Forget thermals, get sexy leather lingerie

London, Oct 21: A German designer has come up with an alternative to thermals - a range of sexy leather lingerie. Brainchild of Daniel Rodan, the new underwear collection is called Black Night II - Secrets in Leather.

The collection ranges from bras, suspenders and knickers, to theme-based costumes. Rodan says the client base is as varied as the garments themselves. "Principally it`s very individual characters who buy them, and they come from all levels of society. It starts with taxi drivers and stops with the head secretary of the big banks or somewhere. It`s something that you can`t pin onto one type of customer," the Telegraph quoted him, as saying. Made from leather and latex, the designs vary from everyday wear to the more unusual. Rodan says there is a secret to the collection: "It has to suit the person wearing it, that is really important. The idea, after all is to dress them and not disguise them. And that counts for all the lingerie, even the zodiac-style costumes, where we make the scorpion style to fit the star-sign or a lioness for leo, it doesn`t matter which." In addition to cow and calf hide Rodan uses more exotic materials like kangaroo leather and crocodile. ANI