Cadolle is the oldest house in lingerie — founded in Paris in 1889 by Herminie Cadolle, the corsetière who invented the modern bra. Six generations later, the house is still family-run, still working in the same atelier on rue Cambon, and still making pieces of the kind nothing else in the catalogue quite resembles.

The bodysuit is fine black tulle, with soft velvet trim at the neckline, cuffs and leg openings. The V-neck is deep, the sleeves are long, the cut at the leg is thong. The gusset has a closure.

A piece that asks for nothing else underneath, and very little over the top. 

• Maison Cadolle, designed and made in France
• Fine black tulle
• Velvet trim at neckline, cuffs and leg openings
• Plunging V-neckline
• Long sleeves
• Thong cut
• Cotton gusset with closure