Rave and Dancewear

A rave lingerie set is festival wear built on lingerie construction: mesh, strapping, cage detailing and cuts that read as underwear but are made to be worn out. It is the overlap between two categories most shops keep in separate rooms.

That overlap is the whole idea here. The same mesh bodysuit works at a festival in July and nowhere near a festival in November, which is why so much of this collection does double duty instead of sitting in a drawer for eleven months.

Worth knowing before you order: sizing in this category leans on stretch rather than cut, so a lot of it is one size or a close-fitting S, M and L. Read the measurements rather than the letter on the label, and expect anything with cage strapping to need adjusting the first time you wear it.

The collection is deep, so it is split into pieces you can shop on their own:

• Rave and festival bodysuits: one piece, no waistband, nothing riding up mid-set. The most-bought shape here, and for exactly that reason.
• Rave and festival tops: bras, cage tops, mesh long sleeves and crop cuts. Where most people start building a look.
• Rave and festival bottoms: high-waist shorts, skirts and garter bottoms, cut to sit with the tops above.
• Pasties: the smallest possible top and the one that needs the most planning. Adhesive quality matters more than the design does.
• Legwear: fishnets, rhinestone tights and stockings. The cheapest way to change an entire outfit.
• Plus size rave and festival wear: the same silhouettes cut for extended sizes rather than graded up from a small.

If you are shopping the stage rather than the crowd, exotic dancewear is cut for it. Wings and hair accessories are the finishing layer, and the full category sits under Festival and Rave.