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...clothing importer's application last month was routine. The Chinese firm wanted to bring some bras into Italy. Anything but routine, however, was the size of the shipment and the price at which the firm planned to sell the bras: 10 million of them, wholesaling for just 50 cents a dozen. Italians buy about 40 million bras a year, so the 10 million represents three months of total Italian sales. For Paolo Zegna, that request to the Italian government confirmed his worst fears. "It's predatory pricing," fumes Zegna, president of the Italian textile trade group Sistema Moda Italia...
...clear that the audience enjoyed it, but there was disagreement over how to express this. Apparently the rules of ex-hipster concert etiquette haven’t been cemented yet: bouquets of flowers were thrown onstage, as were bras. Some felt the need to crowd surf, while others applauded politely...
...didn't even know how to get online," says Alice Solomon, 67, founder of GorgeousGrandma.com a support site for aging single women, and author of Find the Love of Your Life After 50. "But these days, among my peers, online dating has become the hottest thing since underwire bras...
...women’s soccer team celebration after its defeat of China in the final of the 1999 Women’s World Cup. In Brandi Chastain form, the women’s hockey team in the stands tore off their shirts to reveal black sports bras...
Airline security is about to get a lot more touchy-feely, and aviation experts say it's high time. Airport screeners from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) often touch passengers whose belts or bras trigger a metal detector. This is usually done with the back of the hand, but new procedures awaiting approval will allow screeners--with permission--to use their open hand to search a passenger's body as part of a more thorough search for hidden explosives. Security officials tell TIME that the new measures, which may be instituted as early as this week, come in part...