”When we started doing lingerie,” Fernando Sanchez said a few years ago, ”the only things you could find in the lingerie department were the woolies and the polyester quilts and the zip-down robes.”
Well, so much for that.
Glamor in loungewear and luxury in lingerie are hallmarks of the Spanish- born and Paris-trained designer, whose headquarters are in New York. His materials are satins, soft cottons, caress-the-skin blends–nothing frumpy, and at a certain price.
Though they`re milder than the hottest of his haute–symphonies trimmed in marabou, little nothings in lace, drop-dead Harlow-style satin gowns–his spring designs in pert prints and with strategically placed touches of lace still sound a distinct siren.
They`re nothing you`d wear while frying up a mess of bacon or packing the kiddies` lunch, but they`re not supposed to be. They`re for special occasions, with the specialty left up to the wearer. And she`s likely to have something in mind: Sanchez thinks of his fashions as ”more than charming
. . . tantalizing might be closer to it.”
And where does it say that men have to be written out of the luxurious/
tantalizing script?
Nowhere, which is why Sanchez came out with a line of men`s loungewear two years back. He says it`s ”the sort of thing I`ve been wearing at home for many, many years–black cottons, satin drawstring pants, white cotton pajamas, moires in many colors–things I would wear from bed to beach.”
Of course, it has to be a very sophisticated beach. —
