Trashy Lingerie
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based custom-made lingerie
Lingerie
Lingerie are fashionable and possibly alluring undergarments.Lingerie usually incorporates one or more flexible, stretchy materials like Lycra, nylon , polyester, satin, lace, silk and sheer fabric which are not typically used in more functional, basic cotton undergarments.The term in the French...
store. It is well known for its celebrity clientele and lingerie models. A unique aspect to the business is that Trashy Lingerie requires a $2 annual membership fee in order to shop in the store.
History
Trashy Lingerie was started in 1973 by shoe designer Mitch Shrier and his wife Tracy. The store was named after a sling-back shoe called the “Trashy.” The Shriers entered the lingerie business by hand-dying stockings in bright colors, offering customers more than the limited choices of black, white or nude. Very quickly, the company developed a full line of lingerie resulting in the 8,000 products offered today including lingerie, costumes and bathing suits. Until the company went online in 1998, they were Hollywood’s best kept secret with a clientele that included Anna Nicole SmithAnna Nicole Smith
In 1992 Smith was chosen by Hugh Hefner to appear on the cover of the March issue of Playboy, where she was listed as Vickie Smith, wearing a low-cut evening gown. The centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Smith said she planned to be "the next Marilyn Monroe". Becoming one of Playboys...
, Madonna
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, Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy
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, and many more. Trashy's designs have been seen in over 500 films, multiple television shows, commercials, concert tours, and hundreds of magazine features. All of the Trashy Lingerie designs are original, handmade and personally customizable. The shop has been featured several times in the hit show The Girls Next Door
The Girls Next Door
The Girls Next Door, also known as The Girls of the Playboy Mansion, is an American reality television series broadcast on the E! cable television network...
where Hugh Hefner
Hugh Hefner
Hugh Marston "Hef" Hefner is an American magazine publisher, founder and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises.-Early life:...
's girlfriends buy their costumes for numerous Playboy Mansion
Playboy Mansion
The Playboy Mansion is the home of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. Located in the Holmby Hills area of Los Angeles, California, the mansion became famous during the 1970s through media reports of Hefner's lavish parties.-History:The house is described as being in the "Gothic-Tudor" style...
parties.
The company has employed numerous well known models including; Masuimi Max
Masuimi Max
Masuimi Max is an American fetish model of Korean and German descent. Born on a U.S. Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Masuimi's father was a career Air Force man, with her early years spent traveling all over the world, and her teenage years growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Career:Masuimi...
, Sophia Santi, Miki Black, Laura Lee (adult model), Ashley Gates, Anya Monzikova
Anya Monzikova
Anna Monzikova is a Russian/American model and actress.-Personal life:Monzikova was born in Vologda, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She lived in Russia up to the age of eight, when she moved to Florida. After she graduated from high school, she moved again to Los Angeles, California to pursue a...
, Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, author and actress.-Early life:...
, Jennifer Lyons
Jennifer Lyons
-Career:She has had many small roles in television shows such as Malcolm in the Middle, NCIS, Las Vegas, Monk, and The Steve Harvey Show, among other shows. She has also had recurring roles as Pam Macy on That '70s Show, Ariel on Married... with Children episode The Hood, the Bud & the Kelly:...
, Julie Strain
Julie Strain
Julie Strain is an American actress and model who was Penthouse Pet of the Month in June 1991 and later chosen as the magazine's Pet of the Year in 1993.-Early life:...
and Bridget Silvestri. Singer Zayra Alvarez
Zayra Alvarez
Zayra Enid Alvarez Dones is a Puerto Rican born singer and musician, currently based in Texas. She was born to Luis Alvarez Cruz and Ana Dones Torres and grew up in the coastal town of Arroyo. From a young age, she took part in talent shows and school plays, and at age 14 she started playing in...
, a former contestant on the TV show Rock Star: Supernova, revealed that most of her shocking outfits come from Trashy Lingerie.
Trashy Lingerie and its sister companies Trashy.com, and Trashy Girls are owned and operated by Mitch Shrier, Randy Shrier, and Mary Loomis-Shrier respectively.