THE VENUS FLY-TRAP

To the dawn of History, civilized man wanted to distinguish himself from animals and his sauvage brothers that used to live naked, letting own sexual organs to go limp with age.The birth of modesty, the taste of seduction ( hiding or showing what a person want to underline), nostalgy of youth, all have important part in the invention of underwear. Both classic Greek people and modern woman, flabby and skipping breasts appear unsightly and cumbersome. In the pause between these two eras, the breast aesthetic will know all possible variations.

Women's lingerie is the stuff of fantasy. A vital element in the skilled art of undressing, it never fails to work its strange magic on the male libido. The sex is prosaic unless seen through a veil that emphasises its forbidden attractions. In the words of Montaigne: " There are things best displayed by concealment." Women have worn underwear since the dawn of civilization, sometimes openly, sometimes secretly, as the social climate dictated. Society frequently advanced hypocritical pretexts for the wearing of lingerie, invoking dubious reasons of health and hygiene. No-one was willing to admit the thruth, that these clinging undergarments, these "snares of Venus" clothed the erotic life of eras perverse, brutal or lascivious. In so doing, they stated the fantasies of the women who placed these diabolical contrivances upon their bodies, and the men who delighted in taking them off again.

Ribbons, Petticoats, Corsets, Drawers, Brassieres and Knickers have all played their part in the mysterious "pas de deux" by which man and woman have been united since time immemorial.

FROM THE FIRST LIGHT TO THE END OF CLASSICAL AGE	MIDDLE AGE RENAISSANCE BAROQUE	LATEBAROQUE ROCOCO' AND REGENCY STYLE

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