Lingerie: A Modern Guide

by Lesley Scott

Book Overview

Covering the fun, often deliciously risqu , history of lingerie, you'll meet the first innerwear-as-outerwear model (a 5000 year old Snake Goddess in a corset ), take a peek beneath the astounding 11 pounds of underpinnings worn by our Victorian sisters, and discover the special sewing secret behind the military-inspired bullet bras of the I940s and 50s. You'll also see how, in more recent times, Madonna has manipulated the power of underwear to maximum...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785826726
• ISBN13: 9780785826729
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Chartwell Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 6.7"