With the popularity of Lingerie boutiques in shopping malls across America the stigma of buying and wearing lingerie is now a thing of the past. However for women who’ve never bought lingerie before or are still a little shy about visiting a store here’s our guide for styles you are likely to encounter.
Baby Doll Set
A baby doll set encompasses a large category of lingerie items. Basically it’s a two piece set, consisting of a robe or loose billowy top and matching bottom. The top is always loose fitting and comes in just below the bust line, like an empire bodice. The top is very loose fitting and short, ending at or just below your rear. Baby doll sets are available in wide variety of fabrics from silk and satin to sheer lace.
Chemise
A chemise is a short flowing A-line gown that’s longer than a baby doll. The top usually has spaghetti or halter straps. The angular shape of a chemise looks good on almost every figure type. If you are concerned about your mid-section look for a style that has built in figure control. Sometimes a chemise comes with a matching bottom, but this varies from style to style. The fabric choices range from patterned and solid silks to very revealing lace, so there is something for everyone’s taste.
Camisole
A camisole is female undershirt. It is loose fitting and has thin spaghetti straps that go over the shoulder. It’s usually paired with a matching bottom. Camisoles are now also available as outwear. While they are not usually worn as formal office attire, they can be worn for casual occasions.
Corset
A corset is the opposite of a camisole. It’s a structured garment that has bones or ribs to force your body into certain proportions. The effects of a corset can be very dramatic, and can create a very enticing curvy shape. Some corsets are more difficult to wear than others, depending on how much shaping they are doing. If you’ve never worn one before choose something that’s not so difficult to get into. Corsets are also now being made as outwear. While not something you would wear to the office, they are perfect for a dinner party, club or night on the town.
Bridal Set
A bridal set or merry widow as it’s sometimes known also covers a wide variety of items. Basically it’s a set that consists of a bra, corset or camisole top. It also has matching panties, and usually a garter belt and stockings. The styles range from silk or satin sets with full coverage to skimpy string sets with very minimal overage.
Boy Shorts
If you’ve never heard of boy shorts think of sexy hot pants for your bedroom. They offer full coverage on the sides and some coverage on your rear. Conservative styles cover most if not all of your rear, the more daring styles give you partial coverage. Boy shorts are figure hugging or shaping, something those of us with less than perfect bodies will appreciate. They come in wide variety of fabric choices from comfortable cotton to see through lace.
Bikini
Bikini bottoms offer full coverage on your rear, and have thin straps on the side. They are available in loose fitting of figure hugging styles in a wide variety of fabric choices.
Thong
A thong offers full to minimal coverage in the front, and has thin sides usually 1” to ½” in width that come to a t shape in the rear. The t-shape gives you practically no coverage on your rear. Thongs are now worn just as frequently outside of the bedroom as they are in it. If you are wearing tight, or figure hugging clothing a thong is your best solution to combat visible panty line. Cotton, lycra or micro-fiber fabrics are the most comfortable for extended wear thongs.
G-String
While the back of a thong has very minimal coverage with a narrow strip a g-string offers you no coverage, with a simple single strand or string, usually 1/8” or less in width, not for the faint of heart.
Garter Belt
A garter belt is made of piece of fabric that wraps around your hips and usually has four straps (one for the front and back of each leg). Sometimes the straps are attached to the lower edge of a corset or camisole top. These straps attach to the top of stockings, holding them up. The proper way to wear a garter belt is to attach the stockings first, then put on your panties. While this may look strange you’ll understand why the first time you need to visit the bathroom.
Twenty first century women all know that if they want their relationships to go to the next level, they should probably take it there themselves. Buying diamond chains and other jewelry for your man can be a great way to start securing that commitment that he's been trying to avoid. However, you want to make sure that you don't scare your guy off by being wishy-washy with giving this gift. And you definitely want to make sure that the diamond chains that you buy are sending the message that you want to send loud and clear.
The first thing that you need to do before making an investment in something like diamond chains is to ask yourself what the reason behind it is. Maybe his birthday is coming up and you want to do something nice to remind him that you're his girl. Maybe he's been having problems with his job and you want to surprise him with a gift that will light up his face, and the rest of the room. Or maybe you feel like he hasn't been giving you the attention that you deserve and you are hoping to draw his eyes back your way with a fancy gift. Knowing the reason behind the gift can make it a lot easier to decide whether you really want to buy it and specifically what you want to buy.
When selecting diamond chains for a man, you'll want to think about where he's going to wear them. Is he the kind of guy that is going to be totally comfortable making this an every day piece of jewelry? If so, you might want to think about getting subtle gold chains that have diamonds worked into the design. If you think your man is more likely to just wear this on the weekends when you're going out to the clubs, you might want to get diamond chains with a little more bling to them. Ultimately, you have to really know your man to know what kind of chain he's going to want to wear.
What you really need to think about, though, is how you're going to give him the diamond chains that you buy. This goes back to knowing what kind of message you are trying to send with this gift. If you just want to surprise him with something nice, a simple wrapped package left in his mailbox or on his pillow would do the trick. If you're trying to get his attention back on your relationship, you should plan a romantic date and present the gift at dinner so that it becomes the big deal that you want it to be.
It's nice when the men in our lives buy us diamond jewelry of our own. However we're no longer living in a time where women sit and wait for those gifts to be showered upon them. If you're interested in being in a relationship where giving gifts is part of the package deal, then you may need to take that first step and buy him something. Of course, people don't always understand our intentions when we give a gift like this. Sometimes you just have to be blunt with the guy that you're seeing so it doesn't hurt to have a little speech prepared to tell him why you bought the diamond chains and what you're hoping it means.
Diamond chains are just one choice that you have when trying to get your relationship to that next level. Think carefully about whether this is the right gift for your man. Make sure you know what you want to happen by giving this gift. And then make sure to choose wisely when picking it out. It could be the first step on the way to the wedding chapel.
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