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PHOTOS: Cupid Intimates shapewear manufacturer in Bethlehem

Third-generation family business that sells to the masses still designing its line locally.

Cupid Intimates shapewear manufacturer will hold its annual Friends & Family sample sale Friday & Saturday, Sept. 12 & 13, from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 14, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at its 1005B W. Lehigh Street design studio in west Bethlehem. (Courtesy)

Fabric samples for product line at Cupid Intimates design studio in Bethlehem. (Christine Sexton)

Sample maker Maritza sews pattern pieces together at Cupid Intimates design studio in Bethlehem. (Courtesy)

Helen Yawakim, senior patternmaker, left, and Pegah Khorasani, designer, create new shapewear styles and patterns using software by Tukatech in the Cupid design studio in Bethlehem August 7, 2025. (Christine Sexton)

Senior Cupid Intimates shapewear designer Sarah Hallowell measures precisely for sample pattern sizes. (Christine Sexton)

Lindsay Bringenberg is merchandising manager for Cupid Intimates in Bethlehem. (Christine Sexton)

Cupid Intimates' senior shapewear designer Marialena Delfino surrounded by samples of the many original styles of shapewear to hit the market, in her office at 1005B W. Lehigh Street in Bethlehem. (Christine Sexton)

Sample maker Lina Bitar on the sewing floor at Cupid Intimates in Bethlehem, where original shapewear designs come to life. (Courtesy)

Ghanda Nimeh is a sample maker at Cupid Intimates design center in Bethlehem, sewing pattern pieces together for the new line. (Courtesy)