Lingerie description/identification assistance

[ShelbyDawn57]

Three men can keep Victoria's Secret if two of them are dead. Or something like that.

Nah, it's called a menage a trois.

Edited, damned auto-corrupt...

 

[MillieDynamite]

Le French Cut Briefs

These would look super good on me with my skin complexion. Well, would have before I got fat!!!!!

 

[TheLobster]

This is one of those things which would be very useful if pinned somewhere as an authors' resource - a simple chart showing different types of lingerie. Most men haven't a clue.

I fully admit to having little clue about the proper terms for most female clothing items. My excuse of English being a foreign language only goes so far in this regard, so I often had to flip through some combination of Google, Wikipedia and ChatGPT to figure out a concise term for a particular style of skirt or jacket.

If there are some existing cheat sheets on this rather crucial subject matter, I'd love to find them!

 

[TruthwithaTwist]

[lingerie with enormous brimmed hats]

OK, is that the next author event? Stories with hat-included ensembles of lingerie?

-Annie

I'm in.

 

[Britva415]

And, PLEASE, an explanation of how brassiere sizes work! (Pet peeve.)

I don’t have the link right now but there is such a post. The punchline is, they don’t.

 

[TarnishedPenny]

They don't.
It's a crap shoot.

The same size for different brands all fit differently. And heaven help you if you buy from overseas, EU sizing to US sizing, CM to inches...
Supposedly, the band size is the measurement just under the bust and the cup is determined by the difference of that measurement to the measurement over the fullest part of the breast(3" would be a C cup), except when it's not. Then you get into complementary sizing where a 34 C would be complimentary to a 34 D and a 36 B.

Again, different brands fit differently. But then, this just means that we girls get to go shopping and try all kinds of stuff on, so I guess it has advantages...

I do know that, but thanks. My suggestion was WRT those who do not, those apparently thinking that 42B is something extraordinary...

 

[TarnishedPenny]

[lingerie with enormous brimmed hats]

OK, is that the next author event? Stories with hat-included ensembles of lingerie?

-Annie

Done, sort of. Dawn of Dawn. Maybe I could resubmit...

 

[SimonDoom]

One way to dodge the issue is to write the story from the point of view of a man who is clueless about lingerie terms. The cluelessness can become part of the story.

 

[Britva415]

One way to dodge the issue is to write the story from the point of view of a man who is clueless about lingerie terms. The cluelessness can become part of the story.

Yeah. Just describe them.

"You know those high-cut stringy ones you saw everywhere in the Eighties? They were like that and they made me HARD!"

 

[Kelliezgirl]

One way to dodge the issue is to write the story from the point of view of a man who is clueless about lingerie terms. The cluelessness can become part of the story.

Doesn't help if the your FMC is out shopping...

 

[SimonDoom]

Doesn't help if the your FMC is out shopping...

True.

The Internet offers a wealth of information. You can Google "lingerie names" to start and get many resources. You can find online shopping venues and look at what the things for sale are called. There are tons of sites on the Web where one can order lingerie.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

True.

The Internet offers a wealth of information. You can Google "lingerie names" to start and get many resources. You can find online shopping venues and look at what the things for sale are called. There are tons of sites on the Web where one can order lingerie.

Really, I had no idea...you can buy lingerie online?

 

[Ian_Snow]

This is one of those things which would be very useful if pinned somewhere as an authors' resource - a simple chart showing different types of lingerie. Most men haven't a clue. I'm sure there are much better ones out there; this is just an example.

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And, PLEASE, an explanation of how brassiere sizes work! (Pet peeve.)

That is super useful. Thanks. Reposted it on Twitter and Bluesky in case other writers might want to see it too.

 

[XerXesXu]

For those targeting men, describing women's underwear in the technical terms of a designer will not mean much, or do much, for me. I'd need to look the terms up. Describe in titillating detail how it covers, uncovers and clings to the lady's body parts.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

For those targeting men, describing women's underwear in the technical terms of a designer will not mean much, or do much, for me. I'd need to look the terms up. Describe in titillating detail how it covers, uncovers and clings to the lady's body parts.

I'd say the same for those targeting women. I know the shape of a tanga or a high-leg bikini, but unless given sensual details, my mind would go only to multipacks of cotton undies in Marks & Spencers (a clothing store which sells mainstream clothes for all ages, used to sell 95% of bras in the UK and still sells over half the women's underpants.)

Some knickers are worth describing in their own right, others only in terms of what they reveal or hide or hint at.