{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='New breed of sex shop takes LA by storm' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb39d8eafeecae123742' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54bb39d8eafeecae123742' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNew breed of sex shop takes LA by storm\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eLos Angeles - 22nd March 2008 1. Wide of interior Kiki De Montparnasse sex boutique 2. Wide interior CoCo De Mer sex boutique 3. Exterior of Kiki front window 4. Wide interior of Kiki 5. Tilt up Kiki dressing room 6. Wide black and pink...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLos Angeles - 22nd March 2008 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of interior Kiki De Montparnasse sex boutique \u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide interior CoCo De Mer sex boutique \u003cbr/\u003e3. Exterior of Kiki front window \u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide interior of Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e5. Tilt up Kiki dressing room \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide black and pink lingerie at Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of 24-karat gold items on on tray at Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of 24-karat gold handcuffs at Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium of lingerie at Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e10. Set up Laura Somoza, sex advice columnist and author of Bliss in the Bedroom \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Somoza, sex advice columnist and author of Bliss in the Bedroom \u003cbr/\u003e\" Even though these high end stores are popping up, there are still a lot of people who want to get their sex information and toys online and there are some interesting statistics that go with that. For example in \u003cbr/\u003ethe UK and Canada people search for sex toys more often than they doing the United States and even though there are more people online in the US as far as the demand for sex toys go, we're still catching \u003cbr/\u003eup with the rest of the world. \" \u003cbr/\u003e12. Set up Kama Fershko, Kiki De Montparnasse, Executive Director \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English) Kama Fershko, Kiki De Montparnasse Executive Director \u003cbr/\u003e\" Our whole concept is based as a brand on creating the most elegant, comfortable, sexiest, most titillating environment for people to come to. Whether it's salons and late night events or during the day to our \u003cbr/\u003eboutique or on our website or we go to your home, we bring Kiki to life. \" \u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide Kiki girls at counter \u003cbr/\u003e15. Champagne bottle and candles at Kiki \u003cbr/\u003e16. Set up shot Anahi Bustillos, actress/singer\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Anahi Bustillos,  actress/singer :\u003cbr/\u003e\" Well there's the idea of selling cheap lingerie and making women almost seem demeaning and that's kind of the culture that we live in right now especially with the younger generation so with this idea of exquisite pieces at a higher end it gives a quality to a woman of being respected and beautiful and elegant and not only that but respecting her own body so that men perceive her as someone who has confidence and elegance so it's a totalling different idea and I think it's something that we should embrace and not be afraid of. \" \u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of 'Romance Concierge' \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of rose petals spread on bed by 'Romance Concierge' \u003cbr/\u003e20. Close of 'Romance Concierge' \u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of concierge with client on bed \u003cbr/\u003e22. Close chocolate dipped strawberries \u003cbr/\u003e23. Bathtub with rose petals \u003cbr/\u003e25. Camera near bed \u003cbr/\u003e26. SOUNDBITE (English) Kama Fershko, Kiki De Montparnasse Executive Director \u003cbr/\u003e\" We will help you, meaning each person will stop what they're doing free of charge and sit down with this individual whether it's a man or a woman or a bachelorette party or what have you and plan the whole \u003cbr/\u003eevening out. It's part of our job. It's part of our reason of being here. It's to share and to understand the needs of clients intimately and help them ultimately make their fantasies and their imagination become \u003cbr/\u003ereality \" \u003cbr/\u003e27. Wide exterior CoCo De Mer boutique \u003cbr/\u003e28. Interior of CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide pan of wall at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e30. Close of leather cuffs and erotic book at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of lingerie on wall at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e32. Wide girls at cash at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e33. Close-up of 'Mr Permissions' dressing room at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e34. Wide interior of dressing room at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of visitor dressing room typewriter at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e36. Close of video on wall in CoCo dressing room \u003cbr/\u003e37. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Rudy, wardrobe stylist \u003cbr/\u003e\"I like that this place. It's chic and when you walk in you feel cool and you don't feel dirty like the other sex shops. It doesn't smell bad. You don't want to go take a bath in bleach when you get out of there and it's a hot place to come. \" \u003cbr/\u003e38. Wide of bookshelves at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e39. Close of erotic cinema book at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e40. Set up of Justine Roddick,  CoCo De Mer owner \u003cbr/\u003e41. Photo of Justine Roddick's mother, Body Shop founder \u003cbr/\u003e42. SOUNDBITE (English) Justine Roddick, CoCo De Mer owner \u003cbr/\u003e\" It's relaxed. It's not confrontational. It's not aggressive in any way so they're automatically put at ease. I wanted to create that in CoCo De Mer, a place, a sanctuary almost. \" \u003cbr/\u003e43. Medium shot of pink mask at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e44. Velvet Hammer burlesque show book at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e45. Wide of audience listening to speaker at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e46. Push in to close of speaker at salon at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e47. Wide pan of audience listening at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e48. Wide pouring champagne for guest at CoCo \u003cbr/\u003e49. SOUNDBITE (English) Justine Roddick, CoCo De Mer owner \u003cbr/\u003e\" They're telling us that they can't get enough of them, which is wonderful that they're hungry for as much information as they can possibly get. You're taught how to eat, how to go to the bathroom but were not \u003cbr/\u003etaught how to have sex and people assume that you should be naturally good at sex and that's not the case. People need to learn and need to feel comfortable and then put it all to practice and see what works \u003cbr/\u003efor them and that's what the salons are really about. \" \u003cbr/\u003e50. Waiter at CoCo salon lecture serving guest. \u003cbr/\u003e51. Two women reading a burlesque book. \u003cbr/\u003eLos Angeles couples and singles are enjoying a new trend in sophisticated sex boutiques.\u003cbr/\u003eGone are the days of seedy shops and bad music - these high-end elegant establishments are where luxury meets eroticism.\u003cbr/\u003eThe new wave of sex boutique is unlike it's stereotypical predecessor. \u003cbr/\u003eGone is the seedy decor and raunchy music; these days sex emporiums are classy, upscale and ultra elegant.\u003cbr/\u003eAt Kiki De Montparnasse on fashionable Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, soft lighting creates an inviting and discreet environment in the 3,000 foot interior resembling a luxurious boudoir (bedroom). \u003cbr/\u003eDecadent dressing rooms in shades of purple are equipped with multiple light settings to create the right mood to try on sexy lingerie.\u003cbr/\u003eHere items are displayed like the finest works of art. \u003cbr/\u003eEverything from 24-carat gold handcuffs selling for US $595 to high end cashmere lounge robes at US $1095.\u003cbr/\u003eLaura Somoza, sex advice columnist and author of 'Bliss in the Bedroom' says that Americans are catching up with places like Canada and the UK in their market for sex toys.\u003cbr/\u003eRetailers are starting to see a new ways of reaching a more discerning customer as well.\u003cbr/\u003eKiki De Montparnasse Executive Director Kama Fershko says the store represents a lifestyle brand with store employees there to promote intimacy and love. \u003cbr/\u003eTo create even more of a mood, the all female employees offer customers champagne upon arrival. \u003cbr/\u003eAnahi Bustillos is a 25-year-old actress and singer. She says the new upscale sex boutiques empower women and encourage men to respect them more.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 'Romance Concierge', offered at Kiki De Montparnasse, is a fantasy customer service for an evening of pleasure. \u003cbr/\u003eEmployees help customers to plan the perfect evening with a loved one. \u003cbr/\u003eMake an appointment and a 'Romance Concierge' will help prepare everything from the toys, wardrobe, chocolate covered strawberries to rose petals in the bath to the camera rental. \u003cbr/\u003eFershko explains what the service includes.\u003cbr/\u003eFurther down the street the upscale feel continues at CoCo De Mer where socially conscious erotic luxury is the theme.\u003cbr/\u003eCoCo aim to meet environmental and human rights considerations by investing in local artisans and working with Fair Trade projects and cottage industries.\u003cbr/\u003eUltimately the concept is about eroticism which is reflected in the products on sale which include massage oils to erotic books and lingerie displayed openly like artwork.\u003cbr/\u003eThe fitting room, called 'Mr. Permissions' office, is connected to another room where a significant other can sit and watch via a peephole. \u003cbr/\u003eA camera, should the customer request, can videotape the activities and they can then give permission to put on the recording on the store's website, as many people do. \u003cbr/\u003eEric Rudy is a 33-year-old wardrobe stylist. 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