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Agent Provocateur sales boosted by US First Lady Michelle Obama
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 1/29/12 | Helia Ebrahimi

Posted on 01/29/2012 7:27:30 PM PST by ColdOne

The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop. Their purchases contributed to a market-spanking 12.5pc lift in sales.

Agent Provocateur, which is styled on vintage Hollywood glamour, sells handmade Calais lace corsets that sell for up to £900, which could ruffle the feathers of more than just President Barack Obama in an election year.

Gary Hogarth, Agent Provocateur's chief executive, refused to be drawn on the store's closely kept "secret client list". But he admitted the brand had attracted a high number of "unexpected famous names" – especially in the US, where sales have overtaken the UK.

On the back of this growth, Agent Provocateur, which is owned by listed private equity firm 3i, is launching an aggressive expansion strategy with more than 20 new shops opening globally in 2012.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 201201; michelleobama; moobama; qatar; sheikhamozah
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1 posted on 01/29/2012 7:27:35 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: maggief

ping


2 posted on 01/29/2012 7:28:46 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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Agent Provocateur saw sales jump by more than 12pc, helped by US First Lady Michelle Obama spending $50,000 (£31,794) in one shopping spree.


3 posted on 01/29/2012 7:31:28 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ColdOne

I don’t care what the rules are! Please no pictures!!


4 posted on 01/29/2012 7:33:07 PM PST by Batman11 (Obama's poll numbers are so low the Kenyans are claiming he was born in the USA!)
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To: ColdOne

Maybe the corset is for her “hubby” you know the one who is so, so, enfeminant, and a girly-man


5 posted on 01/29/2012 7:33:25 PM PST by wetgundog (" Extremism in the Defense of Liberty is no Vice")
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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6 posted on 01/29/2012 7:40:42 PM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: ColdOne

She spent that much for a night gown?


7 posted on 01/29/2012 7:43:24 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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8 posted on 01/29/2012 7:44:58 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (religion + guns = liberty.)
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To: LucyT

I’m going to flip a coin to see if I should read this article. Bet I lose.


9 posted on 01/29/2012 7:46:52 PM PST by azishot
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To: Batman11

“Lingerie” and “Michelle Obama” should never appear in the same sentence, same paragraph, same conversation, same city...


10 posted on 01/29/2012 7:47:10 PM PST by Dagnabitt ("None of the above" ain't running.)
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11 posted on 01/29/2012 7:48:55 PM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: ColdOne

Wookie’s Secret?


12 posted on 01/29/2012 7:51:13 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: ColdOne
The First Lady – better known for shopping at more modestly-priced High Street stores – along with the Queen of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah, closed off part of Madison Avenue to spend time in the luxury lingerie shop.

The First Looter - once again pillaging the public coffers to purchase something she should never been seen in.

13 posted on 01/29/2012 7:51:47 PM PST by Semper Mark (Pray. Vote. Buy ammo.)
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To: azishot; maggief

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Need to ping Maggie...


14 posted on 01/29/2012 7:51:56 PM PST by LucyT ( NB. ~ Pakistan was NOT on the U.S. State Department's "no travel" list in 1981. ~)
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To: ColdOne

The Wookie in a teddy. I didn’t need that in my mind.


15 posted on 01/29/2012 7:53:03 PM PST by tumblindice
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To: ColdOne

LOL!

I assumed “Agent Provocateur” was a BOOK!


16 posted on 01/29/2012 7:53:15 PM PST by mrsmith (What Tea Party nominee have you found for your House seat?)
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To: ColdOne
Speaking of the Obama's and Qatar- add the Taliban and you get :

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2828275/posts

17 posted on 01/29/2012 7:53:21 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ColdOne
din't know they came in size Lardass...
18 posted on 01/29/2012 7:54:41 PM PST by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: ColdOne
When Michelle got back to the Whitehouse she thought she'd try to spark an evening of romance by slipping on her new see-through nightgown, and strutting into the oval office to surprise her husband.

That evening, just as BHO was wrapping up a long hard day of raising taxes, Michelle threw open the oval office door, twirled like a model at the end of the catwalk, held up her arms and asked, "What do you think honey?"

BHO replied, "Well, um, er I like it, but you'd think for as much as you paid for that, they would have at least ironed it."

19 posted on 01/29/2012 7:58:39 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Joe 6-pack

LOL!


20 posted on 01/29/2012 8:09:36 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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