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Men helping men buy lingerie
Topic Started: Dec 19 2006, 09:36 PM (543 Views)
musicasacra
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Men helping men buy lingerie
Posted Dec 15th 2006 10:37AM by Anne Metz
Filed under: Stores, Under the outer, Men

Many men like to give lingerie as gifts, but unfortunately most of them have still not figured out how to buy the special underthings. According to British retailer Marks & Spencer, on average only one out of three lingerie recipients is happy with her partner's selection.

The disparity between good intentions and good gifts can be explained two ways. The first is that sometimes men have unrealistic expectations. Before you buy, ask yourself, would your lady really want to wear a lace-up leopard print bustier? Probably not. The second hurdle is that many men are too shy to ask for help from salespeople, who are, by and large, female.

To "help a brother out" so to speak, M&S has hired 200 temporary lingerie department consultants. Unlike the friendly-faced bra lady you're used to seeing in the unmentionables department, these consultants are men. The so-called "stocking fellas" are prepared to step in at any moment to offer nervous male shoppers a word of comfort or a bit of advice.

Overall, I think this is a great way to make the shopping experience less traumatic for 49 percent of the population. But I also wonder what it is like to be a "stocking fella."

How would you feel about hanging out all day in the lingerie department?
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Salesman: Can I help you?

Customer: Uhh, yeah sure, I'm lookin for somethin really hot and sexy for my wife. Maybe even see-through and edible or something you know??

Salesman: Sure, we've got all that stuff, what size is she about?

Customer: Oh, I'm not sure exactly, but I brought a picture...


















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:lol2: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I always thought finding a cute salesgirl about Janet's size and having her hold stuff up and talk about what she likes was the fun part of lingerie shopping.

I do not want to talk with some hairy dude at Vickie's. Ick.
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I was in Ann Summers yesterday and it's SO funny to watch the men in there at this time of year.

There was this one man, he looked about 40-45, classy looking older guy in a business suit with lots of shopping bags. He was looking at the edible underwear and when the shop assistant girl asked him if he wanted any help he went tomato red and lookede like he was going to throw up. He somehow manage to mumble that he was looking for something sexy for his wife for Christmas but didn't have a clue where to start. To which theshop assistant replied, 'Well, i'm not too sure she'll appreciate your motives if you buy her an edible thong'. And then she took him off to look at some underwear.

Men are so funny. :lol2: ^_^

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Funny.. it does not bother me at all.. I don't get the least embarassed about it.

Oh, and it may not all be edible,but most of it can be romoved with one's teeth... :biggrin:
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Would you get embarrased if you were buying something from a shop like that that, how do i put this... wasn't underwear...


It's funny how some people just clam up and can't do it and get so embarrased where as other people have no problem whatsoever.

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Mikhailoh
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Oh like.. ahem... accessories? No, that doesn't bother me either.
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The original business model of Victoria's Secret was to cater to men, not women.

Thus, the catalog was born before the retail shop.
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What about you Jolly? Do you get embarrased? ^_^

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Dec 20 2006, 09:09 AM
What about you Jolly? Do you get embarrased? ^_^

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M'am, I could embarass you, let alone an anonymous salesgirl. :devilgrin:

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Dec 20 2006, 03:11 PM
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Dec 20 2006, 09:09 AM
What about you Jolly? Do you get embarrased? ^_^

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M'am, I could embarass you, let alone an anonymous salesgirl. :devilgrin:

I highly doubt that, Jolly... :wink:

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Dec 20 2006, 09:12 AM
Jolly
Dec 20 2006, 03:11 PM
***musical princess***
Dec 20 2006, 09:09 AM
What about you Jolly? Do you get embarrased? ^_^

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M'am, I could embarass you, let alone an anonymous salesgirl. :devilgrin:

I highly doubt that, Jolly... :wink:

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Then you don't know me very well....heck, I could embarass Frank....
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Dec 20 2006, 03:18 PM
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Jolly
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***musical princess***
Dec 20 2006, 09:09 AM
What about you Jolly? Do you get embarrased? ^_^

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M'am, I could embarass you, let alone an anonymous salesgirl. :devilgrin:

I highly doubt that, Jolly... :wink:

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Then you don't know me very well....heck, I could embarass Frank....

I think you need to rephrase that as YOU don't know ME very well...

Put it this way, i already HAVE embarrased Frank... :wink:

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I find that, if I am going to go lingerie-shopping, it helps to have the stuff modeled for me.

Volunteering, MP?

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You know Quirt, i have thought about this before.

From a business point of view, that really isn't a bad idea at all. If you could get some hot, sexy girls to model the underwear in the big chain branches, they would make a complete KILLING from men buying the underwear.

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I dated a lingerie model for a while when I was single. It was probably the only time in my life I actually opted for looks over intelligence.

It was also the last time I'll ever be with a good-lookin' 21 year old.

Sigh.
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Where is the smily for "this thread is useless without pics"? :D
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Dec 20 2006, 03:29 PM
It was also the last time I'll ever be with a good-lookin' 21 year old.

Sigh.

You never know what the future might hold, Mik... :wink: :tongue:

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U asked for it, Hillary!

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Dec 20 2006, 10:34 AM
U asked for it

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Don't do it Caroline... Don't do it...

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Dec 20 2006, 03:34 PM
U asked for it

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Is that a computer graphic?

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Just think of it as a Christmas present to ALL of us.

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Could be .. I don't know. This one's not.

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