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Muriel Barbier. The Story of Lingerie
Preface
Introduction
Underwear and fashion
Lingerie, corsetry and hosiery
How underwear began to allow the silhouette evolve
From Ancient Greece to modern woman: what have they been wearing under their clothes?
Materials
Colours
Underwear and Society
Stages of life
Rites of passage
Baptism
First Communion
From childhood to adolescence
Marriage
Mourning
The trousseau and its reflection in Society
Women’s work
The rise and fall of the trousseau
Caring for linen
Care of raw materials
A Woman’s private life and clothing
The nightdress
The negligee
The bedroom and private life
Underwear according to the season and social status
Clothing for children
Contradictory arguments about trousers for women and the corset
Trousers or bloomers
The corset
Sports underwear
Horseback riding
Cycling
Swimming
Dancers
Eroticism, seduction and fetishism
The eroticism of women’s underwear
Seductive and sexy underwear
Fetishism and women’s underwear: from private clubs to the catwalk
Economics
Lingerie manufacturing
How fashion was distributed
The current lingerie market
Distribution networks
Motivation to purchase
Communication
Advertising goes too far
Marketing
Some current directions for lingerie
The youth market
Underwear on top
Technological contributions to lingerie
Sportswear at the beginning of the 21st century
Sexy lingerie
A perfect marriage of lingerie and lace: an interview with Olivier Noyon, President of the Board of Noyon Dentelle
Conclusion
Glossary
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2. Terms specific to underwear:
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Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Отрывок из книги
Corset by Axfords.
Chantal Thomass, ensemble in white lace. Autumn/Winter 2001–2002 Collection.
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Front cover of Jeanne de Charme, c. 1935. 17 × 12.6 cm. Private collection, Paris.
Damart nightie, feminine underwear.
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