result? The most original, unusual, & comical Nutcracker you’ve ever seen!

The show opens Friday, November 28, 2007 and runs through December 21, 2007, every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 PM. There is an added 2:30 PM performance on Saturday, December 6th and a 2:30 PM performance on Sunday, December 21st. The show will be presented at the Stone Cottage Theatre in Addison, 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001. Tickets are $18 to $21 depending on the night of the week. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.BurlesqueNutcracker.com or call 214-477-4942

What the critics have to say:

“The choreography by Mark-Brian Sonna and
Jana Edele, is ingenious, inspired and amusing. By turns graceful and bawdy, with just the right balance of edification and dance-hall shimmy.”
Christopher Soden - Edge Dallas

“..is as ridiculously fun as its title suggests….
This is a ‘Nutcracker’ for anyone who always wanted to chuckle during the ballet but didn’t feel they could. Here, it’s encouraged.”
Arnold Wayne Jones - Dallas Voice

“Whoo-hoo!”
Gini Moscorro - KERA FM

We’re back with more tips from Richard Romo of Flirty Lingerie on buying lingerie for the woman in your life:

Lingerie buying: The do’s and dont’s of buying lingerie for the woman in your life, and why not following the rules can be a disaster. By Richard Romo

So let’s get started. First and foremost is the woman! Never lose sight of the fact that you are buying lingerie for a living, breathing, thinking creature. It is not like buying a toothbrush, or even a sweater. Lingerie comes with a sexual charge. That is one reason many men buy lingerie. That sexual charge can be great, and it can be the basis of disappointment.

Unlike other gifts, lingerie is the most intimate gift one can buy for a woman. It is worn under her clothing away from the prying eyes of other men and women, reserved only for the special person in her life. Also, it exposes some potential flaws, real or otherwise that she likely doesn’t like to advertise to anyone, especially the man in her life. She may think her butt is too big, her tummy is out of shape or she needs a tan. True or not, these are very real issues to her, and a lack of consideration in buying sexy underwear can expose some pretty sensitive feelings.

Beware! You, as the man in her life, know or should know about these concerns, and you better take them seriously. Put the shoe on the other foot for a moment. Say, for the sake of this article you are convinced that a certain part of your anatomy is too large, or say you think you are too fat! Now, your girl brings home a pair of thong underwear in lime green for you to wear that makes your gut, butt and everything else available to be seen, and let’s say you are not too pleased. To add insult to injury, say she wants to take your picture and post it on the internet. How do you feel? Get the picture?

Sensitivity to your lover is job number one, numero uno! That said how do you buy lingerie that addresses her needs? As difficult as it may sound, you can improve your and her chances with a few tips.

First, think about her, think about her likes, dislikes in clothing, comments she may have made about various fashion styles, celebrities, and her comfort level when it comes to lingerie and intimacy. Whew! If this sound a little like a primer on relationships, it is and it isn’t. The truth is buying lingerie does require knowing something about the recipient. Since it is a gift that has a sexual charge, it definitely helps to know about her likes and dislikes in and out of the bedroom.

Does this mean that you shouldn’t buy lingerie for someone you don’t know a lot about? Yes! I think we all agree we don’t buy lingerie for a parent, or even a sister, so it goes that buying an intimate gift for a lover that we know little to nothing about is a recipe for failure, at best. I am not saying you can’t buy your mother a robe, or perhaps something else in the lingerie store, but most of us realize that lingerie is reserved for intimate partners.

Stay tuned for more tips from Mr. Romo of Flirty Lingerie!

Mr. Romo breaks it down to a science. From sensitivity to online shopping; here are the basic tools to lingerie purchasing. In this first section, Romo talks about the why’s of lingerie purchases, and identifying it’s the lady in your life that is the recipient. Thanks Richard!

Lingerie: The do’s and dont’s of buying lingerie for the woman in your life, and why not following the rules can be a disaster.
By Richard Romo

This articles stands for the proposition that men want and need to buy lingerie for the women in their lives. That said there is a growing need for information to help men choose the right lingerie for the women in their lives, as often the purchase is a gift for a special occasion.

In the past these special occasions were a honeymoon, anniversary or vacation. Relationships today are perhaps no more complicated than in the past, but it is clear that lingerie is growing in popularity due to a number of factors.
Special occasions can be a soldier returning from a tour of duty, a weekend away coupled with a still camera or even a video camera to preserve the festivities or a lingerie party or role playing party complete with cameras.

As women continue to express themselves in the clothing they wear, lingerie is a major apparel line that women wear in intimate settings as well as increasingly as outer wear.

Next is the exploding popularity of online sites such as Voyeurweb, YouPorn and the explosion of blogs that range from the mundane to the extremely intimate. How does this factor in you ask? With the ability and desire to upload pictures and videos of women in their lingerie and less, lingerie is gaining a greater visibility every day.

With MySpace as the big dog on the porch, at least at this time, women, and the men who love to look at them express themselves in their favorite lingerie ensemble. The truth is that lingerie is here to stay, and men need to get better at buying it, not just looking at it.

You might agree that women in lingerie in magazines, on television, and even on the net are nothing particularly new. Men though, haven’t really kept up with the growth in availability of lingerie as well as the demand. Men know what they like, but that doesn’t always translate to the women in their lives. That model on the billboard probably had water and fig leaves for dinner, which accounts for the wafer thin waist, and gynormous breasts that were store bought. While I have nothing against enhanced breasts, in fact I adore them; I think men need to think, a lot, before they buy lingerie for the special woman in their lives.

Many men complain that their wives and girlfriends don’t wear the lingerie they buy them. This is due, at least in part to the possibility the lingerie was likely bought to fulfill a man’s fantasy without consideration that the woman who has to wear the outfit is a real flesh and blood girl who may have some concerns about such things as modesty, body image or she simply “wouldn’t be caught dead wearing that outfit”.

Buying beautiful, sensitive and intelligent woman lingerie is not the same as fantasizing about that chick in the magazine. Giving some thought to the purchase before the fact will improve the chance that the purchase is worn, appreciated and who knows what other benefits he may receive. That subject will be covered at some later date.

Whenever buying another person a gift one should consider a couple of factors. If you have ever purchased a young child a toy that was not on their list of favorites, the resulting reaction might be an indicator or what that special woman in your life feels when she gets a hot pink panty set that barely gets above her knees.

No, women are not like children, it is just that not taking her feelings into consideration, as well as her height, weight or favorite colors may be the beginnings of a gift that is not worn or appreciated.

Is it true that it is the thought that counts? Of course not! If there was no or very little thought put into the purchase of lingerie, then perhaps it is the thought that counts, and in fact counts for very little. The thought of giving a woman an intimate gift of lingerie that exposes her body and it is the wrong size, too revealing for the woman’s sense of modesty, or the wrong color is just plain insulting. Bad boy, shame on you!

This article is intended to navigate those dark waters. A roadmap through the world of intimate apparel, lingerie. A checklist for the uninformed and ill advised. Really just a couple of suggestions that should help men choose lingerie appropriate for the occasion, and most importantly the woman who will wear the lingerie.

Mr. Richard Romo of Flirty Lingerie will be back tomorrow with more tips and guidelines to help you in your intimate purchase!