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By Phoenix Delray
 The first evening gown was decidedly not very sexy, at least by modern standards. In the 19th Century, when going out to theatres and opera houses was very fashionable among people of a certain class, evening gowns were long and heavy, the skirts reaching the floor, and the necklines high and the sleeves long. Of course, decetolage played a part in some dress styles, but the hems of the evening gowns really remained long until about 1920, when they rose daringly above the knee, and necklines dipped down as far as possible.
This trend of decidedly sexy evening gown styles continued through WWII, when fabric became scarce, and dress hems were raised out of necessity. The 1950s saw the advent of that quintessential sexy evening gown, the cocktail dress. In the 1960s, hemlines for all types of dresses and skirts were raised to a new height with some only just long enough to sufficiently cover underwear. Slits on the sides of skirts and dresses were not uncommon, either. Hem and necklines continued to become more varied as the |
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By Richard Runion
 The word lingerie is derived from the French word lin which means linen. The two languages use the word to connote entirely different things. The word, in French, is a synonym for all undergarments of either sex; in contrast, the word, in English, refers to women's fashion undergarments. Apart from nylon, common materials used to make lingerie include polyester, satin, and silk.
About a century ago, underwear was bulky. Because of this, women chose lingerie for reasons of hygiene. Six decades later, in the 1960s, manufacturers first thought of imparting sexual appeal to lingerie, to use as a marketing tool.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, there was a lot of innovation in the hosiery sector, whether it was in new fibers that got introduced or in new products that were launched. But the innovative thinking has appeared to run out of steam within the first decade of this century.
Experimentation with radical design changes has characterized even the corsetry sector; take a look at the Bioform bra, for instance. But design changes have been few and far |
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