La Perla, corset with St Gallen guipure lace, 1994. Photo: Gilles Berquet
Silk spaghetti strap top and panties, Zimmerli Collection, Spring/Summer 2008. Photo: Gilles Berquet
Corset, Ghislaine Rayer Collection, around 1890. Photo: Gilles Berquet
Clothes by designers, who have drawn their inspiration from lingerie.
Asymetric evening gown in flesh-coloured silk muslin with a chantilly lace corset studded with jet beads. 1999 Summer collection, Thierry Mugler.
Clothes by designers, who have drawn their inspiration from lingerie.
Christian Lacroix, Haute couture collection, Summer 1997. Photo: Guy Marineau
Lingerie in films
Arletty, "Tempête", directed by Bernard Deschamps, 1939; Photo: Roger Corbeau, courtesy of Galerie Obsis, Paris.
Lingerie in films
Elizabeth Taylor, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; directed by Richard Brooks, 1958, from the novel by Tennessee Williams; courtesy of Galerie Obsis, Paris.
Old postcards
"Woman in her underwear", around 1925, courtesy of Alexandre Dupouy, Paris.
Old postcards
"Woman in bloomers", around 1935, courtesy of Alexandre Dupouy, Paris
Old postcards
"Woman showing off her underwear", 1930, courtesy of Alexandre Dupouy, Paris
Historic images
Eadweard Muybridge, 1887
Patriotic postcard
1914–1918, courtesy of Alexandre Dupouy, Paris
The lure of lingerie
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