Frederick's of Hollywood is a well known retailer of lingerie in the United States, with stores in many modern shopping malls across the USA.
Frederick's of Hollywood store on Hollywood BlvdThe business was started by Frederick Mellinger (inventor of the push-up bra) in 1946. The original flagship store was a landmark on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. In September 2005, after 59 years, the store moved to a larger, more modern, and tastefully designed space a few blocks away, near the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue.
Here, in addition to the selection of bras and panties, there are corsets, including their famous "Hollywood Dream" corset, bedroom slippers, a vast array of hosiery, bridal lingerie, special occasion lingerie, and even more high-end seduction pieces. The store no longer houses The Lingerie Museum featuring The Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame which exhibited a collection of underwear worn by Hollywood movie stars, such as one of Madonna's pointy-breasted corsets. However, this flagship Hollywood store does display corsets and bras designed by celebrities for charity.
In 1992, Frederick's lingerie museum drew national media attention when it was looted during the Los Angeles riots. One repentant looter delivered a bag of pilfered celebrity lingerie, including Ava Gardner's "bloomers" and a push-up bra once worn by TV actress Katey Sagal, to the pastor at nearby Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Hollywood.[1][2][3][4] An Austin newspaper noted that Blessed Sacrament's pastor "may be the only priest in America to ever comfort a man who felt guilty about stealing celebrity bloomers."[5] In an article titled "Support Is Generous for Bra Museum," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch noted that such an "uplifting story could only happen in Hollywood."[6]
Some of the lingerie worn by the 1950s pin-up and bondage model Bettie Page was from Frederick's of Hollywood.
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001. In 2003 it emerged from bankruptcy and was headquartered in Los Angeles. In 2006 it merged with New York City sleepware manufacturer Movie Star and the headquarters was moved to New York.[7] In 2008 the company changed its name to Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc.[8] The company trades on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FOH. Its headquarters remains in New York City.
Models
Many notable models have posed for Frederick's of Hollywood catalogs, including:
- Pamela Anderson
- Robin Angers
- Amber Arbucci
- K.D. Aubert
- Carmen Berg
- Brandi Brandt
- Cynthia Brimhall
- Brittany Brower
- Brooke Burke
- Bianca Christians
- Bree Conden
- Lola Corwin
- Morena Corwin
- Neriah Davis
- Caroline De Souza Correa
- Nikki DuBose
- Anahi Gonzales
- Brianna Hicks
- Nicky Hilton
- Barbie Jones
- Joanna Krupa
- Eva La Rue
- Heather LaCombe
- Nikki LaFleur
- Bonnie-Jill Laflin
- Jennifer Lamiraqui
- Nicole Marie Lenz
- Cindy Margolis
- Shae Marks
- K.C. Martell
- Juliana Martins
- Yvette Nelson
- Jessiqa Pace
- Lisa Peake
- Caroline Salvia
- Shauna Sand
- Nikki Schieler
- Kim Smith
- Linda Sobek
- Gretchen Stockdale
- Barbara Stoyanoff
- Julie Strain
- Peggy Trintini
- Leeann Tweeden
- Alina Vacariu
- Carol Vitale
- Dita Von Teese
- April Wayne
- Teri Weigel
Notes
- ^ Seth Mydans (2002-05-06). "AFTER THE RIOTS; Confessions of a Star-Struck Looter". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6DF103AF935A35756C0A964958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Museums.
- ^ Connie Cass (1992-05-06). "LA Police take more heat; Unrest declared at an end". Forth Worth Star-Telegram. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ST&s_site=dfw&p_multi=ST&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF8E7DB5E28940&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Steve Harvey (2002-05-02). "Los Angeles; ONLY IN L.A.; Bird? Bone? Front Window? Maybe the Perpetrator Suffered a Vertigo Attack". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/117594521.html?dids=117594521:117594521&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+02%2C+2002&author=Steve+Harvey&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Los+Angeles%3B+ONLY+IN+L.A.%3B+Bird%3F+Bone%3F+Front+Window%3F+Maybe+the+Perpetrator+Suffered+a+Vertigo+Attack&pqatl=google.
- ^ "AN ODD HAUL FINDS ITS WAY TO L.A. POLICE OUT OF REMORSE AND FEAR, PEOPLE ARE RETURNING WHAT WAS TAKEN". Philadelphia Inquirer. 2002-05-06.
- ^ John Kelso (1992-05-09). "Famous lingerie part of the job for priest at Hollywood church". Austin American-Statesmen. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AASB&p_theme=aasb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAD900693CA33F5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Elaine Viets (1992-05-20). "Support Is Generous For Bra Museum". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB04DA9FA828158&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Frederick's of Hollywood going public crainsnewyork.com - December 19, 2006
- ^ Frederick's of Hollywood Group Inc. - Reuters.com - Retrieved August 5, 2009
External links
- The Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame
- Frederick's of Hollywood
- Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie: A History
- Frederick's of Hollywood Costume
- 1977 Frederick's of Hollywood catalog
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