Addressing "the practicalities of underwear and its role in the fashionable wardrobe while highlighting its sensual, sexual appeal," the exhibition will "explore dress reformers and designers such as Paul Poiret, who argued for the beauty of the natural body, as well as entrepreneurs, inventors and innovators who have played a critical role in the development of increasingly more effective and comfortable underwear", according to a press release from the South Kensington museum today.
In addition to charting the trajectory of undergarments, there will also be over 140 examples, photographs, films, advertisements and packaging on display, highlighting the changing concepts of the ideal body.
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