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FEATURING BRANDS
-Agent Provocateur
-Bordelle
-Calvin Klein
-Coco De Mer
-La Fille d'O
-La Perla
-Mise En Cage
-Nichole de Carle
-Paul Seville
-Dita Von Teese
-Wonderbra
-Zahia Dehar
If you appreciate cinema classics one might be excused for thinking that our prehistoric ancestors rocked furry bikinis à lá Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but for the longest of times ladies have been looking for ways to support, suppress or accentuate the curves for a long time.
From the origins of basic undergarments to the Victorian corset to the birth of the engineering feat of the underwire bra, that versatile undergarment that helps defy gravity. And it turns out we have ancient Egyptians to thank for it (no surprise there, Nefertiti). Egyptians wore a band of linen under their diaphanous robes to fl atten the bust line, while in China they were developing their own solutions — women wore single-pieced underpinnings that covered the breasts and belly but left the back, exposed. In fact, outerwear has always dictated the look and function of undergarments. Cretan women pretty much invented the corset to get a wasp-waisted look that predated Mae West's hourglass fi gure by 3,000 years. But how did we get from there to La Perla and Agent Provocateur?
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIEFS
LINGERIE THROUGH THE DECADES
THE STORY OF THE BIKINI
THE MOST MEMORABLE SWIMSUIT IMAGES OF ALL TIME
HISTORY OF MEN'S UNDERWEAR
BRANDS OF NOTE
Girls Guides by Fashion Industry Broadcast is an essential series to collect.
Available in a glossy hard cover format as well as handy purse size paper back.
BAGS, A Girl's Guide to Bags
HEELS, A Girl's Guide to Heels
LINGERIE, A Girl's Guide to Lingerie
PARIS FASHION, A Girl's Guide to Paris Fashion
ITALIAN FASHION, A Girl's Guide to Italian Fashion
AMERICAN FASHION, A Girl's Guide to American Fashion
-Agent Provocateur
-Bordelle
-Calvin Klein
-Coco De Mer
-La Fille d'O
-La Perla
-Mise En Cage
-Nichole de Carle
-Paul Seville
-Dita Von Teese
-Wonderbra
-Zahia Dehar
If you appreciate cinema classics one might be excused for thinking that our prehistoric ancestors rocked furry bikinis à lá Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C., but for the longest of times ladies have been looking for ways to support, suppress or accentuate the curves for a long time.
From the origins of basic undergarments to the Victorian corset to the birth of the engineering feat of the underwire bra, that versatile undergarment that helps defy gravity. And it turns out we have ancient Egyptians to thank for it (no surprise there, Nefertiti). Egyptians wore a band of linen under their diaphanous robes to fl atten the bust line, while in China they were developing their own solutions — women wore single-pieced underpinnings that covered the breasts and belly but left the back, exposed. In fact, outerwear has always dictated the look and function of undergarments. Cretan women pretty much invented the corset to get a wasp-waisted look that predated Mae West's hourglass fi gure by 3,000 years. But how did we get from there to La Perla and Agent Provocateur?
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BRIEFS
LINGERIE THROUGH THE DECADES
THE STORY OF THE BIKINI
THE MOST MEMORABLE SWIMSUIT IMAGES OF ALL TIME
HISTORY OF MEN'S UNDERWEAR
BRANDS OF NOTE
Girls Guides by Fashion Industry Broadcast is an essential series to collect.
Available in a glossy hard cover format as well as handy purse size paper back.
BAGS, A Girl's Guide to Bags
HEELS, A Girl's Guide to Heels
LINGERIE, A Girl's Guide to Lingerie
PARIS FASHION, A Girl's Guide to Paris Fashion
ITALIAN FASHION, A Girl's Guide to Italian Fashion
AMERICAN FASHION, A Girl's Guide to American Fashion
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Publisher -
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Paul G Roberts
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781944783105
Dimensions - 28.0 x 21.6 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 390
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