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The firm first sold exclusively lingerie but expanded to
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491:"How Yandy Made Its Sexy Viral Swimwear Appropriate for the Miss USA Pageant"
741:"Yandy.com Presents NYFW's First Halloween Runway Show [Slide Show]"
581:"'Sexy' Halloween Costumes of Viral Memes Will Make $ 15 Million This Fall"
304:"What the CEO behind those ridiculous 'sexy' Halloween costumes has to say"
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648:"There is nothing this Halloween costume company can't make 'sexy'"
509:"JDA Software executive one of 3 Arizona CEO departures in January"
888:"Sexy 'Handmaid's Tale' Costumes Have Officially Hit The Internet"
537:"Sexy Deadmau5 Costume Is Everything That's Wrong With Halloween"
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