Lingerie TRADUZIR

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Chantelle lace bra and panties; Aubade "Bahia" bra and panties in black lace. Photo: Gilles Berquet

Pink silk muslin bloomers, 1920. Ghislaine Rayer Collection. Photo: Gilles Berquet

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

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The lure of lingerie

In a revealing new exhibition, the Textile Museum of St Gallen explores the history and significance of ladies’ underwear.