The Original and Only

When I saw the invite for the “Pre-Valentine’s Day Pajama Party” with hanky panky at the W for last Thursday night, I immediately blocked out the time on my calendar. I confess. I’m a huge hanky panky fan for several reasons.  First, they are super comfortable (their own tag line is “world’s most comfortable thong”). They come in hundreds of shades in every hue found in the rainbow.  Even the simple casual packaging is genius.  And finally, the instore marketing is identical to grocery store checkout last minute purchases (usually found in a fishbowl near the retail counter – hey, I could use another pair or 5 – and look at this adorable new color! I don’t have Burnt Sienna yet…).  But, as I learned early in my hp wearing life, a lot of my friends share the same adoration, which can become kind of a challenge during a vacation with the girls.  To this day, I’m still pulling out hp’s that have my initials penned on the tag.  Hmmm. Not sexy.

I can tell what is sexy (and the jam packed room of cupcake eating, champagne sipping female guests would agree) is if you have your hp’s personalized … with little crystals!  Yes. Brilliant I say.  So, hanky panky came down from the Big Apple and held its very first event in Washington while overlooking the White House.  Ladies and boys came out in full force drinking Pop Rocks Martinis, grabbing Jean-Georges sushi from butler served platters, biting into cupcakes, and waiting patiently as the hp team took the orders for hundreds of colorful Valentine’s Day lacey panties to be personalized. The only stipulation was there was a limit of 5 characters on the undies.

You could purchase a heart with a set of three, and even a red pair, folded to the shape of a rose (brilliant!).  hanky panky’s own John David Breen, who made the trip down for this event, which benefited Becky’s Fund, said (and I quote) the event was a “smashing success”.

I wonder if hanky panky will send a pair to FLOTUS …

(Pictured: Me and my “Punch” hanky panky’s and hu’s wear’s Toni Leinhardt)