The Independents’ View

Perfect Fit of Keynsham is now owned and managed by Debbie French since 2016. It has been a successful business since 1991. When did you close your shop? I closed…

Tallulah Lingerie is situated in Islington, London, and owner Nicola Adams opened the shop in November 2003. Nicola is passionate about her business: “I think I am still in shock at the…

Jenna Barnes founded her brand Raine & Bea in 2013 and opened the Raine & Bea boutique in December 2018 in Clitheroe. She stocks Raine & Bea, Studio Pia, Something…

Foundations of Nantwich is owned by Karen Flannery and Kate Hinton who took over the long standing business in 2015. Foundations closed its doors on Monday 23rd March and it does…

UnderlinesMagazine.com speaks to Georgina Willis, owner of Guilt Lingerie in Petworth open since September 2006. I closed the shop on Monday 23 March, following Mothers’ Day weekend. Guilt has a…

Next in Underlines’ series of interviews with independent lingerie shops, is Bellus Amor of Hartlepool, opened in 2018 and owned by Amy Hanlon. Saturday 21st March was my last day…

Today we speak to Carmela Riccardi-Powers, owner of boutique La Belle Boudoir in Taunton, opened in April 2017. Click here to read the other interviews in this series. I closed…

Next in Underlines’ series of interviews with independent lingerie shops, is Frillies of Penistone, owned by Rebecca Barnett and open since October 2016. I closed my shop on Sunday 22nd…

In the next few weeks UnderlinesMagazine.com will be speaking to independent lingerie stores up and down the country facing what is the greatest challenge in our recent history for retailers…