At the end of April, all the talk was of the return of the Y-front... an austere pant for an austere economic climate. Just weeks later...

New figures have revealed that fishnet stockings, suspenders, basques, and cleavage-boosting bras are all selling at a "record rate".

Now, it's about staying in and making your own entertainment. For data addicts... fishnets are up 83%, suspenders 50%, basques 45%, and if you'd bought garter futures you'd be laughing with a 71% increase in sales.

Recession digression 21 - let's just enjoy this one more time [July 2, 2009]

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