It was only appropriate that bottles of Taittinger were popping and crooner Serge Gainsbourg could be heard gently whispering French etudes in the background at Salon de Ning. Lingerie designer Chantal Thomass was the guest of honour at an intimate private party held in the plush basement lounge of the Peninsula Hotel.
Between sips of the fizzy stuff, Thomass offered up her theory on what makes a woman sexy. “When a woman is self-confident, she feels beautiful,” she said. “To wear my lingerie brings out her selfconfidence. Then she feels beautiful, and then … she can seduce.”
Thomass has yet to open a boutique in the city, so fans of her “unmentionables” will have to fly to Paris to pick up that little something for the boudoir.
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