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Carl Klaus

Lingerie

  • Isabella Hinestrozahas quoted2 years ago
    see a woman only in her underwear is infinitely more sensual and sexual than seeing a woman entirely naked.
  • Isabella Hinestrozahas quoted2 years ago
    Foreword
    “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

    — Epictetus
  • Isabella Hinestrozahas quoted2 years ago
    A designer’s work should be orientated towards this fulfilment.
  • Hardini Dyah Astutihas quoted3 years ago
    plain and satin weave, jersey, lawn, muslin, percale, and voile.
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    The “divorce corset” (so named because it separated the breasts) introduced in 1816 continued the trend of distinctly separated breasts.
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    dress and the drape lasted into classical and Hellenistic Greece, femininity was suppressed with cloth bands that flattened chest and hips. Androgyny, which some attribute to the homosexual values of Greek civilization, governed the silhouette. The Hellenistic woman was completely covered up, her sexuality hidden under the folds of the chiffon.
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    By the late Middle Ages, a period marked by serious epidemics of the plague, the round belly and its navel were appreciated as symbols of fertility and hope for a de-populated Europe.
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    Beginning in 1770 the whalebone
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    body was criticized by contemporaries such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau who advocated a return to simplicity and natur
  • b6201010161has quoted3 years ago
    The “divorce corset” (so named be
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