Raunchy lingerie collection quickens pulses at Paris show

DHAKA: A one-time call-girl got the Paris fashion pack hot under the collar with a delectably naughty lingerie line unveiled on the sidelines of the haute couture shows.

Zahia Dehar made global headlines in 2010 when it emerged the French-Algerian was offered up for sex with the footballer Franck Ribery and co-players as a birthday ‘gift’, aged just 16, prompting a vice probe into the French squad.

Now aged 20, the young woman has reinvented herself as a lingerie couturiere, winning high-profile support from Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld who shot the official pictures for her first collection unveiled in Paris in January, reports The Straits Times.

For her second line, showcased on Monday night, gorgeous models stepped out of a giant United States-style refrigerator, their bodies adorned - barely - with crystals, minute G-strings, tiny tassels and wisps of lace on the nipple by way of bras.

BDST: 2013 HRS, JUL 3, 2012

Edited by Robab Rosan, Cultural Affairs Editor