Reger, Janet

   Fashion designer

   Janet Reger is Britain’s most famous lingerie designer. Her luxurious designs in silk, satin and lace offered a flattering and indulgent alternative to the extremes of utility or sleaze which had characterized lingerie design. Reger’s fortunes declined during the 1980s and she sold her company to Berlei in 1983. She bought the company back in 1986, and has since regained a position in a market in which she now competes with many other companies and designers for whom she was undoubtedly a role model.

   TAMSIN SPARGO