There may have been a lot of sex, but lingerie wasn’t selling. Maybe it seemed too much of a luxury for wartime, or maybe in that supercharged sexual milieu the added oomph of sexy lingerie was perceived as unnecessary; whatever the cause, demand dwindled. “I have never in all my life experienced or thought of experiencing such a terrible season,” said the owner of one lingerie shop. “We don’t have a customer all day, hardly. It’s heartbreaking.”
