The satin bra – a history lesson

Women have been using special garments to support and keep their breasts tidy for at least four thousand years but there was a lot of development before we ended up with the satin bra. There are visual records of a special sort of corset from around 2500BC which enhanced the breasts of women from the [...]

Satin underwear – what is it and who wears it?

In recent years some designers have begun to make satin lingerie items as outerwear – a term the French label dessous-dessous (and of course, lingerie itself is a French word meaning underwear for either gender). In the English language the word “lingerie” describes garments which may be erotic and are almost always visually appealing.