Shopping for a Romantic Holiday Gift

Pittsburgh, PA (PRLEAP) January 13, 2006 - Valentine's Day is just around the corner, have you purchased a gift for your wife or girlfriend yet? Probably not if you're like most men, who according to retail industry watchers tend to be last minute, impulse shoppers.

Roberta Burns, of PeppyWear.com fully agrees with this assessment of the male shopper and has proof of experience. "Every holiday is the same, at the last possible moment we get flooded with men asking for gift ideas for their wives or girlfriends."

Roberta adds that "…one question we're often asked is whether lingerie really makes an appropriate gift item. There's no blanket answer for that, everybody feels differently. However, for most women I think it's not only appropriate, but preferred. Think of it this way, a woman's parents or children can buy her a fancy foot-massager, but lingerie is an intimate gift that implies you still find her desirable. It's not just about what you give her, but also what the gift says to her—and lingerie makes all the right statements."

A few good tips for men when buying lingerie or other clothing for a woman are to make sure you know her sizes. A quick scan through her closet and dresser should provide all you'll need to know. If that's not possible, ask a relative or close friend she normally goes shopping with, they'll likely know her sizes and even offer a few ideas as well. Pay attention to her favorite and usual clothing colors. If she never wears red it's safe to assume that's not a good color to buy for her.

Keep in mind what physical features she tries to accent and which she tries to hide in normal dress. You'll do best to pick items which follow her normal style. Remember, it's not about what you like here. You want the gift to show that you've been paying attention to her all along.

Additional buying tips and gift ideas for men can be found on the PeppyWear.com Lingerie Blog at http://www.peppywear.com/store/blog.php

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Roberta Burns
info@peppywear.com
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