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Podcast · February 5, 2025
A Legacy of Lace with Larisa Olson
Larisa joins The Retail Whisperer, episode 189, on customer service, merchandising and what keeps a neighborhood shop thriving.
Awards
Best of Intima Awards, 2021 · Community Support
Curve Excellence Awards · Philanthropic Excellence, the Comfort Project, in WWD
The Best of Intima Awards 2021 winner, Community Support
Curve Philanthropic Excellence Award for the Comfort Project
In the News
The Record North Shore · March 16, 2023
Chantilly Lace to return to downtown Wilmette and create ‘dream space’
Chantilly Lace has specialized in intimate wear and bra fittings in Wilmette since 1995. Seeking more space, owner Larisa Olson moved the shop in 2017 from downtown Wilmette to Plaza del Lago. Now, Olson is excited to bring Chantilly Lace back to the Village Center and into a storefront, 1177 Wilmette Ave., she’s long admired.
The Best of Intima · 2021
Best of Intima Magazine awards Chantilly Lace the Community Support award
The Best of Intima Magazine staged the Best of Intima Awards as a phygital event for the second year running, celebrating independent stores across North America. Chantilly Lace was awarded the Community Support award.
WWD · Curve Excellence Awards
Chantilly Lace wins the Philanthropic award for the Comfort Project
Chantilly Lace won the Philanthropic award for creating the Comfort Project, which donated gift bags to nurses working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.
Chicago Tribune · June 30, 2020
Wilmette’s Chantilly Lace lingerie shop survives ‘retail apocalypse’ with ingenuity, community service
When Illinois’ COVID-19 stay-at-home order shuttered Larisa Olson’s Wilmette lingerie shop in March, she was determined to find a way for her small business to survive.
WGN · 2020
Suburban business delivers cozy care packages to nurses
The Chantilly Lace Comfort Project on WGN.
Patch · 2020
Lingerie Shop Offers Gifts To Nurses On Coronavirus Front Lines
A North Shore lingerie shop has provided hundreds of nurses with personalized gifts of comfortable sleepwear to thank them for their work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Best of Intima · 2020
Delivery! When Stores Support Nurses
Chantilly Lace has started an initiative to support nurses during this Covid-19 crisis.
JWC Daily · April 27, 2020
Comfort Project
While nurses on the front lines of fighting the coronavirus on the North Shore are getting less sleep these days, they’re sleeping better due to the efforts of Larisa Olson and her lingerie store, Chantilly Lace, in Wilmette.
The Best of Intima · August 15, 2018
The Best of Intima announces the 2018 winners
On July 29th, The Best of Intima magazine held the 14th edition of its annual Gala Awards ceremony, The Best of Intima Awards at New York City’s elegant Tribeca Rooftop.
JWC Daily · November 15, 2017
New Home for Chantilly Lace
Since Chantilly Lace moved from downtown Wilmette to Plaza del Lago, customers seem to be gravitating toward prettier lingerie.
JWC Daily · January 17, 2017
Jogger Predicts Gloom, But Boutique Blooms
One day in the gloomy yet vaguely hopeful winter of 2016, a man stumbled into Chantilly Lace looking a little disoriented but motivated. It was his first time in a lingerie establishment, and he was selecting a Valentine’s gift for his wife.
Better · Partner Spotlight
A Good Bra Changes Everything and Chantilly Lace is Here to Help
Chantilly Lace knows that “the right lingerie and sleepwear change not only your look, but your outlook.”