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Beyond black and white: The bold and beautiful shades of Lingerie
Lingerie's story is a tale of evolution, intertwining with shifts in fashion, culture, and societal attitudes towards intimacy. Originating centuries ago, undergarments were primarily functional, crafted from basic materials like linen or wool.
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Underwear and Fashion: Lingerie, corsetry and hosiery
The authors correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply adjusts to conform to changing social values. The result is a rigorous scientific rationale spiced with a zest of humour. And the tinier lingerie gets, the more scholarly attention it deserves.
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The Story of Lingerie (Part 2)
Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, ever since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy.
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The Story of Lingerie
The text below is the excerpt of the book The Story of Lingerie, written by Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher, published by Parkstone International. During the development of western clothing, lingerie and corsetry have had a fundamental role. It allows one to structure one’s shape, modify the figure and change following the flights of fashion. Underwear itself follows constantly changes with the latest fashion. It is designed using shapes, materials and colours which correspond to the tastes of the time: even if we can say that women’s underwear is created in the image of fashion, it is not actually that simple, and shapes, types of undergarments, and the choice of materials and colours very often…
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The Underside of Fashion
"What do the thousands of images of lingerie on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across magazines say about our society?" Read more and discover the answer.
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