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Size matters: The
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most important point. Find the size of both her bra and knickers by discreetly taking a peek in her underwear drawer.
You’re buying it for
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her – not you: Try to recall the lingerie she wears for special occasions. Does she prefer high-waisted briefs or a skimpy thong? Does her bra show off most of her bust or leave something to the imagination? You are aiming for a set that makes her feel sexier than ever, rather than just something you want to see her in.
Detail matters:
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Think about colours and styles of clothing she likes. Does she wear bold colours, pastels, floral or modern geometric prints? Does she like sophisticated, luxurious fabrics such as cashmere and silk, or prefer frills?
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You are taking a big risk if you buy something you’ve never seen her wear. Unless she’s told you it’s something she wants to try, then there’s probably a reason she’s never worn it! Don’t be afraid to play it safe.
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Lacy knickers can be wonderfully sexy and show just enough skin without being too revealing. In contrast, thongs can often be gifts for their girlfriends or wives. She says: “Contrary to what most men believe, buying underwear is relatively simple.”
Here JENNIFER DUNKERLEY enlists Cecile to give us the rules to undie-stand the lingo of lingerie buying for blokes ....
wrong! Fewer than one in 10 comfortable in it, she’ll knickers bought are thongs, show you when she’s ready.
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so they’re one of the riskier You don’t need to styles to go for. break the bank: Many
Do your homework: stores such as LoveHoney
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You don’t want to ruin have fashionable bra sets, the element of surprise, but bodystockings, babydolls, there are subtle ways of and more for less than £25.
¬ asking her what she’d like. Red isn’t dead: Lots of Perhaps try mentioning sexy lingerie comes in friends who bought their various shades of red – partners underwear, and and for good reason. A gauge her reaction. German study found that
Comfort is important: people who wore red felt
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Though lingerie such as more attractive and sexually basques and corsets can be responsive than others who sexy as hell, it’s not always wore blue clothes.
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the most comfy. So if The devil’s in the you’ve never seen her detail: When it’s wear any of the more lingerie for a special risqué styles, think occasion, lots of women about sexy-butcomfy will prefer a matching alternatives set. So if you’ve spotted such as babydolls, a bra or corset that you chemises, and think she’d love, make satin robes. sure that you also grab
Timing matching briefs or
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is thong to go with it.
everything: Returns:
Remember, Whoever you buy this is meant from, make sure to be a they have a good present for returns policy. her, so if you Even the most insist on her conscientious guy trying it on can make the the minute wrong choice, but she opens it, if she’s not happy it might not with the gift, a go down too store with a good well. Let her returns policy try it on in will allow you to her own return it for an time and, exchange or a if she’s refund. happy and Good luck.