Lingerie Basics--a Buying Guide | Lingerie

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Everyone loves the look and feel of silky lingerie. Pretty bras, panties, and night gowns boost women's self-esteem and add excitement to relationships. Purchasing lingerie for your partner shows your thoughtfulness and attraction to your mate. Appealing lingerie is available in a variety of sizes, styles, and fabrics that will please every eye.

Foundations: Women wear bras and panties every single day so why not spice up your lady's wardrobe? Bras provide support and panties protect clothing and tender female parts. It is easy to slide into the habit of wearing functional, plain, boring undergarments in the routines of every-day-life. Break the monotony by giving bra and panty sets in splashy colors and sexy styles. Bras come in demi-cups, full-coverage (boring), seamless, push-up, under-wire, and plunging designs. Not every style is appropriate for every bust. Larger busts need more support-many styles stop at a 36D or 38C-keep looking. Many companies make great styles in larger cup sizes that combine form and function.

Panties come in styles such as bikinis, high-cut briefs, boy-leg briefs, regular briefs (gag), g-strings, and thongs. When deciding on a new style take your significant other's style and body shape under consideration. Not every woman cares to have a g-string or thong touching her most sensitive areas. If you buy this style make sure they are big enough. Bikinis sit low on the hips and have a natural leg-this style is an old favorite but may not be practical under many kinds of clothing. The waist of high cut briefs generally sits just over the belly button and the leg opening is cut at a sharp angle for a more comfortable fit. Regular briefs-better known as granny panties like the ones worn by Bridget Jones-are almost universally hated by men and women under 70 alike. Forget them unless you are shopping for your grandmother. Boy-leg briefs on the other hand can be comfy and sexy. The waist usually sits low and the leg is soft without an elastic band. This style looks particularly flattering on women with round rears and flat stomachs.

Sleepwear: Warm fuzzy pajamas are comfy and most women will appreciate them on cold winter nights but you can add some sizzle to your relationship by introducing more revealing lingerie. Long sexy night gowns with matching robes can be quite fetching. Baby doll nighties are flattering on every figure. Teddies look something like a bathing suit but more sheer, lacy and revealing.

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