Thomas Earl wrote:
Hey Models,

Just have a quick question.  I'm going to be doing a lingerie shoot where I've selected and purchased most of the bras/panties that the models are going to wear. They will also bring some too. My question is, what is typical, does the model just put on the lingerie as normal, or do they wear something underneath?  I think I read somewhere that perhaps a model might wear a thong under lingerie.  Then what about the bra?  I guess i just want to know are the pieces i bring just used once (and perhaps i let the model keep them) or is it that i should try and save and launder the lingerie for another use in the future?  I'm fine either way, i don't have a problem letting the girls keep 'em, I just don't know what the general thinking is about this in the model industry.  Thanks.

Anytime I've shot lingerie the models have worn a nude g-string under any garment mainly to make sure nothing inappropriate show if anything is sheer ... bras they just use... at the end of the shoot they keep the lingerie.

Just did this in Cape Town & the Model walked away with around $400 of new lingerie.. just the cost of doing business sometimes

Alisyn Carliene wrote:
I always think it's best to let the models have the underwear after use..

Says the model

Just kidding. Would you want to have shots of different models in the same lingerie? I tend to want to have variety in my port so I wouldn't want to use the same lingerie twice unless it was for some kind of project where that was the point.

Alisyn Carliene wrote:
I always think it's best to let the models have the underwear after use..

Always.

Alisyn Carliene wrote:
I always think it's best to let the models have the underwear after use..

Agreed. The only time I would wear something that wasn't brand new is if I knew it was clean. If it came in a dryclean bag with the tag still attached, sure. Otherwise I'd be wary.
I'm not so dishy with bras. I'm more than fine with wearing bras that have been warn beforehand, though they need to be washed as well but normally laundered is fine for such a thing.

The easiest thing to do would be to just let the model keep what she wears. It eliminates all chances of anybody contaminating anyone else with anything.

Thomas Earl wrote:
...I just don't know what the general thinking is about this in the model industry.

bra - nothing else needed
sheer with no bra - cutlets
panties - if needed a pad to reduce hair bulge / camel
thongs - legs together/crossed and no straight on butt shots

rule of thumb #1:  if shooting for the industry reduce nho's (nipple hard-on) and slits.

rule of thumb #2:  have model arrive with loose fitting garments to avoid strap lines that dig into the skin.  shoot the tightest fitting sets last.

rule of thumb #3:  sex sells, sensuality sells better for lingerie.

rule of thumb #4:  if shooting lingerie for erotic presentation disregard the rules.

Mercy wrote:
There are two options that I've encountered and been ok with. One was that I kept the bottoms but the bra went back to the photographer so another pair of bottoms could be used in another shoot. The other was that the lingerie was in a dry cleaning bag with the tag attached showing it had been cleaned. I was ok with using them and giving them back to be dry cleaned again.

~Mercy

This.

Also, as a model I'm not comfortable sharing tights either. Knee or thigh-high socks I could probably deal with, but not full high-waisted tights (as they aren't always worn with underwear).

I keep my shoot wardrobe separate from my regular wardrobe and wash anything used during a shoot afterwards and it doesn't go back with the rest of my shoot wardrobe until this has been done (whether it's being machine washed on delicate, hand washed, or both).

As a photographer any bottoms I provide during a shoot that get worn that are more "frail" than stretch/elastic or yoga-weight leggings are then the model's. I generally have a few pairs of new tights available if needed for shoots, or will get them, just to be prepared. Lingerie, at the moment, not so much as all I have on hand is mine, and really, I'm not comfortable sharing.

In my time as a model I've only ever had 1 photographer who traveled with a suitcase of various pieces of lingerie who re-used them between shoots (and didn't have cleaning tags attached to anything, just everything all jumbled together). I quite happily wore what I had brought with me rather than sifting through a mess of things I would have been highly uncomfortable wearing.

Thomas Earl wrote:
thanks everyone, i think the girls get new undies.  luckily i know a spot that sells wholesale to the public at good prices.

Me too
also if we're not talkin' about the same place, check out beverly hills hosiery, i forgot its either on los angeles or broadway but its a good place.

Alisyn Carliene wrote:
I always think it's best to let the models have the underwear after use..

+1
I don't want to shoot a 2nd model in the same clothes any way.

Jess Lynn Photography wrote:
Knee or thigh-high socks I could probably deal with, worn with underwear).

nope, I don't recycle any thing, no socks, no hose, no fish net tops nothing. I wouldnt put on used undies so I cant ask some one eals to.

of course owning the shop that sales them makes it a bit more easy to do.

Elizabeth Marxs wrote:
why would you wear anything under lingerie? I've never heard of this in my life.

there are reasons as i stated above.  if you ever shoot lingerie at the commercial level you'll see where certain items come into play.

291 wrote:

there are reasons as i stated above.  if you ever shoot lingerie at the commercial level you'll see where certain items come into play.

which I have, and still have never worn anything underneath.

291 wrote:

there are reasons as i stated above.  if you ever shoot lingerie at the commercial level you'll see where certain items come into play.

Exactly. If you're shooting an editorial with several pairs of $200 panties, you're not going to get to keep them all.  Nude g-strings and panty liners are common. 

And if you're shooting something sheer for a catalog, silicon nipple covers and the like  are often preferable to extensive retouching.

K E S L E R wrote:
Here check out Agent Provocateurs website. 

http://www.agentprovocateur.com/

I'll be back later.

Sogi the Model wrote:
Unless the model knows that you'd wash and care for them properly after every shoot, they would probably bring their own thong for sanitation.

Which is exactly why we installed a washer and dryer in our studio and have a clothes hamper in the dressing room.  We are anal about telling the models to put used lingerie in the hamper and not back on the rack.

Your point is very well taken.  I find that, when not shooting in the studio, I only provide models with new lingerie with the tags still on so they are comfortable that it is sanitary.  In the studio it isn't a conern.

If you can't do that, it is totally appropriate for a model to wear a thong underneath.