"Presents the history of women's underwear while also revealing the intimate role lingerie plays in defining women's bodies, sexuality, gender identity, and body image."--Amazon.com.
This book aims to explain the processes at work and the many unexpected influences that shape the color, silhouettes, and decoration. The book documents the rise of the deluxe lingerie brand.
Brief Encounters is a rummage through the drawers of the female undergarment in the history of advertising. A furtive peek at the wonder products that have offered salvation down the years to women of every design.