Lingerie Dictionary

• Babydoll
  A sleeveless, loose fitting top or a bra with sheer material attached with lengths varying from just under the breasts to derriere . A babydoll usually comes with a matching G-string or panty.

• Boning:
  A strip of stiff material is placed in certain areas of the garment to help structure a desired look or support. You may see this in many bustiers and bras.

• Burn-Out:
  A weaved "sheer" opening in the material

• Bustier:
  A tightly fitted top. Some have removable garters (to wear with Stockings). Some come with G-String, thong or panty.

• Camisole or Cami:
  A short sleeveless undergarment for women, a short negligee. Sometimes worn as an outer garment (depending on the material) or under a suit jacket.

• Chandelle:
  A climbing turn

• Chenille:
  A soft wool, cotton, silk, or rayon yarn with protruding pile

• Car Wash Skirt:
  A skirt with multiple splits.

• Catsuits:
  Full-body length stretchy, skin-tight, sexy outfits. Some are very sheer . Some come with a pantyhose footing or stirrups

• Charmeuse:
  A fine semi-lustrous satin-like crepe

• Chemise:
  A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist, typically with a short hemline. These can be worn with or without panties. Great for any type of figure!

• Chiffon:
  A sheer, soft fabric, especially if made of silk .

• Chopper Bar:
  A distinct yet delicate sculptured wavy lace on an outfit.

• Cincher:
  An adjustable ‘back to waist’ lace-up tightly fitted top.

• Demi Bra or Demi Cup:
  These come across the breast just above the nipple, also know as a half bra. Demi's don't expose the nipple.

• Denier:
  A unit of fineness of silk, rayon, or nylon yarn. Denier increases as the thickness of the fiber increases.

• Faux:
  Imitation, such as faux silk.

• Feather:
  A projecting strip, rib, fin, or flange.

• Fishnet:
  A coarse open-mesh fabric, often seen in fishnet stockings.

• G-String:
  A panty with a very thin (string like) band of fabric in the back.

• Garterbelt:
  A garment circling the hips, with straps to support a stocking.

• Jacquard:
  A fabric of intricate variegated weave or pattern

• Kimono:
  A long robe with wide sleeves traditionally worn with a broad sash as an outer garment ; a loose dressing gown or jacket

• Lame:
  A brocaded clothing fabric made from any of various fibers combined with tinsel filling threads

• Lurex:
  A trademark- used for metallic yarn or thread

• Lycra:
  A spandex synthetic fiber. Lycra is very stretchy and is used in tight, body hugging garments like catsuits and sexy dresses.

• Marabou:
  A soft feathery fluffy material prepared from turkey feathers or the coverts of marabous and used especially for trimming women's hats or clothes.

• Mesh:
  A woven knit, or knotted material of open texture with evenly spaced holes

• French Net:
  An open-meshed fabric twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals; a strong seam stitched on both sides of the fabric to enclose all raw edges

• Netting (Net):
  A net fabric to cover or enclose with

• Padded Push-Up:
  Extra padding added on bottom and sides of each cup. This also helps achieve extra cleavage.

• Patent Leather:
  Leather with a hard smooth glossy surface.

• Peignoir:
  A woman's loose fitting dressing gown

• Penne Velvet:
  A silk or rayon velvet with lustrous pile flattened in one direction; a heavy silk or rayon satin with high luster and waxy smoothness

• Poly:
  A polymerized plastic or something made of this; especially : a polyester fiber, fabric, or garment

• Princess Line Seaming:
  Close-fitting and usually with gores (a tapering or triangular piece"as of cloth in a skirt") from neck to flaring hemline

• Rayon:
  Any of a group of smooth textile fibers made from regenerated cellulose by extrusion through minute holes: a rayon yarn, thread, or fabric

• Regency:
  Relating to, or characteristic of the styles of George IV's regency as Prince of Wales during the period 1811-20

• Ribbed:
  Vertical ridges in a garment.

• Sarong:
  A loose garment made of a long strip of cloth wrapped around the body that is worn as a skirt or dress

• Satinella:
  Suggestive of satin. Satinella is especially of a smooth lustrous appearance or sleekness to touch.

• Shelf Bra:
  Comes below the breast to just under the nipple. It's usually supported and structured though the "boning" process which helps in uplifting the breasts for added cleavage.

• Sling:
  Straps attached to each end of a piece of material

• Spandex:
  Any of various elastic (stretchy) textile fibers made chiefly of polyurethane; also : clothing made of this material.

• Surplice:
  Meaning a loose fit.

• Tap Pants:
  Very feminine boxer shorts. Materials are usually soft, silky and/or sheer.

• Teddiette:
  A strapless one piece bathing suit type garment with garters. (to be worn with stockings.)

• Teddy:
  A strapless one piece bathing suit type of garment without garters.

• Thong:
  A panty with a small strip or band of fabric in the back. Thongs have more material in the back than a G-string.

• Tricot:
  A plain warp-knitted fabric (as of nylon, wool, rayon, silk, or cotton) with a close inelastic knit and used especially in clothing (as underwear)

• Underwire:
  A strip of flatted steel-wire ( or other man-made material) placed under the cups of the bra (sewn into the material) for added support.

• Waffle:
  To weave; a type of weave.

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