The Evolution Of Lingerie Over The Decades

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The Evolution Of Lingerie Over The Decades
The Evolution Of Lingerie Over The Decades

Here's how you can claim 20% off at figleaves.com...

Since the nineteenth century lingerie has been at the forefront of fashion, revolutionising our dress sense and style. Vast hoops and steel cage skirts were initially adorned to protect corset and petticoats before more androgynous silhouettes were fashioned in the early twentieth century.

The Evolution Of Lingerie Over The Decades

These pieces were subsequent to more lightweight and breathable fabrics and led to Christian Dior transforming the female figure by producing hourglass-shaped underwear in the late 1940s.

In the early 1950s, pin ups modelled more risqué lingerie, while the 60s gave way to new shapes and patterns and technological developments. The disco era then ensued with extravagant fabrics and opulent designs leading into the 1980s which gave us Miami-style g-strings, thongs and bodysuits; a first in the brief department.

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