Lingerie ABC

A new procedure in which very fine micro threads are worked into the edge of the lace, making lingerie invisible under tight-fitting clothes. Great elasticity adapts to the body´s movements ensuring lingerie retains its shape throughout the day and guarantees a perfect fit.

Lovely laces, always elegant, one of Triumph’s most successful fashion collections, refreshed with new colours and styles every season.

Lovely laces, always elegant, one of Triumph's most succesful fashion collections, refreshed with new colours and styles every season.

Holds bra cups together. The higher the bridge, the greater the shaping and support.

Everybody knows they're knickers, but there are several shapes with different names. (see tai, string etc)

Short for brassiere.

One-piece garment that fits like a second skin, creating a smooth look under clothes.

Straps are positioned on the outside edge of the cup, revealing the décolleté. Perfect for wide necklines.

Emphasised bust shape usually created by a push-up bra. Check out Triumph's Curves range.

As well as all ongoing ranges and best sellers, there are always two brand new collections each year, for Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter. 'Spring' starts in January and 'Autumn' in August.

The part of the bra that covers and supports the breast.

Triumph’s registered name for a stretch fabric with cotton content. Cottylene® combines the positive properties of synthetics and cotton with the cotton generally on the inside of the material, next to the skin.

Natural fibre from the cotton plant that’s easy to wear and care for. Cotton textiles are soft, cosy, fine and breathable, absorb moisture and don’t become `static´. Different qualities are dictated by how long and how fine the fibre is spun. The longer and finer, the more valuable cotton becomes.

Registered name for an elastane thread from Bayer.

French for “worn underneath”, now the fashionable description for ladies´ fine underwear.

Generic term for every synthetic stretch fibre, all extremely elastic with great shape retention and a long life. Triumph uses these properties to maximum effect.

Stitches embroidered onto a background fabric by a knitting machine.

Created by covering the base fabric with stitching to form a continuous pattern then, using chemicals, heat treatment and washing, the background fabric is dissolved so that only the embroidery remains. Very time consuming and labour intensive, Guipure is very expensive.

Assumed to be named after the finest string on a violin, g-string refers to any brief with a 'string' or thong back (see thong and string brief).

The underwire is hidden within the fabric, so it’s absolutely invisible and can hardly be felt.

Lace created using modern machines with electronic steering that create the look of sophisticated woven lace.

The first lace produced on machines, uses a twist or weaving technique resulting in an elegant finish. These machines are no longer made and those that still exist work slowly and are costly to run, so this luxurious lace is now very expensive to manufacture.

An Elastane "stretch" thread.

Also known as variable straps (see V).

Cups without seams, invisible under clothes. A heat and pressure process moulds fabric permanently into shape. Triumph has many years experience using this technique and our environment-friendly process plays a leading role in the marketplace.

Modified cellulose fibre made entirely from plants, feels similar to cotton.

A minimiser bra reduces the appearance of the bust by one cup size.

An extremely fine-spun cellulose fibre approximately 40 times finer than a human hair so that a 10,000-metre continuous fibre can weigh just one gramme or LESS.

Threads made from polyester and polyamide, finer than the finest silk thread. Light, superfine fibres that are particularly soft, pliable and pleasant on the skin, offering maximum comfort.

Fine fibre technology in polyamide, registered by Nylstar.

Super combed Maco cotton is treated with a cold caustic soda solution. The fibres expand and become tight so their profile becomes rounded and the surface smooth.

Holds up stockings, sometimes detachable, increasingly popular since the launch of the hit movie Moulin Rouge.

see G-string.

Triumph’s high-tech, high profile, revolutionary Softwear collection made its debut at the end of the Nineties and continues to win attention for great styling, brilliant shapes - and `disappearing´ under clothes!

Used as a 'gripper' band to prevent slippage, especially in strapless bras.

See Moulded.

Innovative circular knitting techniques have allowed seamless production of briefs and tops that fit like a second skin.

See G-string.

A fine open base fabric with a honeycomb structure. Can be woven or knitted.

Pliable stiffeners sewn into the side of a bra - known as the wing - for strengthening and shaping, preventing the breast from moving sideways or the wing of the bra rolling or going out of shape. Also used in bustiers.

Development following on from Jacquardtronic lace with plastic patterns that create an embroidery effect.

Brief with very narrow fabric, elastic or ribbon side panels.

Underwire is sewn into the bra to lift and shape the bust. Particularly suitable for larger cup sizes.

Made from cellulose, usually from beech or pinewood trees, this synthetic fabrics has a particular sheen and soft feel.