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What to wear under linen (without the daylight surprise)

Linen behaves differently to almost everything else in a summer wardrobe, and the reason is structural rather than about quality. The weave is the whole story Linen is a loose, open weave. That's n...

What colour underwear is actually invisible under light clothes

There's a piece of received wisdom that white underwear goes under white clothes. It's one of those rules that sounds obviously correct and isn't. Why white fails Your skin isn't white. So white un...

Underwear for a 12-hour shift (nurses, hospo, retail)

Ask anyone who works on their feet when their uniform stops being comfortable, and almost nobody says the morning. Hour one is always fine. Anything is comfortable for the first hour — which is pre...

What to wear under scrubs (that doesn't show through)

Scrubs are thinner than most people expect, and pale blue is the most common colour in Australian hospitals and clinics. New, straight out of the packet, under overhead lighting, you can see more t...