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Encyclopedia > Agent Provocateur (lingerie)
Agent Provocateur in Broadwick Street, Soho

Agent Provocateur is a well known lingerie brand based in the United Kingdom. The company has stores in 13 countries across the globe including major cities such as London, New York, Vancouver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Paris and Berlin. The first shop was opened on London's Broadwick Street in the Soho district in 1994. This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1675x1614, 614 KB) Agent Provocateur, 6 Broadwick Street, Soho, London. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1675x1614, 614 KB) Agent Provocateur, 6 Broadwick Street, Soho, London. ... Broadwick Street showing the John Snow memorial and pub Broadwick Street (formerly Broad Street) is a street in Soho, City of Westminster London. ... Assorted lingerie styles. ... Cast-iron architecture in Greene Street SoHo is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...


The company is known for producing controversial adverts, such as those released in December 2001 featuring pop singer Kylie Minogue. The advert, which was shown only in cinemas, helped push the envelope on sexual innuendo in advertising media and helped demonstrate the power of internet based viral marketing. Kylie Ann Minogue (IPA: [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy Award-winning Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Viral marketing and viral advertising refer to marketing techniques that use pre-existing social networks to produce increases in brand awareness, through self-replicating viral processes, analogous to the spread of pathological and computer viruses. ...


The company was founded by Joesph Corré and Serena Rees. Corré is the son of British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and Sex Pistols' ex-manager, Malcolm McLaren. In June 2007, Corré was awarded the MBE for his services to the fashion industry in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. However, he controversially rejected the honour in protest of outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair's actions regarding Iraq and Civil Liberties. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Sex Pistols were an iconic and highly influential English punk rock band, formed in London in 1975. ... Malcolm McLaren (born Malcolm Robert Andrew Edwards, 22 January 1946, in London) is an English impresario, musician and self-publicist who is best known as being the manager of the punk rock band Sex Pistols. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Civil liberties is the name given to freedoms that protect the individual from government. ...


The company has a popular standing with celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, and Carmen Electra. Traditionally the company features high profile celebrities to promote their fashion campaigns. In previous years this has included Kylie Minogue (2001) and Kate Moss (2006). The current campaign features actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American celebrity and socialite. ... Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer and songwriter. ... “Tara Patrick” redirects here. ... Kylie Ann Minogue (IPA: [1]) (born May 28, 1968) is a Grammy Award-winning Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. ... Not to be confused with Kate Mosse. ... Maggie Ruth Gyllenhaal (born November 16, 1977) is an American actress. ...


Agent Provocateur is mentioned in the book Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years when Pandora Braithwaite, the Labour MP for Ashby-de-la-Zouch and also the love of Adrian's life confesses during an interview that she buys her underwear from Agent Provocateur in Soho. Pandora Braithwaite is the girlfriend of Adrian Mole in the Adrian Mole series. ...


External links

  • Official website
  • History and Philosophy of Agent Provocateur

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Agent provocateur (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (123 words)
An agent provocateur (plural: agents provocateurs) is a person employed to associate with suspected individuals or groups with the purpose of inciting them to commit acts that will make them liable to punishment.
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Agent Provocateur Perfume, Aftershave & Fragrances. (726 words)
Agent Provocateur is a famous London-based Lingerie company, renowned for creating seductive underwear that is elegant yet sexy.
The signature scent for Agent Provocateur had to embody this ethos and be sensual, yet not brash, timeless and alluring.
To create this special fragrance, Agent Provocateur used a Moroccan rose, Indian saffron, Egyptian jasmine, and French magnolia oil for the heart, layered over a bewitching base of vetiver, warm amber, and animalistic musk.
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