Barbara Cotillion: Style 100611:  this high leg, high rise brief is in sheer ivory mesh embroidered with leaves with a lot of movement in them and with a variety of embroidery to show off the back and front of the leaves.  Cotillion is an eighteenth century French dance and this embroidery reminds me of the dance of leaves in the wind, controlled yet full of twistings and turnings.  The pattern is very joyful, the colours are in pink, soft green, soft beige, soft turquoise, like the flavours in ice cream.  The brief fits well and is full of fun and whimsy with its organza ribbon corsage detail at the centre front. 

THE FRONT:
The main front panel is in a diamond shape from the top, down, over the gusset to the back gusset seam.   At the centre top there is a beautiful vertical corsage of different organza and satin ribbons which are sewn to the top of this section, the colours of the ribbons reflect the colours of the leaves and each one is different in weave, width, texture and colour, the top of the corsage rises over the top of the waistband.    The main top panel of sheer ivory mesh is embroidered with long leaves.  The either side of the main front panel are panels of sheer ivory mesh running from the diagonals out to the side seams, these two panels have a few leaves running along the bottom edges and some folded, leaving pretty pattern against the skin at the top of the front legs.  

The front leg sides below the top side panels, and the waistband and gusset area, have the ivory embroidered mesh folded in and secured to flat ivory elastic inside with large ivory zig-zag stitches.  The gusset is lined with ivory Jersey Cotton.

THE BACK:
From the side seams the plain back panel is formed of fine and very soft ivory microfibre which goes down to the back gusset seam.  The back waistband and back leg sides have the microfibre folded in and secured to flat ivory elastic with large ivory zig-zag stitching.

The exact material of the high leg, high rise brief is made of 58%Polyamide, 20%Polyester, 12%Elasthane, 10%Cotton.   It is a delightful brief, sheer yet warm at the front, intriguing, yet not totally transparent.  The retail price was £29.00.   New and unused.  This may be machine or hand washed at 40 degrees, no ironing, no bleach, line dry.   

The UK Extra Small is equivalent to a size 8, a French size 38,   EUR size 36,   
The UK Small is equivalent to a size 10,        a French size 40,   EUR size 38,            SOLD OUT 
The UK Medium is equivalent to a size 12,    a French size 42,   EUR size 40,
The UK 2XL is equivalent to a size 18,           a French size 48,   EUR 46


COTILLION COLLECTION: I have a matching preformed balconette bra, the more delicate A - D cup sheer French bras, stronger F cup sheer French bras, mid rise thongboys, a high rise brief and also a mid rise brief, together with a garter:  these are all listed separately but knowing what they are makes them easier to find on eBay.