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If you appreciate cinema classics one might beexcused for thinking that our prehistoric ancestorsrocked furry bikinis a la Raquel Welch in One MillionYears B.C., but for the longest of times ladies havebeen looking for ways to support, suppress oraccentuate the curves for a long time.From the origins of basic undergarments to theVictorian corset to the birth of the engineering featof the underwire bra, that versatile undergarmentthat helps defy gravity. And it turns out we haveancient Egyptians to thank for it (no surprise there, Nefertiti). Egyptians wore a band of linen under theirdiaphanous robes to fl atten the bust line, while inChina they were developing their own solutions -women wore single-pieced underpinnings thatcovered the breasts and belly but left the back, exposed. In fact, outerwear has always dictated thelook and function of undergarments. Cretan womenpretty much invented the corset to get awasp-waisted look that predated Mae West's hour -glass fi gure by 3,000 years. But how did we get fromthere to La Perla and Agent Provocateur ?FEATURING BRANDS-Agent Provocateur-Bordelle-Calvin Klein-Coco De Mer-La Fille d'O-La Perla-Mise En Cage-Nichole de Carle-Paul Seville-Dita Von Teese-Wonderbra-Zahia Dehar

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