Frederick's of Hollywood is a well known retailer of lingerie in the United States, with stores in most modern shopping malls across the USA. Lingerie is a term, derived from the French language, for womens undergarments. ...

The business was started by Frederick Mellinger (inventor of the push-up bra) in 1946. The original flagship store is a local landmark on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Here, in addition to the neverending selection of bras and panties, there are also catsuits, corsets, stiletto heels, and thigh-high boots. This store also houses The Lingerie Museum featuring The Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame which exhibits a collection of underwear worn by Hollywood movie stars, such as one of Madonna's pointy-breasted corsets. Brassiere A brassiere or bra is a foundation garment for women consisting of shoulder straps, two cups, a center panel, an underbust band, sides, and a back. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Hollywood Boulevard in the 1950s Hollywood Boulevard is an avenue in Hollywood, California, United States, beginning at Sunset Boulevard in the east and running northwest to Vermont Avenue, where it straightens out and runs due west to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Corset Hourglass corset from around 1880. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ... Madonna Ciccone Madonna Louise Ciccone (born in Bay City, Michigan, August 16, 1958), simply known by the stage name Madonna, also occasionally referred to as Madonna Ciccone Ritchie, is an American singer frequently referred to as the Queen of Pop music. ...

Some of the lingerie worn by the 1950's pin-up and bondage model Bettie Page was from Frederick's of Hollywood. A bondage model is an erotic performer who appears in bondage pornography, in particular in bondage magazines. ... Bettie Mae Page, also known as Betty Page (born April 22, 1923) is a United States model, the subject of numerous pin_up girl photographs in the mid 20th century. ...

External links

• The Celebrity Lingerie Hall of Fame (http://www.seeing-stars.com/Museums/Fredericks.shtml)
• Frederick's of Hollywood: Underwear Model (http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/articles/0,15114,422084,00.html) Forbes Magazine article by Paul Lukas.
• Frederick's of Hollywood (http://www.fredericks.com/)
• Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie: A History (http://www.lingerie-uncovered.com/labels/fredericks-of-hollywood.htm)