Good Girls Guide To Buying Lingerie
Author: Christine McClinden
With the popularity of Lingerie boutiques in shopping malls across
America the stigma of buying and wearing lingerie is now a thing of
the past. However for women who’ve never bought lingerie before or
are still a little shy about visiting a store here’s our guide for
styles you are likely to encounter.
Baby Doll Set
A baby doll set encompasses a large category of lingerie items.
Basically it’s a two piece set, consisting of a robe or loose
billowy top and matching bottom. The top is always loose fitting and
comes in just below the bust line, like an empire bodice. The top is
very loose fitting and short, ending at or just below your rear.
Baby doll sets are available in wide variety of fabrics from silk
and satin to sheer lace.
Chemise
A chemise is a short flowing A-line gown that’s longer than a baby
doll. The top usually has spaghetti or halter straps. The angular
shape of a chemise looks good on almost every figure type. If you
are concerned about your mid-section look for a style that has built
in figure control. Sometimes a chemise comes with a matching bottom,
but this varies from style to style. The fabric choices range from
patterned and solid silks to very revealing lace, so there is
something for everyone’s taste.
Camisole
A camisole is female undershirt. It is loose fitting and has thin
spaghetti straps that go over the shoulder. It’s usually paired with
a matching bottom. Camisoles are now also available as outwear.
While they are not usually worn as formal office attire, they can be
worn for casual occasions.
Corset
A corset is the opposite of a camisole. It’s a structured garment
that has bones or ribs to force your body into certain proportions.
The effects of a corset can be very dramatic, and can create a very
enticing curvy shape. Some corsets are more difficult to wear than
others, depending on how much shaping they are doing. If you’ve
never worn one before choose something that’s not so difficult to
get into. Corsets are also now being made as outwear. While not
something you would wear to the office, they are perfect for a
dinner party, club or night on the town.
Bridal Set
A bridal set or merry widow as it’s sometimes known also covers a
wide variety of items. Basically it’s a set that consists of a bra,
corset or camisole top. It also has matching panties, and usually a
garter belt and stockings. The styles range from silk or satin sets
with full coverage to skimpy string sets with very minimal overage.
Boy Shorts
If you’ve never heard of boy shorts think of sexy hot pants for your
bedroom. They offer full coverage on the sides and some coverage on
your rear. Conservative styles cover most if not all of your rear,
the more daring styles give you partial coverage. Boy shorts are
figure hugging or shaping, something those of us with less than
perfect bodies will appreciate. They come in wide variety of fabric
choices from comfortable cotton to see through lace.
Bikini
Bikini bottoms offer full coverage on your rear, and have thin
straps on the side. They are available in loose fitting of figure
hugging styles in a wide variety of fabric choices.
Thong
A thong offers full to minimal coverage in the front, and has thin
sides usually 1” to ½” in width that come to a t shape in the rear.
The t-shape gives you practically no coverage on your rear. Thongs
are now worn just as frequently outside of the bedroom as they are
in it. If you are wearing tight, or figure hugging clothing a thong
is your best solution to combat visible panty line. Cotton, lycra or
micro-fiber fabrics are the most comfortable for extended wear
thongs.
G-String
While the back of a thong has very minimal coverage with a narrow
strip a g-string offers you no coverage, with a simple single strand
or string, usually 1/8” or less in width, not for the faint of
heart.
Garter Belt
A garter belt is made of piece of fabric that wraps around your hips
and usually has four straps (one for the front and back of each
leg). Sometimes the straps are attached to the lower edge of a
corset or camisole top. These straps attach to the top of stockings,
holding them up. The proper way to wear a garter belt is to attach
the stockings first, then put on your panties. While this may look
strange you’ll understand why the first time you need to visit the
bathroom.
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