The 1950s style is officially back! According to lingerie market experts and judging by the sales, next spring/summer season is all about conical bras that were first presented by Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe in early 1950s.

This trend has been neglected for quite a long time and was only revived for a while in 1980s. Madonna’s infamous cone bra is a vivid example of the renaissance.

Anyway, the trend is back to store racks after fashion extravagances like Jean Paul Gaultier and Dolce & Gabbana used the coned shaped bras in their latest Spring/Summer 2010 collections, though as a part of outerwear, this time.

Even though now it’s absolutely ok to wear a bra as a piece of outerwear these days (thinking Lady GaGa), sales of conical bras as a piece of lingerie witness an obvious boost, too.

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Nowadays it’s hard to find a lingerie collection without a couple of corsets or corset and panty sets. Corsets do look sexy.

Corsets were invented in France in the 16th century and were originally quilted waistcoats, worn by French women as an alternative to stiff corsets or stays.

They were only quilted linen, laced in the front, and un-boned. This garment was worn on informal occasions, while stays were worn for court dress. By the end of the century stays fell out of fashion and were fully replaced by corsets.

Later corsets became hugely popular with men but they claimed they weren’t wearing them for aesthetic purposes but rather to soothe back pain.

Even now, corsets can be worn by both men and women for fashion and medical purposes.

As some sources claim, in recent years the term “corset” has also been borrowed by the fashion industry to refer to tops which mimic the look of traditional corsets without actually slimming or shaping the body.

Check out our gallery of celebrities who love wearing corsets both as lingerie and glam chic wear.

Ultimo face Melanie Brown, aka Mel B from Spice Girls, wore a sequined bright pink corset for Ultimo’s 10th birthday celebration on September 1, 2009. She paired the lingerie piece with black leggings and black boots looking pretty glam in the ensemble.

Jennifer Love Hewitt looks super corset sexy during the photoshoot for FHM Germany September 2009 issue. The black corset looks like a stay while the satin black and blue corset top is definitely more flirty and modern.

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There is fashion for everything: for clothes, shoes, cars, etc. No wonder lingerie fashion also exists. Few people know how lingerie fashion developed over the years. But what is obvious is that as time passed lingerie became smaller and now it can be even described as “tiny”.

It’s probably hard to believe but some time ago people didn’t wear any lingerie at all. Women wore long shirts with nothing under them.

Only in the 19th century bloomers became fashionable. Moreover, at the beginning only courtesans dared to wear them. Bloomers were intended for tempting men.

You will be surprised but bloomers were considered very sexy! They became the first erotic lingerie that was used as underwear. Much later descent women adopted them into their wardrobes and started enjoying the comfort bloomers gave.

The person who invented bloomers was an Italian actor who first appeared at the stage in these funny pants. A hundred years later the 1st Duke of Wellington followed the example and since that lots of men in Europe began wearing bloomers. Men wore bloomers as outwear while women hid them under their skirts.

Generally speaking bloomers are short pants narrowed to the knee. These were made from tlight fabric and decorated with lace and ribbons.

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