Cynthia Payne Cynthia Payne Cynthia Payne (24 December 193215 November 2015) was an English brothel keeper and party hostess who made headlines in the 1970s and 1980s, when she was acquitted of running a brothel at 32 Ambleside Avenue, in Streatham, a southwestern suburb of London. Payne first came to national attention in 1978 when police raided her home and found a sex party was in progress. Men paid with luncheon vouchers to dress up in lingerie and be spanked by young women. Police found 53 men at her residence, in varying levels of undress, which included "a peer of the realm,
Cynthia Sakai the gift, Cynthia embarked on her first trip to Italy to find and meet the local artisan that hand-crafted the bracelet, finally finding the boutique nestled on the Ponte Vecchio. That one meeting set into motion what would soon become Vita Fede. As Cynthia immersed herself in Italian culture, the first words she learned were “vita” – or life – and “fede,” which means faith. It was Cynthia’s personal faith in life that gave her the inspiration to launch the Vita Fede brand in 2009. In 2014, Cynthia was inducted into the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA). In