Welcome to the sexy lingerie directory.
Chemise : a women’s loose
fitting short nightie that hangs straight from the shoulders. A chemise
is a sexy shirt like sleepwear garment ending above the knees.
The word ‘chemise’ is a French term dating from the
Middle Ages meaning a white linen shirt (‘smock’ in English). They were
worn by both men and women as under garments. Your chemise in the Middle
Ages was quite likely to be the only clothing item that was ever washed!
Today, the word is more or less exclusively used to describe a women’s
sleepwear nightie of a completely different style and design.
A nightie is a very popular sleepwear gift in the UK.
The American baby doll (or ‘babydoll’ in the UK) has not quite the same
appeal and it is a little more overtly sexy than the chemise. Few women
have the perfect figure for a babydoll, so a
sexy chemise fills the gap
neatly between these garments and a long nightgown. Some of the American
ladies underwear manufacturers have little concept of the chemise and
refer to any short sleepwear nightie as a baby doll; so it may be worth
searching various categories to find what you are looking for.
The majority of sexy
nighties imported from the USA
include a matching thong as a set. English and French
lingerie
manufacturers quite often offer a matching sexy thong as an option at an
additional price. A sexy chemise nightie can also be under-wired under
the bust for added support. Since a nightie is designed to be a
comfortable lingerie item worn in bed, a sleepwear garment with
under-wired support is perhaps not the best choice as a lingerie gift.
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