NEW Book French Lingerie 19th - 21st Century Plon Catherine Ormen 2012 Sealed

French Lingerie 19th - 21st Century Plon Books my Catherine Ormen. Published 2012 160 pages Once upon a time was the French Lingerie. Invented in France, renowned worldwide, the French lingerie represents more than one hundred years of creation, which story is here celebrated and subtly told. More than one hundred years of innovation, expertise, luxury and seduction! This book celebrates the incredible savoir-faire of corset makers through their main inventions: the corset in elastic fabric, the first bra, the girdle, and now the smart lin-gerie. which memorizes the curves of the body. A concentration of glamor in a tew grams of tine lingerie... Corsets, girdles and bras have become legends, as basques, panties, tangas, thongs, and of course garter belt. Made gorgeous by Gilles Berquet's photographies, all of them are set back in the context of the French lifestyle. Fashion historian and independent curator, Catherine Ormen is the author of numerous reference books on fashion and lingerie. Photographe © Gilles Berquet Création graphique: V. Podevin ISBN: 978-2-259-21929-7 Brand new hard cover coffee table book, sealed in plastic. Never opened. Smoke free and pet friendly home. Art, fashion, fashion designer, New York, Paris, Milan, art book, Gilles Berquet,