Lingerie On Lex

I’ve been going here for a few years, and I wish I had more time to pop in and hit their sales, I love this place and the blonde haired assistant Gabrielle is so kind and helpful, they have a great selection and the sales items are at the back of the store, deeply discounted and what a bargain !!! Top drawer stuff discounted by 40% or sometimes a tad more. It’s a jewel and one gets the best for reasonable prices. The ladies who work there are fabulous !!! Go once, then twice, hit the sales and never wear anything but nicely made gorgeous underwear

If this review were based on the merchandise and the European selection of lingerie then I would be giving 5 stars. I am writing this because I purchased a bunch of items over the phone and received a credit when an expensive pj set did not fit correctly. In order for me to use the credit I asked for them to send pictures to my email for me to see what I would like. I didn’t happen to like anything at the time. Then after this is seems I was shunned. I went from being a good customer to an annoying customer with a credit that they wanted to blow off until I went away. I finally got someone on the phone today who said «well we can’t take pictures of the whole store for you not to like anything and to send things back and forth» Mind you I sent one thing back and paid shipping to have it sent to me and to return it. I didn’t like any of the 5 pictures that they sent me previously so for this reason I was told «I would have to come into the store to use it» This was said to me with them knowing that I live out of town and that it is impossible for me to get there. I had to tell the salesperson today that I wanted to use the credit, I could tell clearly that she thought I was annoying and that once I used the credit that I would never shop there again. After I said this she mustered up the desire to help me complete my purchase and when I said «thank you» she said «uh huh» well needless to say I am relieved to have just torn up my store credit and can now write this review. I posted the same on Facebook. Money is green and there are plenty of stores who are happy to help even over the phone or through email. You can see from my other reviews that I absolutely always write 5 star reviews and that when I love a store I make it known. This experience really upset me.

It always makes me sad to update like this, but really, Unilocalers should know if they are considering going here for bras:
I usually will drop a few hundred or more on bras every year or so and look forward to finding something sexy and nice. I hadn’t been here in awhile, because: poverty, and also because the store is way out of my way now. The other weekend I finally had some spending money and rushed over to see what new goodies they had. To my horror, I found the quality of the store has reached rock bottom as far as I am concerned. The saleslady pulled out a few boxes of bras for me to try on and an overwhelming stench of mildew appeared as I started pulling them out. Every single bra that came out of the paper boxes stunk! The lady claimed that there was no water damage in their storage, but that it was the boxes themselves that smelled. «Oh we are going to change box suppliers». Excuse me, but a lingerie boutique on the Upper East Side does not have the business sense and class to at least THROW OUT THE BOXES and put the bras in a plastic box with some sachets and a spray of Febreeze or something? This is the height of skinflint-​ness, especially considering the fact that their bras go from $ 100-​$ 250 each. I decided to risk getting a few sale bras and it took more than 2 washes and soaks in hand wash to get the stink out. Unacceptable. And the selection has deteriorated also, weird looking tan bras that look like nursing bras and the only colored patterned bras in large sizes are again padded, which obviously is not needed for larger cup sizes… bizarre…

I have NO idea how to rate this store if by «fan» one means someone who actually spends money here or has that kind of resources.
I walked in when I saw a burgundy silk with black lace PJ set and a sign saying 40% silk. But it was not on sale. Well, to say that «I walked» would be a bit misleading. They have to buzz you in. I’ve never been to a lingerie store with a buzzer (to get in and out) and the first thing you see when you enter is a rack of Wolford hose.
I was given a pair as a gift once by the wife of investment banker and briefly reconsidered my entire life path (writer and would be English professor) solely on the basis of these pantyhose.
It turns out only the little rack in the back was 40% off. 40% is nice but not when the price tag of a Wolford nighgown I would be tempted to wear out in public rings in at 800 dollars.
This store is for the investment banking crowd. Men still doing well in the market I am sure come in for their girlfriends, mistresses and wives.
The woman at the desk was on the phone the whole time. Very rude because maybe I didn’t look like the kind of woman who could afford Wolford (that’s accurate). I rarely experience such treatment in Manhattan or LA because I don’t exactly look like I’m on food stamps. But this woman clearly felt that I was.
The young hispanic woman helping a lady in the dressing room was a DOLL. I told her I knew it did not bode well for my ability to afford the PJs (which are selling like hotcakes even at 310 or so because they’re just that stunning and the color is magnificently rich) that you had to be buzzed in and that Wolford is their main hose.
If I ever sell a book and it makes a lot of money, I am coming here and buying myself a nightgown.
I could spend no more than 5 minutes looking around as I felt dizzy with desire and weak in the legs. I’m quite sure the auto-​erotic pleasure their nightgowns provide reaches a kind of ecstasy very little sex can approximate.