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Peekaboo: how underwear-as-outerwear went haute

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Flashing your bra sounds like a wardrobe malfunction. Except now, fashion has embraced the bralet, slip and camisole. From Céline to Givenchy, how to do inside-out dressing

The Spanx backlash has begun. Functional underwear hidden under a little black dress is over: in 2016, underwear will be pale, loose, silky – and on show.

Underwear as outerwear is back, but this time without the sleaze. The first image released from the new Givenchy advertising campaign shows eight models in what are, in fashion speak, lace-edged, spaghetti-strapped, lingerie-inspired outfits. Nighties, in other words. Imagine the dreamy sisters from the Virgin Suicides, if they had been street-cast from an Alexander Wang store and shot in a New York loft, and you’ve got the look.

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