Laurence Lewin (20 May 1944 – 12 November 2008) was an English-born Canadian accountant, computer programmer and entrepreneur, who was one of the co-founders of lingerie firm

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. Lewin was working at clothing retailer Suzy Shier, in 1990, when he co-founded La Senza, a lingerie firm that was eventually licensed to 700 retail outlets around the world. On 6 April 2006, La Senza issued a press release, quoting Lewin, to try to clarify its position as to whether one of its brassieres infringed a

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design. The firm was acquired by lingerie giant Victoria's Secret, on 12 October 2006, for $710 million

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. Lewin immigrated from the United Kingdom to Canada, and settled in

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in the 1970s. Lewin appeared on the first two seasons of the Canadian ''

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'' TV series.

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