Ads
related to: gold waist belts for women plus size bathing suits lane bryant- Clearance Sale
Enjoy Wholesale Prices
Find Everything You Need
- Where To Buy
Daily must-haves
Special for you
- Men's Clothing
Limited time offer
Hot selling items
- Store Locator
Team up, price down
Highly rated, low price
- Clearance Sale
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ascena Retail Group, Inc., is an American retailer of women's clothing. Ascena also owns Lane Bryant clothing store brand, and is the parent company of Ann Inc., operator of Ann Taylor and Loft stores. Chairman Emeritus Elliot Jaffe and his wife and co-founder, Roslyn, own about 25% of Ascena.
Charming Shoppes was founded in 1940, it went public in 1971, [3] and was ranked 927th on the 2012 Fortune 1000. [4] On May 2, 2012, Ascena Retail Group, the parent company of Dressbarn, announced that it would acquire Charming Shoppes with a $900 million transaction through a combination of cash in hand and $325 million of borrowings from credit facilities.
The chain is named after famous a quote by Lena Bryant, founder of the plus-sized women's clothing chain. Asked in 1950 by a Glamour magazine interviewer about the secret of her success, Bryant said, "You should never ask women to conform their figures to fashion, but rather bring fashion to the figure." [1] [5]
4. Andie The Amalfi. Best Classic Black One-Piece. Reviewers praise this Andie suit for being both flattering and supportive—and plenty of them are in the DD to DDD range.
A page from the Lane Bryant Spring/Summer 1954 catalog.. Lane Bryant began trading in the early 1900s as a producer of clothing for "Expectant Mothers and Newborn"'. [17] By the early 1920s, Lane Bryant started selling clothing under the category 'For the Stout Women', which ranged between a 38–56 inch bustline. [17]
Israeli designer Gideon Oberson, known for his artistically inspired bathing suits, calls a two-piece suit but looks like a tank top that can be worn with a skirt or a pair of shorts designed by him a trikini. [58] Brazilian designer Amir Slama calls two scraps of silk connected with string he designed for skinny women a trikini. [59]