Underwear: fashion in detail, paperback/eleri lynn

Get intimately acquainted with the V&As world-renowned collection of undergarments in this eye-opening visual history.

From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps, Underwear: Fashion in Detail traces the peculiar evolution of underwear.

Revealing photographs highlight close-up details in the garments, while intricate line drawings show their masterly construction.

A wide range of designs is represented, from rare 16th-century examples to Diors curvaceous New Look, to Calvin Kleins notorious briefs.