I bumped into this woman’s work while looking up her name. What a game she has written about. Women’s clothing industry. The Lingerie Designer gives readers an inside look at the clothing trade, as most people will never have seen it before. It addresses topical issues such as ethical trading, second chances, reinventing ourselves in the face of adversity and age difference relationships. Of course I haven’t read the book. I was attracted by the author’s smile in the picture I stumbled upon. The subject also intrigued me.

Something about defying the laws of physics to manipulate and drape the female body in a way to get a certain look to attract the gaze of another.

I love to draw and design, and I love to see women in lingerie. Here is one of the earliest designs

Marie Tucek’s “Breast Supporter”

Howard Hughes was a famous designer and manufacturer who also tried his hand at designing women’s support foundations. He made a movie with his woman Jane Russel staring along with her breasts. Hughes was unhappy with the way her breasts were showing on film. He wanted more. He designed a cantilever bra that was in effect the first underwire bra that would push up the breasts and allow more cleavage to be displayed at the top. Jame Russel was the star and

To promote the movie, Hughes came up with saucy taglines like “What are the two great reasons for Jane Russell’s rise to stardom?” As he aged Hughes obsession with women’s breasts became less of a fixation.

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But Siobhan does not seem to be having any problems as she makes designs on women’s bodies and stories.