Explores the image of underwear in the UK and the range of realities that lie behind it. Everything is revealed, from the embarrassing but necessary items that are kept hidden from public view to the very British titillation of the Anne Summers party, from the "uplift" of the Wonderbra to the high-fashion glamour of Agent Provocateur. The book celebrates contemporary fashion, technology and culture as refracted through the underwear industry and paints a portrait of the constant tension between inspiration and constraint, fantasy and reality, industry specialists and the mass market. Angela Carter, Judith Clark, Karen Kay, India Knight, James Pretlove, Mary Quant and Serena Rees offer texts on the subject.
- ISBN10 1901033279
- ISBN13 9781901033274
- Publish Date 3 September 2001 (first published 1 January 1982)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 February 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Black Dog Press
- Imprint Black Dog Publishing Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English