Am I too old for ... UNDERWEAR WORN AS OUTERWEAR.

LAST week I lingered too long over a particularly expensive-looking mink satin bra from a London lingerie shop called Apartment C. The assistant clocked me hesitating and came to talk sizes while artfully letting slip that the delicate fringe of spidery fronds that edged each cup were known as 'eyelash lace'. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]