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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Remember Debbie Harry in a bin bag on TOTP? I'll bet she would have looked just fine in a baggy pair of granny knickers. I get all hot and bothered when my wife wears flannelette pyjamas, so the whole black leather thong deal is just unnecessary for me. Not unappreciated, mind, just unnecessary.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Salazaar View Post
    You mean lament the poor selection, laugh at the ludicrously high prices and go home and buy it much cheaper from an online specialist?
    no, I mean do it with a knowling look in your eye... and avoid USB cables with gold connectors that claim to speed up your printer
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    no, I mean do it with a knowling look in your eye... and avoid USB cables with gold connectors that claim to speed up your printer
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post
    no, I mean do it with a knowling look in your eye... and avoid USB cables with gold connectors that claim to speed up your printer
    Gold cables.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Aye, La Senza is alright, pretty cheap too, found some good stuff in M&S of all places with the wench last week, as well.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Am I the only one that just gives the little lady money to 'go buy something pretty'?

    I think you are all missing a trick here with all your effort and whatnot.
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by G4Z View Post
    Am I the only one that just gives the little lady money to 'go buy something pretty'?

    I think you are all missing a trick here with all your effort and whatnot.
    If I do that she goes to La Perla and I go to debtor's prison.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brucelles View Post
    If I do that she goes to La Perla and I go to debtor's prison.
    Lol, I'm with G4Z on this one. Obviously give her cash or a credit card with a reasonable limit. No point in giving her your American Express Platinum, if you do that you deserve prison.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Becuase the what the missus wants the missus gets - at any cost

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    20% OFF @ Figleaves.com with the code MOH266.

    Just enter it at the checkout, they sell mens stuff too.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Zaks wise words are worthy of a sticky! The hexus guide to Lingerie!
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    A sticky lingerie thread...?
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Yes, a sticky lingerie thread.

    Zak has sorta exploded onto this thread, as the darkest of all horses.

    Suddenly he is imparting advice, that is half a mens buying guide to sexy knickers, and half the script from that episode of Father Ted, where they all get trapped in a massive womens underwear department.

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    This thread has been a good read so far. I haven't had much luck shopping for lingerie due to size issues (shops don't stock much/anything in a 34AA). I might take up the Figleaves code and will definitely keep and eye out for strap marks due to bad adjustments.

    Keep up the tech advice

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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33 View Post

    Dont shy away from them, so long as they loook pretty too, cos blouses often look lovely with them.
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    Re: Why is lingerie so expensive?

    /blush

    It was actually La Perla (and Aqua Suit and mens Grigio Perla) that my parents worked for so the top end stuff.

    As to 34AA...the issue is that the band (bit that goers round the chest) are never long enough... they tend to make 32AA which is wholly unfair...and many women who THINK they're 34 AA are actually 36AA and simply cant find bras to fit...so they suffer with uber tight bands, and they suffer the "gape" that I mentioned earlier. This doesn't help the ladies belief on herself. Thats bad. So look for shoulder staps that come down not at the edge of the cup, but a fair way toward the centre.

    The secret is also BRA STRAP EXTENDERS, which were NOT invented for women who suddenly got fat and couldn't afford new bras, but were for this very job. You can buy a 34AA and then make it a 36AA.

    Google them.... they come in 1, 2 and 3 clasp versions, and in many colours.
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