We'll star things off with a catchy tune courtesy of Ernst Lubitsch's 1931 film, The Smiling Lieutenant. To me, the 1980s became the second heyday of this style of lingerie with glamour models like Samantha Fox bringing our traditional French Knickers into a whole new world of cheeky sexuality, always with a hint of silky, lacy romance and opulence.

The short film with a new invention (for 1929), the camiknickers…a precursor to more contemporary teddies, bodysuits, and rompers. You can tell a lot about people and the times they lived in based on what they wore, and lingerie is no different. With the exception of our panty girdle, which features 4 detachable suspenders, all the suspenders on our open bottom girdles are attached. Whilst smaller “panties” started to become popular into the 1950s and 1960s, the French Knicker style still prevailed and I currently have an amazing collection of 1960s nylon knickers from iconic lingerie label “Vanity Fair” in the traditional wide-legged “shorts” style, in eye-popping bright citrus shades. Designed to flatten your tummy, smooth your hips and derriere they provide the perfect, invisible, foundation for your outerwear under even the tightest pencil skirt.when “big pants” are pretty essential and a nice pair of French Knickers is preferable to the Bridget Jones type! I dig this relatively new brand's sporty vibe, and I also like that their bras use velcro closures instead of traditional hooks and eyes (I may be off base here, but it seems like a velcro closure would be easier for women with dexterity or mobility issues to use).

And then, of course, lingerie-clad women posing together provocatively do have a presumed audience: men.I really like how her new collection is sexy without relying on any of the traditional trappings of 'sexy.